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Marlo Technologies
Techstars '21London, GB · Founded 2018 · 52 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Marlo is a maritime ERP platform that consolidates voyage management, freight finance, accounts, banking, and compliance for dry bulk, tanker, and commercial shipping operators. The system replaces disconnected voyage management, accounting, and banking tools with a single integrated platform.
Also known as Marlo · MARLO · MARLO Technologies Limited
Founders & leadership
Marlo Technologies was founded in 2018 by Saravana S..
Investors · 2
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Marlo Technologies is a London-headquartered maritime software company offering an enterprise resource planning platform for dry bulk operators, tanker owners and commercial shipping companies. The platform combines modules for analytics, voyage management (route planning, progress tracking and voyage logging), multi-currency banking with payment send and receive, loans, accounting software synchronisation, and a shared inbox for chartering and operations email with filters and tags. It is positioned as a replacement for separate voyage management systems, accounting tools and banking tools, covering pre-fixture planning, post-fixture operations, chartering, cargo tracking and vessel performance monitoring alongside finance functions such as voyage P&L reconciliation, demurrage tracking and bunker cost management.
A risk and compliance layer includes sanctions screening of counterparties against global lists, covenants monitoring for loan and contract terms, CII (carbon intensity indicator) rating management and emissions tracking for environmental reporting. The company states SOC 2 certification under AICPA.
The platform also supports cargo contract and voyage itinerary creation using proprietary algorithms, generating cash flow predictions across a voyage for SME shipping companies, and applies real-time operational data alongside conventional financial analysis to maritime lending, connecting borrowers with lenders.
Founding story
MARLO, a contraction of "Maritime Loans", was founded in 2018 by a group of entrepreneurs with backgrounds in shipping, banking and risk management. The founding premise was that tightening regulation had led banks to scale back funding to the maritime sector, and that shipping was treated as an esoteric asset class by institutional investors, resulting in mispriced risk; the founders set out to build a lending marketplace that would help small shipping companies raise capital more efficiently through technology while giving lenders better tools to assess counterparties amid rising compliance requirements.
Business model
Marlo sells software to shipping companies as an integrated platform combining voyage management, accounting, banking and compliance modules, offered with a free trial and a demo request path. The platform also intermediates between shipping companies and lenders, with loan request and tracking functionality for cargo contracts, demurrage and external financing, and a stated objective of improving SME shipping companies' visibility to the global lending community and helping lenders identify good credits in shipping.
Software platform access for shipping operators, offered with a free trial and demo-led sales; the platform additionally provides banking and loan facilitation, requesting and tracking loans for cargo contracts, demurrage and external financing, and connects shipping company borrowers with lenders.
Traction
The website reports 15 vessels managed, 12 shipping companies and coverage of 12+ maritime sectors, with SOC 2 (AICPA) certification. Directory listings place headcount at 41 employees or a range of 11-50 and the company at seed stage. The Android application has recorded 100+ downloads and was last updated on 26 August 2025.
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Market position
Marlo operates in maritime fintech and shipping software, described across directories under fintech, financial services, lending and shipping categories. It reports 15 vessels managed and 12 shipping companies on the platform, and explicitly benchmarks itself against Veson IMOS in the voyage management category while targeting small and medium-sized shipping operators.
The company positions the product against Veson IMOS by combining voyage management, finance, banking and compliance in one system rather than relying on third-party integrations for finance and banking, and targets dry bulk, tanker and commercial shipping operators seeking a connected system without the complexity and cost of enterprise legacy software. Its lending approach combines real-time operational data with conventional financial analysis to assess credit risk in shipping.
Technology
The platform uses proprietary algorithms to generate cargo contract and voyage itineraries that produce cash flow predictions across a voyage, and combines real-time operational data with conventional financial analysis for maritime credit assessment. Functional modules cover analytics dashboards, voyage management, multi-currency banking and payments, loan request and tracking, accounting software synchronisation, and a filtered chartering and operations email inbox, together with sanctions screening, covenants monitoring, CII rating management and emissions tracking. The mobile app collects personal information, files and documents, and device identifiers, encrypts data in transit, states no data is shared with third parties, and supports deletion requests.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly through its website with free trial and demo request calls to action, segments its messaging by role (CEOs, CFOs and COOs, chartering managers, operations managers, accountants and finance controllers) and by business model (vessel owners, vessel operators, commercial managers), and distributes a mobile application through Google Play. It appears on the Techstars job board and on startup and org-chart directories for recruiting and visibility.
Small and medium-sized shipping companies, including dry bulk operators, tanker owners, vessel operators, vessel owners and commercial managers, with users spanning executive (CEO, CFO, COO), chartering, operations, accounting and finance control roles, plus lenders seeking shipping credit exposure.
Geography
Headquartered in London, England, with offices in Chennai, Singapore and Dubai. London-area locations listed on a job board include Kings Cross, Mile End and Kingston Vale. The registered address is 1 Bell Street, 2nd Floor, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom, and a listed contact phone number carries an Indian country code. Customers are vessel owners and operators running fleets across global dry bulk and tanker trade routes.
History
The company was founded in 2018 with the name MARLO, short for "Maritime Loans", and was originally positioned as a lending marketplace and working capital provider for shipping companies connecting them with lenders worldwide. It has since been presented as a maritime ERP platform spanning chartering, voyage P&L, accounting, banking, loans, email and compliance. Marlo Technologies Limited is registered in London at 1 Bell Street, 2nd Floor, NW1 5BY, and operates an Android application published under the developer name MARLO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, last updated in August 2025.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Legal entities · 1
corporate structureCompanies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- MARLO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Company number
- 11450311
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 Jul 2018
- Registered office
- 1 Bell Street, 2nd Floor, London, NW1 5BY
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
- Accounts
- last made up to 31 Jul 2024 · next due 31 Jul 2026
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 1 Aug 2025 · next due 15 Aug 2026
Current officers · 2
- Maria Galanopoulou — director, appointed 15 Jul 2019
- Saravana Sivasankaran — director, appointed 5 Jul 2018
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 24 Jul 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Marlo Technologiesmarlo.online · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Marlo Technologies do?
- London-based maritime ERP platform combining voyage management, finance, banking and compliance for dry bulk and tanker operators.
- Who founded Marlo Technologies?
- Marlo Technologies was founded by Saravana S. in 2018.
- Who are Marlo Technologies's investors?
- Marlo Technologies's investors include Fuel Ventures, Techstars.
- Where is Marlo Technologies headquartered?
- Marlo Technologies is headquartered in London, GB.