Seasmart

What Seasmart does

SeaSmart AS is a Bergen, Norway-based aquaculture technology company founded in 2015 that builds and operates underwater drones for continuous environmental and biological monitoring of salmon sea cages. Its flagship Model3 drone uses a propeller-free, rope-free buoyancy mechanism, an alkaline battery pack delivering roughly 4,000 profiles at 35 meters per cycle, and Iridium satellite connectivity to stream a full water-column profile (oxygen, temperature, salinity, turbidity, color, echosounder, halocline and more) without cage-infrastructure modifications. The company has been granted four patents covering buoyancy control, magnesium-based power, acoustic biomass measurement and a 3D cage scanner.

SeaSmart monetizes through sales of the Model3 hardware combined with a Data Platform, a Digital Twin visualization layer, an open API, and an Insight Platform that runs machine-learning models for appetite prediction, mortality-risk forecasting during delousing, sea lice larvae reporting and algae early warning. The go-to-market is direct enterprise sales to commercial aquaculture operators in Norway, supported by customer testimonials from Osland Havbruk AS and Blom Fiskeoppdrett AS. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The company has 1–10 employees, completed a 2016 funding round of approximately $426,919 led by BTO, and was acquired by private equity firm Aksêca in November 2025. Despite the acquisition the SeaSmart brand and website remain active, signaling continued operations under new ownership with likely growth-capital deployment ahead.

Name

Seasmart

Legal name

SeaSmart AS

Website

https://seasmart.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SeaSmart AS is a Bergen-based aquaculture technology company that builds underwater drones and a cloud analytics platform for continuous environmental monitoring, feeding optimization, and mortality-risk prediction at commercial salmon sea cages in Norway.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aquaculture Monitoring Technology

NAICS

Aquaculture (1125), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAEAAAM

Aquaculture Farm Services & Operations Support (net cleaning, diving, grading, harvesting)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Aquaculture (Fish & Shellfish Farming)

SECONDARYAFAEAAAK

Aquaculture Health, Biosecurity & Veterinary Services

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Production & Aquaculture/Aquaculture (Fish & Shellfish Farming)

SECONDARYIMAJAJAI

Marine Sensors, Instrumentation & IoT (Condition Monitoring)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Marine & Shipbuilding/Marine Electrical, Automation & Navigation Systems

Keywords

• Aquaculture monitoring
• Underwater drone technology
• Fish farming analytics
• Marine environmental data
• Aquaculture data platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Underwater Drone Hardware Sales: Sale of proprietary underwater drones (Model3) for aquaculture monitoring. The drone features 6-month operation capability, satellite connectivity, and multiple integrated sensors.
2. Aquaculture Data Analytics Services: Subscription or usage-based data services providing profile data, insights, forecasting, and analytics for aquaculture operations. Includes Digital Twin visualization, API access, and long-term analysis tools.
3. Biological Modeling and Forecasting: Advanced analytical services including appetite forecasting, mortality risk prediction, sea lice larvae modeling, and environmental analysis for operational decision-making.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SeaSmart develops and sells an underwater data drone (Model3) for continuous environmental and biological monitoring inside aquaculture sea cages. The drone captures full cage profile data (oxygen, temperature, salinity, fish distribution, lice exposure, etc.) and transmits it via satellite to a data platform with Digital Twin visualization and an Insight analytics suite that delivers feeding optimization, mortality risk forecasting, and sea lice reporting. The system is sold as a combined hardware and subscription data service to commercial fish farming operators.

Product overview

SeaSmart offers an integrated aquaculture analytics system comprising the Model3 underwater data drone, a Data Platform for full cage profile collection, a Digital Twin for 3D cage visualization, and an Insight Platform for advanced forecasting and optimization. The drone collects comprehensive environmental and biological data (oxygen, temperature, salinity, fish distribution, etc.) via satellite connectivity, which feeds into AI-powered analytics for appetite prediction, mortality risk forecasting, feeding optimization, and sea lice management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drone Model3 Underwater data drone weighing 21kg with a buoyancy control mechanism that uses no propellers, cables, ropes or winches. Features 5-second drop-in installation, 6-month autonomous operation, Iridium satellite connectivity, and an integrated sensor suite including Aanderaa optical dissolved oxygen sensor, 40 kHz echosounder, EZ conductive salinity sensor, and a custom low-maintenance turbidity sensor. Powered by a 1.7kWh alkaline battery enabling up to 4000 profiles at 35m depth, with maximum certified depth of 50m. Designed for commercial fish farming operations to monitor full water column conditions.
• Data Platform Software platform providing full cage profile data collection and visualization, capturing oxygen, temperature, salinity, light, turbidity, color, noise, fish distribution (via echosounder), water current, waves, water density, upwelling, halocline, appetite, stress conditions and lice exposure. Each measurement is traceable with position, time, depth and calibration metadata for integrity in bulk analysis. Includes an API for integration into third-party applications, cloud storage, BI systems and spreadsheets.
• Digital Twin Three-dimensional digital twin viewer of the fish cage that uses profile data in models for simulations and visualization. Provides operational tools for aquaculture management by representing dynamic cage conditions visually.
• Insight Platform Advanced analytics and forecasting platform combining biological models with environmental profiles. Includes appetite prediction and feeding benchmarking, light positioning optimization to reduce maturation, closed/submersible cage analysis, algae bloom early warning using color spectrum analysis, sea lice larvae release reporting (with up to 50% accuracy correction vs traditional methods), equipment placement optimization for cameras/lice counters/biomass frames, and upwelling effectiveness analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sea lice larvae release calculations corrected by up to 50% using profile data vs. traditional temperature-only methods
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature9 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AKVA Group: AKVA Group is the leading global supplier of aquaculture technology and equipment, including fish farm monitoring, sensors, feeding systems, and cage infrastructure. It competes directly with SeaSmart in providing hardware and software solutions to commercial salmon farmers in Norway and internationally.
• Innovasea: Innovasea provides end-to-end aquaculture technology including fish farming analytics, environmental sensors, biomass estimation, and feed optimization. It is a direct competitor to SeaSmart in offering data-driven fish farm monitoring and AI-based production insights.
• Bluegrove: Bluegrove (formerly Akva Group Connect) develops digital aquaculture solutions including fish farm sensors, feeding cameras, and analytics software. It overlaps directly with SeaSmart's data-driven aquaculture monitoring offering and shares the same Norwegian salmon farming customer base.
• Steinsvik: Steinsvik (now part of AKVA Group) is a Norwegian supplier of aquaculture equipment including sensors, cameras, and underwater monitoring technology for fish farms. It is a direct competitor to SeaSmart in the Norwegian market with overlapping product categories and customers.
• Blueye Robotics: Blueye Robotics is a Norwegian manufacturer of underwater drones/ROVs for inspection and observation. It is comparable to SeaSmart as a Norwegian underwater drone company, though Blueye targets broader professional inspection use cases versus SeaSmart's aquaculture-specialized focus.
• AquaSensors (Hach): AquaSensors (a brand of Hach/Lange) manufactures water quality monitoring sensors used in aquaculture and environmental applications. It competes with SeaSmart in providing dissolved oxygen, salinity, and turbidity measurements to fish farming operations.

Broad incumbents

• Kongsberg Maritime: Kongsberg Maritime is a major Norwegian supplier of marine sensors, instrumentation, and subsea systems. While its primary focus is broader maritime and offshore markets, it has an aquaculture sensor division that competes with SeaSmart's underwater monitoring technology.
• Saab Seaeye: Saab Seaeye is a leading manufacturer of electric underwater ROVs used for inspection, observation, and intervention across multiple industries including aquaculture. It is comparable as an established underwater robotics player, though with broader applications and larger scale than SeaSmart.

Emerging players

• Sound Metrics: Sound Metrics manufactures high-resolution acoustic imaging sonars (DIDSON/ARIS) used for fish counting, sizing, and behavioral observation in aquaculture and fisheries. It overlaps with SeaSmart's acoustic biomass measurement capability but focuses on imaging versus SeaSmart's broader sensor and analytics stack.
• Subsea Tech: Subsea Tech provides underwater inspection drones and ROVs for marine and aquatic environments including aquaculture cage inspection. It is comparable to SeaSmart in offering underwater inspection solutions to fish farms, though with a less specialized analytics layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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