Technology company Boatscribe has raised a six-figure pre-seed investment round to accelerate its mission of making yachting a mainstream and accessible part of global travel experiences and services.

The online platform will lever its proprietary metasearch technology, with the aim of opening the yacht charter market to millions of first-time travellers.

The investment is from EOS Yacht Charter — a family-owned fleet operator — in a venture-style funding between yachting players, rather than a merger or acquisition.

Boatscribe was founded in 2023, by tech entrepreneurs and skippers Illia Kolomoiskyi and Kyrylo Soliar, who saw an unexploited opportunity – that of simplifying yacht rentals and integrating them into the wider travel planning process.

Boatscribe’s integration roadmap includes partnerships with major global travel platforms such as Tripadvisor, Google Things To Do, and lastminute.com.

“Within the next three years, our goal is to be the company that turns the yacht charter industry upside down,” said Illia Kolomoiskyi, co-founder and CEO of Boatscribe.

“We want to bring an entirely new, active, and high-spending audience into yachting — and serve as the bridge between travelers and charter partners worldwide.”

In addition to scaling its search platform, part of the investment will fund the development of an AI-powered yacht travel assistant.

Traveller preferences

On the consumer side, it will deliver personalised yacht and destination recommendations based on traveller preferences.

On the B2B side, Boatscribe’s AI will equip charter companies and online brokers with automation tools designed to eliminate repetitive tasks in sales and support.

Since launch, the Boatscribe platform has aggregated more than 36,000 yachts across 1,000+ destinations worldwide.

The platform enables travellers to instantly compare yacht prices and availability while providing charter companies and brokers with access to new demand streams.