Our goal is to add value from day one. We work with deep tech companies to de-risk their technologies through a stage gate process and validate their business models by testing their assumptions.
How we add value
We add value by helping design a pilot on one of our vessels, fine-tuning business models using our insight into the industry, providing LOIs or catalytic funding. As companies mature, lomarlabs remains engaged. This may mean assisting with placing purchase orders for start-ups, connecting them with industry players, or supporting entrepreneurs on their journey to obtain institutional funding.
Piloting Transformative Solutions
The Challenge
One of the biggest challenges maritime technology companies face is having access to physical infrastructure, such as vessels, to test and showcase new technologies. Modern ships in particular are large, expensive investments that take a long time to build, prohibiting rapid iteration and risky experimentation.
The Solution
We work closely with technology companies to provide them access to Lomar Shipping’s diversified fleet of containerships, dry bulk, and tanker vessels so that together we can responsibly test their innovative solutions in a real-time maritime environment.
The Challenge
Shipping is a global, multi-stakeholder, regulated industry. Navigating the complexities to understand how to best design a product to fit the customer’s needs is not an easy task.
The Solution
We help tech companies fine tune their business models, test their assumptions and refine their value proposition using our industry insight, state of the art business design techniques and ultimately our deep understanding of the end-customer’s perspective.
The Challenge
The breakthrough technology that we are looking at often has technical unknowns, which means it can be harder to raise capital – this is unlike, for example, the more ubiquitous software technology.
The Solution
We work closely with technology companies to provide them catalytic funding to execute their first ‘real-world’ pilot on our physical infrastructure. In doing so, we are helping them hit their technical milestones that are critical to raising institutional capital.
The Challenge
First mover customers are critical to establishing a product-market fit and hitting commercial milestones. For deep-tech startups these can be hard to find.
The Solution
We support companies that have successfully piloted their technology solutions through lomarlabs by assisting them with receiving purchase orders from Lomar’s own fleet and helping connect them to additional prospective customers.
Focus Areas
We work closely with ambitious founders who are building technology solutions for the maritime industry’s biggest challenges.
If you are a technology founder with a bold idea and early stage product, we would love to speak with you. Please contact us here.
