Our Mission

Our mission is to provide partners and clients with services and products that incorporate the full scope of coastal intelligence, encompassing both surveillance and environmental monitoring. This represents a new, data-driven path for the resilience of the blue economy, security, and the preservation and restoration of the marine environment.

OUR TEAM

Our core team is composed of renowned scientists, experts in technology development and GIS, and professionals in business and financial management. Every year, we expand our team with close attention to both expertise and skills matching, as well as diversity and inclusiveness.

Mario Špadina

Chief Executive Officer

Ph.D. at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission, University of Montpellier.

13+ published scientific papers in areas of physics, chemistry and applied mathematics.

Named as Emerging Leaders under 40 years by European Forum Alpbach 2022.

Research Publications

Stipe Lukin

Chief Technology Officer

Stipe holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Zagreb.
He is the expert in data analysis with: 25+ published scientific papers in leading science journals;

He was awarded National Science Award from the Croatian Parliament in 2020.

Research Publications

Assoc. Prof. Robert Kopal

Chief Science Officer

Triple helix experience, 13 books; 70+ professional and scientific papers; 25 certificates

Expertise:
intelligence analysis; cyber security; problem-solving; decision-making; creativity & innovation; game theory; behavioral economy; social network analysis & social psychics; critical thinking; data science; AI

Research Publications

Jelena Capan

Operations Manager

Jelena obtained degree at Science and Mathematical Department at University of Zagreb.

She is the expert in analytics with experience in large chemical industry enterprises like Teva.

Robert Šulc

GIS specialist

Robert obtained a degree at the Geography Department at the University of Zagreb.

He is an expert in geospatial data analysis.

Davor Blaženčić

Chief Finance Officer

Davor hold degree in economics from La Sapienza UniversityDavor’s expertise lies in banking, risk management and process optimization.

Raiffeisenbank Austria – Head of Credit Risk Management (€ 2bn portfolio), Ericsson NT (Croatia) – Head of Treasury and Controlling KPMG – Corporate Audit

Dražen Nikolić

Chief Strategy Officer

Dražen has 10+ years of experience as a Director and Senior Mentor working with technology startups through various accelerators and incubators.

25+ years of experience on C level managerial positions at McCann Erickson, Raiffeisen Consulting where as the CEO he managed a yearly portfolio of €200M of Investment projects

Krešimir Steinbauer

Chief Investment Officer

President of Board / CEO at Société Générale Leasing Croatia.

Head of Corporate Department at UniCredit leasing Croatia Ltd.,

CFO of the largest real-sector investment in Croatia over the past decade, totalling €600 million.

Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and the Croatian Institute of Finance, specializing in Public-Private Partnerships.

Luka Gojčeta

Chief Sustainability Officer

10+ years of experience in sustainable business practices consulting and strategic project management.

Specialized ESG expert.

Expert in EU tenders, grant applications, and financing frameworks.

Specialized in ESG analyses and sustainable business strategies.

Cumulative fund management of over 1 billion EUR throughout career.

Want to join our team?

We are constantly growing, and if you think you and us could be the right fit, please send us your CV.

our vision

Safeguarding our seas for a sustainable future.

investors

Our strategic partner and initial investor

A regional leader in environmental protection, sustainable development, atmospheric protection, energy consulting, and more.

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OUR CLIENTS

Each client is unique with slightly different requirements. For some, we monitor the sea surface for potential pollution hazards, such as oil spills or blackwater tank discharges. For others, we develop traditional and in-house water quality classifiers or conduct infrastructure and vessel surveillance.

1600 sq. km.

of sea area is continuously monitored for surveillance and environmental purposes, and we anticipate a threefold enlargement in the coming year.

In addition to surveillance, our environmental footprint estimation is transformed into ESG metrics, providing actionable intelligence for marine environment management.