OpenSeas, a platform for maritime tech collaboration, has been a significant OpenSeas business opportunity for SailPlan, a Virginia-based maritime technology company. Despite being located away from the maritime hub of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, SailPlan has utilized OpenSeas’ virtual format to bridge the distance and collaborate with several members on commercial, marketing, product integration, and government pursuits. SailPlan is working on an intelligent vessel navigation platform aimed at improving maritime navigational safety, a project that has seen significant progress through their involvement with OpenSeas and the Dojo program, a skills-building initiative for high-growth businesses. Membership in the Dojo is offered to global participants, with preference given to those based in Hampton Roads.

Introduction

OpenSeas Business Opportunity Dojo in Norfolk, VA: Collaboration with Maritime Tech Companies.
NORFOLK, VA – December 17, 2020: OpenSeas has been a great forum for collaboration with other maritime tech companies in the mid-Atlantic region. For SailPlan, being located in Northern Virginia, away from the maritime hub of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, they are so close, yet so far away. OpenSeas has helped them bridge that gap through its virtual format.

SailPlan Collaboration

Founded in 2020 and based in Reston, Virginia, SailPlan is a maritime technology company committed to improving maritime navigational safety by developing an intelligent vessel navigation platform and a network of connected maritime infrastructure. SailPlan is actively collaborating with several members of OpenSeas in commercial, marketing, product integration, and government pursuits. The combination of their technologies, skillsets, backgrounds, and networks has opened doors for them. The Dojo has also brought together some important players in the Virginia maritime tech community.

SailPlan’s Technology

SailPlan is building an intelligent navigation platform for ships that will make navigation dramatically safer and more efficient in a world with an ever-growing demand for cargo.

Dojo Program

The Dojo is designed to build skills and competencies around taking ideas, creating solutions with market value, and developing high-growth scalable businesses and organizations that provide value to the world. It is based upon the principles of lean start-up and the successful TempO program of ODU’s Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Membership Information

Membership in the Dojo is based on application and acceptance into the program. To be considered, participants must have a concept or opportunity to work on. Since the sessions will be conducted virtually, membership will be open to opportunities from around the world. But preference will be given to individuals and companies based, or looking to operate, in Hampton Roads.

Contact Information

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Contact:
Emily Pavlik, Marketing Manager
757-683-5507 / epavlik@odu.edu

Question & Answer

1. How has OpenSeas benefitted SailPlan, a Virginia-based maritime technology company?

OpenSeas has provided SailPlan with a platform for collaboration with other maritime tech companies, despite being located away from the maritime hub of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, through its virtual format.

2. What is SailPlan working on in collaboration with OpenSeas?

SailPlan is working on an intelligent vessel navigation platform aimed at improving maritime navigational safety, with progress seen in commercial, marketing, product integration, and government pursuits through their involvement with OpenSeas and the Dojo program.

3. What is the Dojo program and how does it benefit high-growth businesses like SailPlan?

The Dojo program is a skills-building initiative for high-growth businesses, designed to build skills and competencies around creating solutions with market value and developing scalable organizations. It has brought together important players in the Virginia maritime tech community.