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Todd Maiden
Tue, May 26, 2026 astatine 10:30 AM CDT 2 min read
Prologis Ventures has committed to co-anchor the motorboat of TMV Logistics, a caller $200 cardinal task money dedicated to maritime and logistics innovation and safety.
With implicit $235 cardinal successful assets nether management, Prologis (NYSE: PLD) holds a captious presumption successful planetary trade. Anchoring the TMV Logistics money volition let the institution to code maritime-oriented proviso concatenation needs.
“With a planetary footprint crossed logistics existent estate, we spot firsthand however constraints astatine ports and on maritime corridors ripple done the full proviso chain,” said Will O’Donnell, caput of planetary firm improvement and maturation astatine Prologis Ventures. “Investing successful maritime innovation is simply a earthy hold of our enactment to amended flow, visibility and ratio from larboard to warehouse astatine planetary scale.”
The money volition enactment pre-seed done Series A companies focusing connected infrastructure investments successful maritime, shipbuilding, ports and intermodal logistics. Startups addressing areas similar autonomy, robotics, operational AI and next-generation fuels are the superior targets.
Early-stage task superior steadfast TMV volition negociate the fund.
“Maritime AI is simply a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and the companies being built close present volition acceptable the standards for the adjacent 50 years,” said Soraya Darabi, co-founder and a managing spouse astatine TMV.
The money is besides anchored by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a supplier of classification and certification services for marine and offshore infrastructure.
Anchor partners volition besides enactment owed diligence and merchandise development, and whitethorn go customers of the portfolio companies.
“By combining ABS’s method enactment with TMV’s early-stage entree and ecosystem reach, we are positioning ourselves astatine the root of innovation that volition specify safer, much resilient, and higher-performing planetary fleets, shipyards, and maritime infrastructure,” said John McDonald, ABS president and CEO.
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