What Wavve Boating does

Wavve Boating Inc. is a Canadian private company founded in 2018 and incorporated in Ontario that operates a mobile-first marine navigation platform serving recreational boaters. Its core product is a GPS-based boating app for iOS and Android that layers real-time tidal adjustments and boat-draft customization on top of nautical chart data licensed from official hydrographic sources including the Canadian Hydrographic Service, NOAA, the Australian Hydrographic Office, the UK Hydrographic Office, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The app provides route planning, weather and wave forecasting, offline map downloads, GPS trip recording, community-shared points of interest, GPX import/export, and a free web-based chart viewer as a discovery surface.

Name

Wavve Boating

Legal name

Wavve Boating Inc.

Website

https://wavveboating.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wavve Boating operates a mobile GPS marine navigation app for recreational boaters, offering tidal-adjusted nautical charts, weather forecasts, route planning, and offline maps via subscription across North America, the Caribbean, the UK, Ireland, and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Subscription: Yearly subscription at $69.99/year with 14-day free trial. Users are billed in advance on a recurring annual basis. Subscription unlocks all app features including offline maps, weather, routing, and community features.
2. Monthly Subscription: Monthly subscription at $11.99/month with no free trial. Users are billed in advance on a recurring monthly basis.
3. Partner/Group Subscriptions: Channel partners (boat clubs, marine brands) receive discounted access to provide to their members/community. Partners offer exclusive promo codes for discounted subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wavve Boating develops and sells a subscription-based mobile GPS marine navigation application that provides cloud-synchronized nautical charts, draft-adjusted depth visualization, real-time weather and tide forecasts, offline map access, route planning, and community-shared points of interest for recreational boaters. The company also distributes a free web-based chart viewer and embeds its navigation experience on SeaDoo/BRP integrated displays through an OEM partnership.

Product overview

Wavve Boating offers a unified mobile-first marine navigation platform consisting of the Wavve Boating mobile app (the core GPS navigational aid for recreational boaters) and the Free Chart Viewer web-based tool. These products work together to provide nautical charting, route planning, weather forecasting, tide information, and offline map capabilities. The company also offers SeaDoo Display Integration as an add-on feature connecting the app to BRP SeaDoo vehicles. Subscriptions are available in yearly ($69.99/year with 14-day trial) and monthly ($11.99/month) tiers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wavve Boating App A subscription mobile GPS navigational aid application for marine use, providing nautical charts, route planning, weather forecasts, tide information, and offline map capabilities to recreational boaters on iOS and Android.
• Free Chart Viewer A free web-based nautical chart viewer and routing tool accessible via browser that lets users explore waterways and plan routes without requiring a mobile device.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced instances of members getting stuck in shallow water
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SeaDoo/BRPcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSeaDoo/BRP integration allows Wavve Boating to connect to SeaDoo built-in displays through the BRP Go! platform. Users can access Wavve Boating's navigation experience on SeaDoo's OEM hardware. This is a significant OEM embedding partnership bringing the app to SeaDoo customers natively.
• Freedom Boat Club Ottawa & KingstoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBoat club providing Wavve Boating access to members for 2 years. Members use the app for navigational aid on local rivers and when boating abroad. Club owner highly recommends the app and strongly encourages all members to use it.
• Carefree Boat Club South JerseycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBoat club using Wavve Boating from sales perspective and to help new members get comfortable on the water. Owner reports it helps members feel comfortable expanding horizons and checking out new spots.
• Jet Drive ExchangecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarine dealership provided Wavve Boating app to all members to navigate shallow waterways. Described as 'one of our best investments of the season.' Drastically reduced instances of members ending up in shallow water and made navigation easier than traditional chart plotters.
• Kalkomey (Marine Education)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed among 'Trusted by Top Brands in Marine' with logo displayed on homepage. Marine education and certification company serving boaters.
• Canadian Hydrographic ServicecoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial chart data provider for Canadian waters. Listed in Terms of Service as one of the 'Providers' of map, charting, and nautical data. Wavve's charts for Canada are sourced from this government hydrographic office.
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)coreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial chart data provider for US waters. Listed in Terms of Service as data provider along with other hydrographic offices. Wavve's US nautical charts are sourced from NOAA.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Navionics (Garmin): Navionics is the dominant consumer marine navigation chart app, now owned by Garmin. It directly competes with Wavve Boating on nautical charts, routing, and offline maps for recreational boaters, and is the primary share leader in the category Wavve targets.
• savvy navvy: savvy navvy is a mobile marine navigation app targeting recreational boaters with smart routing, weather, and chart features. It is a direct consumer-facing competitor to Wavve Boating with a similar PLG/subscription GTM motion.
• Aqua Map: Aqua Map is a marine navigation app providing NOAA and other chart sources, GPS plotting, and AIS features for recreational boaters. It competes head-to-head with Wavve Boating on chart coverage and mobile navigation UX.
• iNavX: iNavX is a longstanding marine navigation app that supports multiple chart providers (NOAA, Navionics, raster charts) on iOS/Android. It directly competes with Wavve Boating in the consumer/prosumer boating navigation category.

Broad incumbents

• Garmin ActiveCaptain: Garmin's ActiveCaptain app pairs with Garmin marine chartplotters and offers routing, charts, and community features. It is a much broader incumbent leveraging Garmin's hardware ecosystem, comparable in functionality to Wavve's mobile marine navigation suite.
• C-MAP: C-MAP is a major commercial-grade marine chart and navigation data provider, increasingly targeting recreational and consumer applications. It overlaps with Wavve's core chart-data offering and competes in the same upstream chart-licensing ecosystem.
• Lowrance (Navico): Lowrance, part of Navico, builds marine electronics and chartplotters with companion apps for routing and charts. It is a broader incumbent in the same marine-navigation ecosystem as Wavve Boating.
• Raymarine (FLIR):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wavveboating
• Xx.com/wavveboating

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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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