OceanScore

OceanScore is a SaaS startup founded in 2020 in Hamburg by Jörg Molzahn and Albrecht Gundermann, specialising in digital compliance solutions for the maritime industry. The product helps shipowners and fleet operators manage the growing regulatory obligations tied to shipping decarbonisation: from the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), through to the new FuelEU Maritime regulation that took effect on January 1, 2025. Its ETS Manager module automates emissions calculation, monitoring, and reporting, while proprietary algorithms and advanced regression models analyse data from heterogeneous sources to estimate fuel consumption and compliance costs with precision. OceanScore's positioning has attracted major maritime-sector investors: the company closed a €5 million Series A round with participation from theDOCK, Stolt Ventures, Motion Ventures, and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts KG, alongside a direct investment from MSC — the world's largest container line — and the Schoeller family, a historic Hamburg shipowning dynasty. That industrial players of this scale chose to invest directly, not merely adopt the product as customers, signals how strategically important regulatory compliance has become for the entire sector. With a team of about 25 people spread across its Hamburg headquarters, an office in Funchal (Madeira), and outposts in Poland and Singapore, OceanScore operates in a market — regulated maritime decarbonisation — set for structural growth as European and international regulatory deadlines multiply, forcing shipping companies toward increasingly sophisticated reporting systems to avoid penalties and optimise compliance costs.