Soomvi

Name

Soomvi

Website

https://soomvi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Soomvi is a South Korean industrial drone company founded in 2015 in Incheon, building marine lifesaving systems for maritime safety, coast guard, and defense customers, with cumulative funding of approximately $14.2M.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Safety Drones

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Navigational Services to Shipping (488330), Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro industry

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Life-Saving Appliances & Safety Equipment (Davit Systems, Lifeboats, Firefighting)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Marine & Shipbuilding/Marine Equipment & Outfitting (Deck, Cargo Handling, HVAC, Accommodation)

Keywords

• Marine lifesaving drones
• Industrial drone systems
• Maritime rescue equipment
• Unmanned aerial vehicles
• Drone safety systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Incheon

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Soomvi operates in the industrial drone market and provides marine lifesaving system services, developing unmanned aerial vehicle-based solutions intended to support water rescue and maritime safety operations. The company's core activity combines drone hardware with marine lifesaving system deployment for use by maritime, port, and rescue-sector buyers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marine Lifesaving Drone System Industrial drone platform integrated with marine lifesaving equipment, deployed to support water rescue and maritime emergency response for port authorities, coast guards, and maritime safety organizations.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne Marine: Division of Teledyne Technologies providing marine instrumentation, imaging, and autonomous underwater/surface platforms. Comparable to Soomvi in providing marine sensing and unmanned platform technology for safety, defense, and commercial maritime applications.
• Viking Life-Saving Equipment: Danish-headquartered global provider of marine and offshore safety equipment and lifesaving appliances. Direct overlap with Soomvi's marine lifesaving equipment focus, though Viking operates at vastly greater scale and through a certified global distribution network.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Norwegian broad-line supplier of marine electronics, navigation, autonomous shipping systems, and maritime safety equipment. Comparable to Soomvi as a broad incumbent operating across maritime navigation, safety, and unmanned/autonomous vessels, including defense-grade systems in Nordic and global markets.
• Survitec Group: Global incumbent in marine safety and survival equipment (lifeboats, lifejackets, evacuation systems, firefighting). Comparable to Soomvi as an established player in the marine lifesaving equipment category that Soomvi is also targeting, though without the drone platform.
• DJI Enterprise: Industrial/commercial drone arm of the world's largest drone manufacturer, offering platforms for inspection, public safety, search-and-rescue, and maritime operations. Comparable to Soomvi as a broad incumbent in industrial drones, including in marine and emergency-response segments that overlap with Soomvi's product strategy.

Direct peers

• Sea Machines Robotics: US-based developer of autonomous marine technology (perception, path planning, remote control) for commercial vessels and unmanned surface vehicles. Comparable to Soomvi in providing autonomy and unmanned systems capabilities targeted at maritime safety and operational efficiency.
• Saildrone: Saildrone builds wind- and solar-powered autonomous surface drones for ocean data and maritime domain awareness. Comparable to Soomvi as a marine-focused unmanned vehicle company combining autonomy, sensor integration, and maritime safety/security use cases.
• Maritime Robotics: Norwegian provider of autonomous surface vessels (USVs) and marine autonomy software for surveying, inspection, and maritime safety applications. Closely comparable to Soomvi in combining unmanned marine platforms with maritime safety/monitoring service offerings.

Emerging players

• Autel Robotics: Chinese-origin manufacturer of industrial and commercial drones with maritime, inspection, and emergency-response use cases. Comparable to Soomvi as a competing industrial drone platform vendor that could be repositioned for marine safety applications.
• Hefring ehf: Icelandic startup using AI and sensor systems to improve vessel safety, situational awareness, and remote/autonomous operations. Comparable to Soomvi as a smaller emerging player applying intelligent systems to maritime safety, though without a focus on lifesaving equipment specifically.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors13 records

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M&A

Investments

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