SMM Maritime Start-up Night 2026
Fifteen start-ups, four panels, one jury, one trophy: the Maritime Start-up Day & Night 2026 at SMM Hamburg ended with the Grand Final and Award Ceremony, where Golden Owl® took home the Maritime Start-up Award 2026.
About the Event
On the Digital Stage of SMM 2026, fifteen maritime start-ups pitched their solutions across four panels: Smart Shipbuilding, Maritime Efficiency, Maritime Digital and Maritime Services & Operations. Bencros Marine Fenders, Toqua, MarinaChain and Golden Owl® won their panels and went through to the Grand Final at the SMM Maritime Start-up Night. Represented on stage by Tal Hagin, Director of Otus, Golden Owl® won the Maritime Start-up Award 2026, followed by the award ceremony and aftershow party.
Our interdisciplinary approach to maritime marketing and event management ensured that every touchpoint—from digital promotion to on-site logistics—served a clear strategic purpose.
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The Panels
All start-ups that pitched across the four panels. Panel winners went through to the Grand Final.
- Agen Robotics
- Conception FG
- Bencros 🏆
Jury
Mark Hackmann, Head of Design Yachts, Lürssen Werft
- Bluefins
- Kite Dynamics AG
- Windtracx
- Toqua 🏆
Jury
Dirk Lehmann, Founder, Lehmann Marine & E-Cap Marine
- Nortech AI
- Risk4Sea
- MarinaChain 🏆
- ELNAV.AI
Jury
Argyris Stasinakis, Founder & CEO, Maritime Innovation Network
- Varuna Marine Services
- Vesselity Maritime Analytics
- Botix Inc.
- Golden Owl® 🏆
Jury
Thomas Pauly, General Manager Future Portfolio & Market Intelligence, Wärtsilä
Full recap at www.maritimestartups.de
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