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Electric boats for consumer recreation and expanding into commercial and defense marine.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series C
$50M · March 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$50M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Los Angeles, California
Overview
Arc builds electric boats — starting with premium recreational craft featuring integrated battery packs, software, and high-performance electric propulsion. Founded in Los Angeles, Arc gained attention for modern EV-boat design and celebrity investors before expanding toward commercial and defense marine applications. The company raised a $50M Series C in March 2026 led by Eclipse with Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures among participants per Arc blog and TechCrunch coverage.
Why Arc is interesting
Series C ($50M, Mar 2026) to scale beyond premium electric runabouts into commercial and defense boats as marine electrification enters procurement cycles.
Product & use cases
Arc designs vertically integrated electric vessels — custom battery systems, thermal management, and vessel software — rather than retrofitting gas hulls with third-party motors. Initial products target premium consumer segment before commercial/defense SKUs.
- Recreational buyers wanting silent, zero-emission lake and coastal boating
- Commercial fleet operators evaluating electric workboats for fuel and maintenance savings
- Defense and patrol applications requiring low-signature electric propulsion
Key facts
- Series C (Mar 2026): $50M led by Eclipse; a16z and Menlo among participants — Arc blog, TechCrunch
- Expansion from consumer electric boats into commercial and defense marine
- Vertically integrated electric vessel OEM based in Los Angeles
Funding history (newest first)
Series C
2026-03 $50M- Eclipse (lead)
- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Menlo Ventures (participant)
Investors in our directory
Funds linked from Arc's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.
Competitive landscape
Edge: Integrated hardware-software boat builder vs. marine electrification kits — Arc controls battery safety and performance holistically on water where thermal and shock constraints exceed automotive norms.
Marine electrification lags automotive — battery energy density and saltwater duty cycles constrain SKUs. Arc's Series C funds commercial/defense expansion where fuel volatility and emissions rules improve TCO. a16z and Menlo participation ties to American Dynamism / climate hardware themes. Execution risk: manufacturing scale and charging infrastructure.
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Candela direct
Electric foiling boats; European leader; Arc US-focused integrated hull.
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Vision Marine / retrofits adjacent
Electric outboard kits on existing hulls; Arc full-vessel OEM.
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Legacy gas boat OEMs incumbent
MasterCraft etc. adding electric slowly; Arc EV-native brand.
Notable stories
- Arc's March 2026 Series C explicitly funded move beyond consumer runabouts into commercial and defense boat lines — electric marine entering broader procurement (Arc blog).
- Founders applied automotive EV integration lessons to marine where few startups own full vessel stack (company positioning).
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