Swedish electric boat motor startup closes €2.5M seed round
Swedish electric boat motor startup Zparq, founded in 2020 to help develop an emissions-free rescue boat, has now completed a
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WaVeS #6: Electric boat news and updates
Plugboats WAVES (Watts, Amps, Volts, Electrons) is an occasional collection of electric boat news and electric boating items that we
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Candela electric hydrofoil shuttle to launch this summer behind $20M investment
Electric hydrofoiling pioneer Candela has raised $20M – on top of the $24M raised last year – to bring their
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ZEN Yachts secures Ocean Zero funding, joins e-boat companies Candela, Flux Marine and others
ZEN Yachts has announced the closing of a successful €5.5M ($5.87M) Series A funding subscribed solely by Ocean Zero LLC,
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Pitch opportunity for CleanTech Blue Economy startups
A pitch competition for new CleanTech Blue Economy startups will be held at the GALAXIA Electric Boat Show in Lisbon
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Oceanvolt launches new €800,000 crowdfunding campaign
Finnish electric propulsion pioneer Oceanvolt has launched a crowdfunding campaign through Invesdor with a goal of raising €800,000 (US$ $840,000)
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French electric/hybrid manufacturer BlueNav secures €1.3M funding
BlueNav, France’s first manufacturer of hybrid and electric engines for boats, has secured funding of a €1.3 million Seed Round
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New crowdfunding campaign for UK electric boat company Pixii
UK electric boat company Pixii has launched a crowdfunding equity campaign on the Seedrs platform with a goal of £350,000
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Evoy electric boat motors charge up with €7.3M funding round
Smiles all around as Evoy electric boat motors of Norway is the latest e-marine company to announce a successful funding
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New $50 Million funding for electric boat manufacturer X Shore
Electric boat manufacturer X Shore has secured another $50M in funding (approx €45.9M), which will be used to ramp up
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New electric outboards investment: $15.5M for Flux Marine
The world of electric boats is attracting more and more serious money with this electric outboards investment in Flux Marine
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Electric speedboat battery company acquired by John Deere
One of the world’s largest equipment manufacturers has purchased a majority stake in Kreisel Electric, the company building the electric
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Candela electric boat gets €24M to scale production
The Candela electric boat and its hydrofoiling technology have secured a €24M (US$27.2M) investment from EQT Ventures to scale production
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ePropulsion latest to land big electric boat funding
Asia Pacific Boating today reported that Chinese electric outboard maker ePropulsion is the latest electric boat funding story, securing “hundreds
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More electric boat investments – Arc Boats $30M Series ‘A’ round
The electric boat investments world keeps heating up. One day after GM announced that it will be investing $150M in
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GM electric boating stake: $150M in Pure Watercraft
The world’s 7th largest automobile maker is moving into zero emission water transportation with a GM electric boating investment –
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Accelerator program to help electric boat startups
Dozens of exciting electric boat startups have been covered by Plugboats over the past couple of years, and there are
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Will Smith, Kevin Durant, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs invest in Arc electric boats
A very exciting update to last week’s Plugboats article and Podcast about Arc electric boats – the all electric water
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Edorado 8S – new Dutch hydrofoiling eboat ready to take off
After years of design, development and testing, this new high speed, high style Dutch hydrofoiling eboat is being unveiled as
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More electric boats investments: X Shore $18M, ePropulsion $15M
It’s getting tough to keep up with all the news in electric boats investments. The latest companies to receive big
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