Sofar Ocean
2019
- Tim Janssen, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO
- Evan Shapiro, Co-Founder and CTO
San Francisco, CA
- Increased uptake of solutions, products, and technologies that enhance productivity of blue economy
- Increased abundance, cleanliness and health of aquatic environments and water systems
-
Climate Action
![]()
-
Life Below Water
![]()
The company has built the world’s largest real-time ocean network, turning billions of measurements into insights trusted by scientists, governments, and shipping fleets. Their technology makes the ocean more predictable and sustainable, helping customers save costs, cut emissions, and unlock insights that were once out of reach.
Insights
News
Sofar Ocean Extends Spotter Platform to Deep Water with New USV
ASL and Sofar Ocean Engage in Strategic Partnership
Footnotes
S2G North Star Interim Outcomes reflect areas of strategic alignment with our long-term impact goals. These outcomes are intended to illustrate the types of non-financial progress S2G seeks to support across its portfolio and do not represent company-specific metrics or outcomes. They are not a reflection of investment performance, actual or realized returns, or future financial results.
UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) alignment has been obtained from portfolio companies, internally collected data by S2G and/or sources outside S2G, and could prove to be incomplete or inaccurate and is current only as of July 31, 2026. S2G makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from such portfolio companies and/or sources and neither S2G nor any of its affiliates takes any responsibility for, and has not independently verified, any such information.