About

Boaters, skippers and sailing agents share a common problem. As we call it the Trip Planning Paradox. They use multiple tools and services to solve it with a great failure. No one can provide an exact itinerary for the whole trip. The main reason is that multiple challenges can occur during the trip duration, from change in weather conditions to crowded coasts, to no berth availability in marinas. Imagine that 90% of users make late night calls to friends, 55% searching for images, 88% use blogs and other tools and 92% user more that 4 subscriptions to make the trip planning efficient. But they still fail.

Solution & Product

We gather all the sources that creating safety in a boaters trip. So we launch a mobile app for android and iOS providing all the perfect details and the tools for someone to explore the coastline with his own needs and gather all the information in a trip bucket. An explorer can hire a virtual navigator and let him create a safe trip for a day or more and all he has to do is to execute it and chat in a seamless way to achieve a stress-free and safe exploration around the coast. On the other hand, we are launching a web application with the same tools as the mobile app but with a dashboard for all the professionals that want to provide trips easily.

Innovation & Scalability

We elevate the recreational boating experience by changing the mindset to all those trying to create the perfect trip not by using multiple subscriptions but by using a simple platform providing the intelligence of a co-pilot. We expand the market size with a new service that lets any sea expert be a virtual navigator ready to be hired per day, upgrading the data and providing dynamic itineraries to all those who need help at sea. They create their own trips, a new channel of communication, and a way to express their love for the sea, supporting people with detailed itineraries and earn money and reputation.

Traction & achievements

3 years now, keeano is Live in more than 15 countries, covering the coastline with more than 20 place types in a total amount of 40.000 places crowdsourced. A total amount of 100.000 users with 25% to be active. After launching the Coast View feature shareability increased 10x and so did the avg session time in-app. Great achievement is our collaboration with MarineTraffic exchanging data, they provide live vessels AIS class B and we provide places and coast view photos near the vessel's position.

Team & Why Us

We are a group of explorers who love the sea. A team of engineers, visionairies, skippers, sailing agents and community experts. Our growth strategy in steps. 1. We engage a local Drone Operator to complete a meaningful number of flight plans, producing initial imagery and seeding the new destination.2. We hire our geo ambassador. Tapping into their local knowledge, they activate the drones and captains' community. 3. Operators extend the Coast View coverage while Captains create trips feeding the app with content.The keeano flywheel is turning.4. Captains collaborate with Agents who offer new services to their clients / explorers spreading the world of keeano.5. Expand with digital marketing campaigns and geo’s local media channel

Funding Needs

In order to scale in several markets starting with Croatia (need to build Coast View – drone ecosystem and business network), France and Spain building awareness and business network, we need to raise 1M seed in the next months.