About This Fund
Motion Ventures Fund II is a $100 million venture capital fund managed by Motion Ventures, the world's foremost maritime technology investment firm founded and led by General Partner Shaun Hon. Announced in March 2025 and the largest maritime-focused technology fund ever raised, Fund II reflects the maturation of maritime tech as an investable sector and the global industry's accelerating adoption of digital and clean-energy solutions. The fund launched with over 50 per cent of its target already committed from a consortium of seventeen major maritime and supply chain corporations who serve simultaneously as LP investors and strategic partners—a distinctive structure that gives portfolio companies immediate access to the industry's largest operators as potential customers and co-development partners.
Motion Ventures Fund II deploys capital of between $250,000 and $10 million per investment into more than 25 early-stage companies addressing the two defining themes of the maritime industry's transformation: digitisation and decarbonisation. The fund targets startups developing software platforms, data intelligence tools, autonomous systems, green propulsion technologies, and cargo-finance solutions purpose-built for the complex, fragmented, and capital-intensive global maritime supply chain. As with Fund I, portfolio companies gain access to the Motion Ventures Alliance—a network of over 80 senior maritime industry executives who provide mentorship, board support, customer introductions, and commercial pilot opportunities that dramatically accelerate the go-to-market journey for early-stage maritime technology startups operating in a highly relationship-dependent industry.
Motion Ventures Fund II builds on the track record established by Fund I (vintage 2021), which ranked in the top 10 per cent of all 2021-vintage venture capital funds globally and delivered two profitable exits within the fund's investment period. Fund II's early portfolio includes investments in OceanScore (maritime environmental compliance software) and Fernride (autonomous terminal tractor vehicles), consistent with the fund's focus on both digital intelligence and physical decarbonisation solutions at the port and sea interface. Motion Ventures operates globally, with portfolio companies and LP relationships spanning Europe, North America, and Asia, reflecting the inherently international character of maritime commerce and the cross-border nature of decarbonisation imperatives affecting the shipping industry.