VesselMan founder Stig Linna and chief executive Glenn Edvardsen together cover both sides of the business through their knowledge of the shipping and IT industries.

Whenever 33-year digital veteran Linna lacks the shipping knowledge, then master mariner Edvardsen covers the gap with more than 20 years of maritime experience — and vice versa.

This story of their synergy has also been playing well in the market, as Edvardsen says the two have been sounding out potential investors in initial efforts to ramp up the dry-docking software specialist.