OCEANIX

What OCEANIX does

OCEANIX (legal entity: Oceanix USA Inc., Delaware LLC) designs and builds floating cities for sustainable ocean habitation, targeting coastal city governments and municipalities facing land scarcity and sea level rise. Its sole commercial prototype to date is OCEANIX Busan, unveiled in April 2022 in partnership with UN-Habitat, Busan Metropolitan Government, and architectural firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. The Busan prototype consists of three interconnected hexagonal floating platforms (Living, Research, Lodging) totaling 6.3 hectares, designed to accommodate an initial community of 12,000 residents with potential expansion to over 100,000.

The company's core technology is a proprietary 'Blue Technology' platform that integrates six sustainable systems: net-zero energy generation (solar, wind, wave), fresh water autonomy (harvesting, filtering, recycling, distillation), zero-waste closed-loop processing, Biorock-based marine habitat regeneration, soilless plant-based food production, and shared electric/autonomous mobility. Modular hexagonal platforms, inspired by bee-hive efficiency, are designed to be adaptive, scalable, and reconfigurable. The platform also incorporates 'productive outposts' (photovoltaic greenhouses) and regenerative living surfaces that filter polluted port water.

OCEANIX operates as a private, venture-backed (or founder-controlled) enterprise with a single disclosed funding event — an SEC Form D exempt securities offering of approximately $2.1M in July 2021 (investors included Prime Movers Lab and Bjarke Ingels Group). The company employs 11–50 staff, is headquartered for corporate purposes in Wilmington, Delaware, and operates a project presence in Busan, South Korea. Revenue is generated through custom enterprise infrastructure contracts with city governments; no public pricing exists, and revenue figures are not disclosed. Marketing and lead generation rely heavily on global press coverage (CNBC, BBC, NYT, National Geographic, Forbes) and UN-Habitat endorsement. The company was founded in 2018–2019 by Itai Madamombe (CEO) and Marc Collins Chen (CTO).

Name

OCEANIX

Legal name

Oceanix USA Inc.

Website

https://oceanix.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OCEANIX (Oceanix USA Inc.) designs and builds modular floating cities for coastal city governments and municipalities, combining proprietary Blue Technology systems (energy, water, waste, habitat regeneration, food, mobility) with hexagonal platform architecture to address sea level rise and urban land scarcity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Floating City Infrastructure Design and Construction

NAICS

Boat Building (336612)

SIC

Ship & Boat Building & Repairing (3730)

akta.pro primary industry

Marina & Small Craft Harbor Construction (IMAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dry Docks & Floating Docks (Graving, Floating, Syncrolift) (IMAJALAA), Houseboats & Floating Stays (THAMADAG)

Keywords

• Floating city infrastructure
• Blue technology platform
• Coastal urban expansion
• Sea level rise adaptation
• Marine habitat regeneration

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Floating City Infrastructure Development: Revenue generated through direct contracts with city governments and municipalities for the design, development, and construction of floating city prototypes. Projects involve multi-year engagements with significant capital investment from government partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

OCEANIX designs, develops, and builds floating city infrastructure for coastal municipalities. Its core offering is the design and construction of modular hexagonal floating platforms integrated with a proprietary Blue Technology suite of six systems (net-zero energy, fresh water autonomy, zero waste, habitat regeneration, plant-based food, and shared mobility). The flagship deliverable is OCEANIX Busan, the world's first prototype floating city, developed in partnership with UN-Habitat, Busan Metropolitan City, and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.

Product overview

OCEANIX designs and builds floating cities for sustainable ocean habitation. The core offering is OCEANIX Busan, the world's first prototype floating community located in Busan, South Korea. This prototype features three interconnected floating platforms - Living, Research, and Lodging - totaling 6.3 hectares to accommodate 12,000 people. The platforms are supported by Blue Technology, a comprehensive suite of six integrated sustainable systems covering net-zero energy generation, fresh water autonomy, zero waste processing, habitat regeneration, plant-based food production, and shared mobility. The modular design allows OCEANIX Busan to expand from its initial 3-platform configuration to potentially serve over 100,000 residents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OCEANIX Busan World's first prototype floating city — a resilient and sustainable floating community in Busan, South Korea, designed to help coastal cities adapt to sea level rise. Located in Busan's North Port, it features three interconnected platforms totaling 6.3 hectares for living, research, and lodging, with capacity to expand to over 100,000 residents.
• Living Platform Residential platform within the OCEANIX Busan floating city, providing diverse housing options, local food vendors, crafts and bookshops across 34,000 m² of built area over 4-5 levels.
• Research Platform Co-working and maritime research hub within OCEANIX Busan, featuring a temperature-controlled winter garden, hydroponic towers, maker spaces, dorms, and a habitat regeneration center across 37,000 m² of built area over 5 levels.
• Lodging Platform Eco-lodging platform within OCEANIX Busan providing harbor-view guest rooms, organic dining, communal terraces, and skylit greenhouse amenities across 30,000 m² of built area over 1-5 levels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Net-zero energy generation through solar, wind, sea and wave renewable systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UN-HabitatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2022UN-Habitat is a key strategic partner in the OCEANIX Busan floating city project. The partnership was officially announced on April 26, 2022, with UN-Habitat and partners unveiling OCEANIX Busan as the world's first prototype floating city. UN-Habitat's involvement provides international credibility, regulatory guidance, and alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• BIG-Bjarke Ingels GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 April 2022BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group serves as the architectural design partner for OCEANIX projects. The firm designed the OCEANIX Busan prototype, contributing the overall masterplan and architectural vision. Media assets credit: 'OCEANIX/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.'

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Waterstudio.NL: Dutch architecture firm specializing in floating buildings, cities, and infrastructure. Direct peer - both design and consult on floating urban developments for governments and developers, addressing the same sea level rise and land scarcity pain points as OCEANIX.
• Blue21: Rotterdam-based company developing floating neighborhoods and aqua cities. Direct peer - explicitly focused on building sustainable floating communities using modular blue technology, closely aligned with OCEANIX's product offering and target market of coastal cities.
• DeltaSync: Dutch firm pioneering floating city concepts and climate-adaptive urban development. Direct peer - collaborates with municipalities on floating urban solutions and shares OCEANIX's coastal city target market and sustainability positioning.

Emerging players

• Floating Islands International: New Zealand-based company manufacturing modular floating platforms using recycled materials. Emerging player - overlaps with OCEANIX on modular floating platform technology but focuses on smaller-scale ecological and agricultural applications rather than full city developments.
• Powerhouse Company: Dutch architecture firm with notable floating building projects (e.g., Floating Farm Rotterdam). Emerging player - shares OCEANIX's design-led approach to water-based architecture and sustainability focus, though operating at smaller project scale.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with extensive marine and coastal infrastructure practice. Broad incumbent - possesses the marine engineering, sustainability, and large-project delivery capabilities that OCEANIX relies on partners for, and could compete or partner at scale.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Dutch engineering consultancy with deep maritime, port, and coastal resilience expertise. Broad incumbent - operates across ports, harbors, and water infrastructure, providing consulting and engineering services that overlap with OCEANIX's port-based floating city deployments.
• BMT Group: International maritime engineering, design, and risk management consultancy. Broad incumbent - provides marine engineering and naval architecture services that overlap with the structural and systems engineering of OCEANIX's floating platforms, serving overlapping government and port customers.

Others

• Copenhagenize Design Co. Mobility-focused urban design firm specializing in bicycle and shared-mobility infrastructure. Adjacent peer - aligned with OCEANIX's shared mobility and sustainable urban design philosophy, and could be a relevant partner or competitor for the mobility layer of floating cities.
• Snøhetta: International architecture and design firm with sustainability-led waterfront and cultural projects. Adjacent - shares OCEANIX's design-led, sustainability-driven approach to large-scale urban architecture and could compete for similar coastal city masterplanning commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OceanixCity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oceanixinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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