Fleet Zero
Underwater & Marine Robotics · Automotive Manufacturing
$16.7Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
2hiring now · open roles
$16.5Mlatest round · Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
2backers · Y Combinator, Obvious Ventures
Overview
Fleetzero is a marine technology company that sells electric and hybrid marine propulsion systems for new and existing commercial vessels.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$16.7M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$16.5M
Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
27
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +93% in a year
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Obvious Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
53 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
2025
Team of 27 was 14 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Jun 1, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $16.5M · SEC Form D
Jan 2022
Went through Y Combinator
Sep 6, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $225k · SEC Form D
2021
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2022 | $16.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2021 | $225k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | fleetzero Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Steven HendersonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$80k
Typical range
$40k – $120k
Open positions
2
1
Jobs
Intern
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $40k | $40k |
Highest paying role
PR & Events Manager
$120k
Normalized to USD per year
Visa sponsorship
1 ▼ 50%
H-1B filings in 12 months
$148k
Median offered salary
2
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Logisticians
1
In the register as FLEETZERO INC., Houston, TX (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Ford Motor Company 837 filings
General Motors 795 filings
Zoox 373 filings
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 128 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 1, 2025 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
41/100
Stable
Open positions
2
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
163 days
faster than 7% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
67% ▼
Communications
33% ▼
People
Steven Henderson
Executive Officer, Director
Michael Carter
Director
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News
Fleetzero Announces Marine Autonomy Stack, Expanding Its Marine Technology Portfolio
/PRNewswire/ -- Fleetzero, the marine technology company building the future of shipping, today announced the commercial launch of its autonomy stack which...
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Fleetzero, Thoma-Sea, and Glosten Announce Collaboration to Deliver Long-Duration Autonomous Vessels
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BATTERIES: FleetZero aims to Help Rewrite the Rules of Marine Power
Michael Carter and Steven Henderson grew up together in North Carolina, attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) together…
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Fleetzero Raises $43 Million Series A from Obvious Ventures, Maersk Growth, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, 8090 Industries and Others to Scale Shipping Electrification and Autonomy
Fleetzero, a marine technology company building hybrid and electric propulsion systems for ships, today announced a $43 million Series A financing and the...
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Fleetzero: $43 Million Series A Raised To Scale Electric And Hybrid Propulsion Systems
Fleetzero, a marine technology company developing hybrid and electric propulsion systems for commercial vessels, has raised a $43 million Series A round led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Maersk Growth, 8090 Industries, and existing backers
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Fleetzero & Glosten to Develop World's Longest-Range Hybrid Electric Vessel
Fleetzero, a leading developer and manufacturer of modular propulsion platforms for hybrid and electric ships, has selected Glosten, a leading naval a...
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Fleetzero hunts for first huge ship to make battery powered
Fleetzero has an ambitious goal: to compete with global shipping companies with its own boats, powered entirely by electricity. The company just secured
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Fleetzero looks to capsize the shipping world with electric vessels serving forgotten ports
We've been shipping things across the oceans for centuries, and the world's supply chains increasingly rely on diesel-powered megaships big enough to
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Houston
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New Orleans
United States
HQ
Houston
United States
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $80k Avg Salary
hires for Communications, Marketing