Remora

What Remora does

Remora, operated by the Costa Rican startup ImagineXYZ and founded in 2016, is building an integrated seafood traceability platform aimed at small-scale artisan fishing communities. Its product suite has four components: a low-cost IoT vessel monitoring system with passive GPS and self-energy generation; a Smart Scale installed at fish landing centers that uses computer vision and AI image processing to measure weight and dimensions per fish; the WhatsFish mobile marketplace app that connects fishermen directly to consumers; and a centralized Fishing Data Platform that cross-analyzes vessel location, catch data, weather, and consumer behavior.

The company's go-to-market is built on stakeholder partnerships rather than traditional sales. Its technology concept was validated early by international NGO Marviva and the US Regional Environmental Hub for Central America, and its only disclosed live deployment is a pilot in Cabuya, Costa Rica, conducted with the Asociación de Pescadores de Cabuya, NGO CoopeSoliDar, AUGE, and Costa Rica's Ministry of Ambient and Energy. Remora targets artisan fishing communities seeking sustainable-fishing certification, government regulators addressing IUU fishing, and conscious consumers seeking verified supply chains.

Remora has been funded to date primarily through small grants, the 2016 Fishackathon Costa Rica first prize, the Hardware.co accelerator, and a 2021 Creative Destruction Lab engagement; no traditional venture rounds, pricing model, or revenue figures are disclosed. With 1-10 employees and a single 15-vessel pilot in one community, the business remains at an early proof-of-concept stage.

Name

Remora

Legal name

ImagineXYZ

Website

https://remoraxyz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Remora (operated by Costa Rica-based ImagineXYZ) builds an integrated IoT and AI seafood traceability platform for small-scale artisan fishing communities, combining vessel monitoring, an AI-powered smart scale, a fisherman-to-consumer mobile app, and a fishing data analytics platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San José

HQ country

Costa Rica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Remora Technologies provides an end-to-end seafood traceability platform comprising four integrated products: a Vessel Monitoring System (IoT geolocation device with passive GPS for tracking small fishing boats), a Smart Scale (IoT-connected scale with AI image processing for capturing weight and dimensions at fish landing centers), the WhatsFish mobile app (marketplace connecting fishermen directly to consumers), and a Fishing Data Platform (centralized analytics on catch, fishing effort, breeding cycles, and environmental factors). The integrated solution enables catch documentation schemes that certify seafood from the point of capture through the supply chain to the consumer's plate.

Product overview

Remora Technologies offers a unified seafood traceability platform comprised of four integrated products: the Vessel Monitoring System (IoT GPS tracker for boats), Smart Scale (AI-powered weighing and imaging device at fish landing centers), WhatsFish Mobile App (fishermen-to-consumer marketplace), and Fishing Data Platform (centralized data intelligence and visualization). These products work together to create a complete catch documentation scheme, tracking seafood from point of capture through the entire supply chain to the consumer's plate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vessel Monitoring System Economic IoT geolocation device that tracks where fishing boats are operating, featuring passive GPS, plug-and-play installation, and self-energy generation. Cross-analyzes location data with boat type, permits granted, and fuel allocation through the Fishing Data Platform. Designed specifically for small-scale artisan vessels.
• Smart Scale IoT-connected scale installed at fish landing centers that captures images of every fish and uses AI-powered image processing to analyze weight and dimensions. Data is sent to the cloud and matched to the fisherman, boat, and fishing path for traceability certification.
• WhatsFish Mobile App Marketplace mobile app connecting fishermen directly to consumers, enabling traceability from sea to plate. Provides fishermen with consumer feedback, fish price information, weather alerts, and fishing advice while allowing consumers to support responsible fishing practices.
• Fishing Data Platform Data intelligence and visualization platform compiling information from all Remora hardware and software. Analyzes fisheries situation, fishing effort, and consumer behavior including catch monitoring, breeding cycles, by-catch statistics, and correlations with weather, moon phases, and tidal conditions.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CoopeSoliDarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018NGO partner in the Cabuya pilot project implementing Remora traceability solutions in the fishing community
• AUGEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partner organization in the Cabuya pilot project for traceability implementation
• Ministry of Ambient and Energy (Costa Rica)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Government ministry partner in the Cabuya pilot project for implementing traceability solutions
• Asociación de Pescadores de CabuyacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Local fishermen's cooperative engaged in the pilot implementation with 15 artisan vessels
• Marviva FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016International NGO that validated the technical concept of Remora's solution for seafood traceability
• US Regional Environmental Hub for Central AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016US government regional office in Costa Rica that validated Remora's technical concept

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Fish Provenance: UK-based traceability and certification platform for sustainable seafood, sharing Remora's goal of connecting verified responsible catch to end consumers and retailers.
• OceanMind: Uses satellite vessel monitoring and AI to support fisheries compliance and IUU enforcement, overlapping with Remora's VMS and predictive analytics capabilities for regulators.
• Global Fishing Watch: Provides vessel monitoring and fisheries activity data using satellite and AIS data, closely paralleling Remora's Vessel Monitoring System and Fishing Data Platform for tracking fishing effort and combating IUU.
• ThisFish: Seafood traceability SaaS that digitizes catch documentation and supply chain records, directly comparable to Remora's traceability software stack and WhatsFish marketplace.
• Vericatch: Fisheries management and traceability software for catch reporting and quota tracking, directly overlapping with Remora's catch documentation and data platform functionality.
• SmartCatch: Digital catch monitoring and analytics platform for fisheries, with comparable goals of bringing IoT-enabled catch data and traceability to commercial and small-scale fishing operations.

Emerging players

• Saildrone: Deploys autonomous surface vehicles to collect ocean data including fisheries-relevant information; comparable as a marine IoT and data platform, though primarily uncrewed-vessel based.
• Blue Robotics: Provides low-cost marine hardware components and platforms for ocean monitoring, adjacent to Remora's affordable IoT device design philosophy for small-scale fishing operators.

Broad incumbents

• FoodLogiQ (now Trustwell): Food supply chain traceability platform serving large retailers and food service; competes in the broader traceability space where Remora's WhatsFish marketplace could eventually operate.
• IBM Food Trust: Enterprise blockchain-based food traceability platform, a potential large-scale alternative for seafood supply chain traceability that could displace niche players like Remora in major buyer accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/remora-fishing-traceability

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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