We're building the digital backbone of the yachting industry.

Aquator Marine was founded in 2020 by tech entrepreneurs and yacht professionals who saw an industry still running on spreadsheets, WhatsApp, and paper. We're changing that.

Born From Real Maritime Challenges

We combined our backgrounds in yachting, technology, and enterprise software to build what the industry was missing — one platform that connects every person and every process involved in managing a yacht. From our base in Singapore, we now serve 100+ vessels across 20+ countries.

2020

Founded in Singapore by maritime and tech professionals to solve the fragmentation problem in yacht operations.

2022

Platform launch with core modules — fleet management, compliance tracking, and crew coordination trusted by early adopters.

2024

Expanded to 100+ vessels across 30+ countries. Grew our global team with employees based across multiple regions.

2025

Enterprise-grade certification achieved. AI-powered features and advanced analytics driving the next generation of yacht management.

Expansion into new markets including shipyards, broadening our platform to serve the full maritime value chain.

2026

The People Behind the Platform

A distributed team of maritime professionals, engineers, and industry specialists building the future of yacht operations.

Gerben Visser - Founder & CEO

Gerben Visser

Founder & CEO

After starting his professional career in finance, Gerben moved to financial technology start-ups, gaining experience in building companies and developing technology platforms.

Keegan Leslie - Director of Business Development

Keegan Leslie

Director of Business Development

Keegan worked his way up from a green deckhand to chief officer over the past 10 years, working on yachts ranging from 20 to 65m taking on various roles onboard throughout his career.

Maxine Robert - Yacht Account Manager

Maxine Robert

Yacht Account Manager

Maxine brings 12 years of experience in the yachting industry, with a strong background as Crew Compliance Manager and Purser, handling administrative, managerial, and shoreside operations.

Bhargav Raiyani - CTO

Bhargav Raiyani

Lead Software Developer

A results-driven software developer with a number of years experience in building web applications and managing software projects. Passionate about creating efficient and scalable solutions to complex problems.

Nirali Raiyani - Lead Software Developer

Nirali Diyora

Software Developer

With 4 years in software development, Nirali has contributed to 13+ projects as a developer and technical lead. She delivers secure, scalable solutions that support immediate goals and long-term vision.

Jay Chauhan - Software Developer

Jay Zadafiya

Software Developer

Jay is a Software Development Engineer building scalable, reliable digital products across domains. He delivers end-to-end solutions supporting large user bases and real-time operations.

Built differently.
Powered by AI.

Aquator is an AI-native organisation. Alongside our core team of maritime professionals and engineers, we deploy a layer of specialised AI agents — digital workers operating around the clock across compliance, documentation, market intelligence, and client support.

This is how a founder-led team can serve 100+ vessels across 30+ countries, maintain enterprise-grade standards, and ship product improvements faster than incumbents with ten times our headcount.

24/7
Agent uptime
6+
AI workflows active
10×
Output per person
Engineering Agent

Works alongside our developers — writing boilerplate, reviewing code, generating tests, and accelerating feature delivery cycles.

Active
Compliance & Regulatory Agent

Monitors flag state updates, class society bulletins, and ISM changes — drafting alerts and updating our platform documentation automatically.

Active
Documentation Agent

Generates SOPs, vessel manuals, onboarding guides, and internal knowledge base entries — keeping our documentation enterprise-grade at all times.

Active
Market Intelligence Agent

Continuously researches the competitive landscape, industry trends, and emerging technology — informing our product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.

Active
Client Success Agent

Handles first-response support, routes complex issues to the right team member, and maintains client communication quality across every timezone.

Active

The architecture of a modern maritime company

We combine deep domain expertise with AI-native infrastructure — three pillars that let us deliver what large incumbents cannot.

Captain
Docs
Fleet Mgr
AI Agent
Owner

Human judgement.AI capacity.

We believe the right question isn't "AI or humans" — it's "how do we combine both to deliver outcomes that neither can achieve alone?"

Our maritime experts focus on what only humans can do: build relationships, exercise contextual judgement, navigate complex situations, and set strategic direction. Our AI agents handle everything else — faster, more consistently, and without time zones.

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AI handles execution, humans set direction

Agents execute repetitive, high-volume tasks. Our team focuses on strategy, relationships, and complex decisions that require maritime knowledge.

Clients always reach a human

AI handles triage and first response. Any issue requiring judgement, empathy, or expertise is escalated to our team immediately.

Every agent makes us better over time

Our AI workflows learn and improve with every interaction — compounding our capability as we grow, without proportional headcount increases.

"Six humans. Multiple AI agents. One platform serving the global superyacht industry. We believe the future belongs to teams that deploy intelligence — human and artificial — without apology."
— Gerben Visser, Founder & CEO
500+
Vessels under management across 30+ countries
24/7
Platform and agent availability, no downtime windows
4
Countries with embedded team members
Faster compliance documentation vs. manual process

Principles that guide every decision

Building maritime technology for the long term means operating with values that don't shift with market conditions.

Trust Above All

Yachts and their operations involve sensitive data, significant assets, and personal safety. We treat security and confidentiality as non-negotiable — always.

Radical Transparency

We're honest about what we are: a lean, ambitious team augmented by AI. We don't pretend to be something we're not — and we don't need to.

Obsessive Improvement

We ship, learn, and improve continuously. Our platform, our processes, and our agents get better every week. Complacency isn't in our operating model.

Built for the People at Sea

Every feature starts with a real maritime problem. Our team has stood watch, managed crew, and navigated compliance — we build for the people we know.

Global Presence, Local Expertise

With teams across four countries and clients in 30+ nations, we deliver maritime technology with local understanding and global capability.

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