Name

Benthos

Legal name

Benthos Inc.

Website

https://studio.benthos.dev

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Benthos Inc. designs and sells hydrophone systems for underwater acoustic monitoring, serving defense, environmental monitoring, and offshore energy customers. It offers advanced array and digital hydrophone products for naval, oceanographic, and subsea infrastructure applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underwater Acoustic Sensors

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Sonar, Undersea Sensors & Acoustic Detection Systems (IMABAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Underwater/Port Infrastructure Security (Dive Teams, Hull & Pier Inspections) (BPAKALAH)

Keywords

• Underwater acoustic sensors
• Hydrophone systems
• Marine monitoring equipment
• Oceanographic instruments
• Subsea acoustic hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Tilehurst

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hydrophone Hardware Sales: Sale of hydrophone products including advanced array systems and digital hydrophone systems for underwater acoustic monitoring applications

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Benthos Inc. manufactures and sells hydrophone systems—underwater acoustic sensors including advanced array and digital hydrophones—designed to capture and measure sound waves in aquatic environments. Products are used by defense agencies, environmental monitoring programs, offshore energy operators, and oceanographic research institutions for naval surveillance, marine ecosystem assessment, wind and subsea infrastructure monitoring, and underwater acoustic surveys.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydrophone Products Advanced hydrophone systems designed for oceanographic research, environmental monitoring, and offshore energy applications, including defense, wind energy, and subsea infrastructure monitoring. The line comprises advanced array hydrophone systems and digital hydrophone systems for underwater acoustic capture.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Thales Group: Global defense electronics prime that builds sonar arrays, undersea sensors, and acoustic detection systems for naval and maritime security customers — directly overlapping with Benthos's Defense/Military segment as a much larger, multi-program incumbent.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Large incumbent offering sonar systems, acoustic sensors, and subsea instrumentation as part of a broad maritime technology portfolio used in defense, offshore, and oceanographic applications. Competes with Benthos on large sonar programs but is much broader in scope.
• Nortek: Manufacturer of acoustic Doppler current profilers and subsea acoustic instruments for oceanographic, offshore, and environmental monitoring applications — overlapping with Benthos's environmental and oceanographic segments via shared underwater acoustic measurement technologies.
• Brüel & Kjær (HBK): Established acoustic measurement and sound analysis instrumentation provider, including underwater and environmental noise monitoring products. Comparable to Benthos in precision acoustic sensing, though HBK's portfolio extends well beyond hydrophones into broader sound and vibration.
• Ultra Electronics (Undersea Sensor Systems): Defense-focused supplier of sonobuoys, hydrophones, and undersea sensor systems for naval and maritime surveillance — directly comparable to Benthos's defense hydrophone use cases as part of a much larger underwater-defense portfolio.

Direct peers

• Exail (formerly iXblue): Provides underwater acoustic sensors, sonars, and positioning systems for defense and offshore markets. Comparable to Benthos as a specialist in acoustic and inertial undersea instrumentation sold into similar defense and offshore-energy use cases.
• Sonardyne: UK-based specialist in underwater acoustic positioning, navigation, and monitoring systems for defense, offshore energy, and ocean science — closely comparable to Benthos's hydrophone and acoustic-monitoring offering across the same verticals.
• Ocean Sonics: Focused maker of underwater acoustic recorders and hydrophones for ocean monitoring, marine mammal studies, and environmental compliance — directly comparable product category and customer base to Benthos's environmental monitoring and oceanographic segments.
• Teledyne Marine: Explicitly named as a direct competitor in the global hydrophone market. Teledyne Marine is a diversified subsea instrumentation powerhouse selling acoustic sensors, sonar systems, and underwater instruments to defense, oceanographic, and offshore-energy customers that overlap directly with Benthos's target segments.
• Aquametrix LLC: Named alongside Benthos as a key player in the global hydrophone market. Aquametrix supplies water-quality and acoustic measurement instrumentation, overlapping with Benthos on hydrophone and underwater measurement products for environmental and industrial customers.

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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