BOATSCRIBE, the global metasearch yacht rental platform, has raised a six-figure pre-seed investment round to accelerate its mission of making yachting a mainstream and accessible part of global travel experiences and services. By leveraging its proprietary metasearch technology, BOATSCRIBE is set to open the yacht charter market to millions of first-time travellers.

Founded in 2023, BOATSCRIBE secured a strategic investment from EOS Yacht Charter, a family-owned fleet operator, in one of the industry’s rare cases of venture-style funding between yachting players, as opposed to the more common mergers and acquisitions.

The company was created by tech entrepreneurs and skippers Illia Kolomoiskyi and Kyrylo Soliar, who saw an unexploited opportunity: simplifying yacht rentals and integrating them into the wider travel planning process. BOATSCRIBE’s integration roadmap includes partnerships with major global travel platforms such as Tripadvisor, Google Things To Do, and lastminute.com. 

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“Within the next three years, our goal is to be the company that turns the yacht charter industry upside down,” said Illia Kolomoiskyi, co-founder and CEO of BOATSCRIBE. “We want to bring an entirely new, active, and high-spending audience into yachting, and serve as the bridge between travelers and charter partners worldwide.”

In addition to scaling its search platform, part of the investment will fund the development of an AI-powered yacht travel assistant. On the consumer side, it will deliver personalized yacht and destination recommendations based on hundreds of traveler preferences.

On the B2B side, BOATSCRIBE’s AI will equip charter companies and online brokers with automation tools to eliminate repetitive tasks in sales and support, boosting efficiency across the industry. 

By combining B2C discovery with B2B automation, BOATSCRIBE is positioning itself as a catalyst for growth in one of the last untapped verticals of global travel.