MizLinx

Name

MizLinx

Legal name

株式会社MizLinx

Website

https://mizlinx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine IoT Monitoring Systems

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Sensors, Instrumentation & IoT (Condition Monitoring) (IMAJAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) & Autonomous Submersible Manufacturing (IMAJAOAC), Marine Navigation Systems (ECDIS, Radar, GNSS, AIS) (IMAJAJAE)

Keywords

• Marine IoT monitoring
• Underwater observation systems
• Aquaculture monitoring
• Underwater robotics
• Ocean data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of marine IoT monitoring systems (MizLinx Monitor), underwater cameras, and underwater drones (UUV) with customizable configurations for different customer needs.
2. Software/Data Services: Web-based monitoring platform providing real-time data visualization and analysis. Subscription-based access to marine observation data through web applications.
3. Consulting and Custom Development: Underwater IoT technology, underwater robotics, and data analysis consulting services. Custom system development and joint research with national research institutes, universities, and private companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MizLinx develops and sells marine IoT observation systems, including the MizLinx Monitor (underwater monitoring system with video and environmental sensors), MizLinx Diver (360-degree underwater camera with AI analysis), and MizLinx UUV (autonomous underwater robot for ship hull inspection). The company also offers contract development, consulting, and joint research services leveraging its underwater IoT, robotics, and data analysis expertise to improve productivity in fisheries and aquaculture industries.

Product overview

MizLinx offers a portfolio of marine IoT monitoring and underwater robotics products for sustainable ocean development. The core product line includes three main systems: MizLinx Monitor (underwater IoT monitoring system with video/image capture and environmental sensors), MizLinx Diver (360-degree underwater camera with AI analysis capabilities), and MizLinx UUV (autonomous underwater robot for hull inspection). The company also provides contract development, consulting, and joint research services leveraging their underwater IoT, robotics, and data analysis expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MizLinx Monitor: 海洋IoTモニタリングシステム - 水中映像と海洋環境データをリアルタイムで取得・共有できる海洋観測システム
• MizLinx Diver
• MizLinx UUV

Products and services

• MizLinx Monitor Marine IoT monitoring system that captures high-quality underwater video and images while collecting environmental data including water temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, current direction/velocity, and underwater sound. Features LTE/Wi-Fi HaLow communication and Web app display accessible on smartphones, PCs, and tablets. Used by fisheries, aquaculture operations, and research institutions.
• MizLinx Diver Underwater 360-degree camera tool that enables safe filming of marine environments without diving. Combined with AI analysis to create position maps of marine organisms and marine debris. Used for marine biological surveys, marine debris mapping, and underwater research.
• MizLinx UUV Autonomous underwater robot (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) designed for ship hull inspection. Co-developed with Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute. Used by shipping and maritime operators for hull condition assessment and mapping.
• Contract Development, Consulting, and Joint Research Services Consulting, custom system development, and joint research services utilizing expertise in underwater IoT technology, underwater robotics, and data analysis. Clients include national research and development corporations, universities, and private companies.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and support.

• Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute (TIRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Joint development partner for underwater robotics. The robot used in NEDO Challenge for BLUE ECONOMY was co-developed with TIRI. MizLinx has development base at TIRI Product Development Support Lab (313) in Tokyo.
• ABEAM Consulting Ltd.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExhibited at CEATEC2022 through ABeam Consulting's startup booth. Consulting firm providing exhibition channel for technology showcase.
• National Research and Development AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationships with national research institutes and universities for joint research. Achievements include consulting, system development, and joint research utilizing underwater IoT, robotics, and data analysis expertise.
• CO-DEJIMA (Nagasaki Prefecture Startup Exchange Base)supportOthersMoved into CO-DEJIMA startup exchange center in Nagasaki Prefecture. Regional startup ecosystem support facility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Saildrone: Builds autonomous surface and uncrewed marine vehicles for ocean data collection at scale. Comparable in ocean-observation mission, but operates much larger autonomous platforms funded by US government and defense customers.
• Sound Metrics: Manufactures acoustic imaging sonar (DIDSON/ARIS) used for fisheries stock assessment and underwater monitoring. Comparable in marine sensing and fisheries-monitoring instrumentation but uses acoustic rather than optical sensing.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Large incumbent supplier of marine sensors, navigation, AUVs (HUGIN), and subsea systems. Comparable across MizLinx's entire product range (sensors, navigation, UUVs) but at a vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• AquaEye (Imenco): Provides underwater cameras and fish-counting/biomass estimation systems for aquaculture and fisheries. Comparable to MizLinx Diver and the computer-vision angle of MizLinx Monitor for fish-stock and environmental monitoring.

Emerging players

• XOCEAN: Operates unmanned surface vessels for ocean data and hydrographic survey services. Comparable in unmanned marine vehicle operations and data services, though focused on surface vessels and survey work.
• Bedrock Ocean: Autonomous underwater vehicles and cloud platform for seafloor mapping and underwater inspection. Comparable to the MizLinx UUV on hull/site inspection autonomy, but focused on survey-grade mapping rather than fisheries IoT.
• Seasats: Builds low-cost, long-endurance autonomous surface vessels for ocean monitoring and data collection. Comparable in marine IoT data services, though operating on the surface rather than underwater.

Direct peers

• Aquaai: Provides underwater drones and sensors for aquaculture monitoring, fish welfare, and environmental data collection. Highly comparable to MizLinx Monitor in target use case (aquaculture IoT), though operating primarily in the US/Europe and with a fish-health analytics angle.
• Blueye Robotics: Norwegian maker of compact underwater drones (ROVs) used for inspection, research, and aquaculture. Directly comparable to MizLinx Diver/UUV on underwater imaging and inspection hardware for marine professionals.

Others

• AquaSpark: Aquaculture investment and innovation platform supporting sustainable aquaculture ventures and technologies. Not a direct product peer but adjacent as a funder/catalyst in the same blue-economy ecosystem that MizLinx serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mizlinx
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MizLinx
• Instagraminstagram.com/mizlinx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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