Haifa-based HydroSight is emerging from stealth with $5 million in Seed funding to develop an AI platform for mapping and understanding the seabed. The round was led by StageOne Ventures, with participation from Vertex Ventures and the National Center of Blue Economy, which operates under the HiCenter Ventures investment fund.
HydroSight was founded in late 2025 by CEO Tomer Adler, CTO Haitham Ezzy and COO Chen Megera. The three founders bring hands-on experience aboard vessels and in maritime operations and created the company to address a persistent industry problem: although sonar systems and advanced marine survey technologies collect growing volumes of seabed data, turning that data into a clear, up-to-date picture still depends on complex, manual processes and specialized expertise.
How HydroSight’s platform maps the seabed
HydroSight’s platform integrates marine survey data from different sources and time periods, automatically identifying changes, anomalies and patterns to create a detailed, continuously updated map of the seabed. The company says the technology can give marine infrastructure owners a clearer picture of what has changed underwater, helping them plan, develop and operate infrastructure more precisely and efficiently. The platform is designed to cut processes that previously required many hours of manual work, converting field-collected data into an intelligence layer for infrastructure planning, operations and management.
Commercial rollout and funding use
Operating on a B2B enterprise model, HydroSight serves ports, energy companies, telecom cable operators and other marine infrastructure providers and is already running projects with marine infrastructure owners in Israel and internationally using real-world field data. The new funding will be used to expand the company’s team, deepen its AI and analytics capabilities, accelerate commercial activity and broaden work with customers in international markets.
“Beneath the surface of the sea lies a vast world we still know very little about, even though a significant part of our lives already depends on it,” Adler said. “Roughly 30% of the world’s oil and gas is produced at sea, and more than 99% of international data traffic runs through cables laid on the seabed.”
