Entrepreneur in residence
Pubblicato il 21-08-2026 - Maritime ventures in Italia
Fleetward is building a maritime software platform designed to help vessel operators stay inspection-ready — without the last-minute scramble. Through a single, integrated workflow, crews and shore teams can prepare, document, and validate the evidence they need for PSC, SIRE 2.0, vetting, class, flag, and ISM/MLC inspections in one place. The platform addresses a structural inefficiency across the maritime compliance sector: fragmented inspection preparation, inconsistent evidence quality, and disconnected ship-to-shore coordination used to manage inspection readiness. Fleetward enables operators to centralize their readiness process, review evidence quality in real time, and move from pre-inspection to closed corrective actions through a streamlined digital experience. Starting from commercial fleet operators across maritime Europe, Fleetward supports crews in replacing paper checklists, Whats App photos, spreadsheets, and superintendent follow-ups with a scalable and intuitive platform. This foundation allows operators to reduce deficiency and detention risk,
improve evidence quality, and progressively enable advanced use cases such as AI-assisted readiness review, fleet-wide readiness dashboards, and See Vessel-style visual automation. Fleetward is developed within a venture-building environment and leverages direct industry validation, with the ambition to scale across European markets as a core digital infrastructure for vessel inspection readiness. Tasks As Entrepreneur in Residence & CEO, you will: Drive the venture from early-stage product development to successful go-to-market execution Validate the business model and lead the first customer and supplier acquisition efforts Build and lead a high-performing founding team Manage relationships with vessel operators, ship management companies, and classification, flag, and vetting bodies Collaborate with venture building experts to develop financial models, pitch decks, and fundraising strategies Raise the rem