Shinkei Systems
YC W22 ↗Los Angeles, US · Founded 2021 · 80 employees · 15 known investors
Shinkei deploys robotics and computer vision hardware on commercial fishing vessels to process seafood at sea, improving quality and traceability while reducing America's seafood import reliance. The company vertically integrates the supply chain from harvest to consumer, offering real-time visibility and quality control through onboard and fleet-wide software systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechHardwareRoboticsFood TechAgriculturein /shinkeisystems@khawajasnycombinator.com ↗

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W22)
Investors · 15
Cantos VenturesSan Francisco · $400K – $1.5M
Dorm RoomBrooklyn · $90K – $250K
Global BrainTokyo · $100K – $184M
Humba VenturesSan Francisco · $750K
Impatient VenturesVenicevia Jack Dreifuss · inferred
Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M
MARKHAM VALLEY VENTURESMarkhamvia Simu Liu · inferred
Ravelin CapitalSausalito
Red & Blue VenturesPhiladelphia · $250K
Spacecadet VenturesKent County · $100K – $500K
Undeterred CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $1Mvia Joe Wilson · inferred
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
CIVreportedVenice Beach
Founders FundreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $5M
InterlagosreportedNew York City
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$6.3MraisedFeb 2024 · 35 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$6.3MraisedFeb 2024 · 35 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Saif KhawajaExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $6.3M
- Amount sold
- $6.3M
- First sale
- Jan 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2021
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Shinkei Systems raises $22M Series A | Venture5venture5.com · 2026
- Founders Fund's outlier bet on humanely killed fish | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2026
- Seafood robotics firm Shinkei Systems raises US$22 million in Series A funding | Food Business Middle East & Africa - No.1 Food & Beverage Formulation, Processing & Packaging Publicationfoodbusinessmea.com · 2025
- Shinkei Systems, launched in 2021, is expanding rapidly with new headquartersfoodnavigator-usa.com · 2025
- Shinkei Systems will expand its robotic fishing operation thanks to a fresh catch of fundingagfundernews.com · 2025
- Seafood automation start-up Shinkei Systems hooks $22m in Series A fundingagtechnavigator.com · 2025
- Our 11 favorite companies from YC's S22 Demo Day: Part 1 • TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2022
- Shinkei Systems’ AI-guided fish harvesting is more humane and less wasteful – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2022
