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Solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle that autonomously collects real-time ocean data for security and environmental monitoring.
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Open Ocean Robotics
Ocean & Marine TechnologyAIVictoria, BC
Victoria-based builder of solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicles, the DataXplorer, that autonomously collect real-time ocean data for maritime security and environmental monitoring.
Canadian innovation builds a brighter tomorrow.
About
Source: openoceanrobotics.comOpen Ocean Robotics builds solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicles that autonomously collect real-time ocean data for maritime security and environmental monitoring. Its own pages state the company was founded by award-winning ocean adventurers, that the vision materialized into Open Ocean Robotics in 2018, and that it has grown to a team of 25+ engineers, scientists and professionals.
Closed a CA$2.8M investment round led by Antares Ventures and Spring Impact Capital, with Katapult Ocean, Alacrity Canada and DTN Ventures, October 2024. openoceanrobotics.com
Received $800,000 from PacifiCan's Business Scale-up and Productivity program in September 2024. openoceanrobotics.com
Opened an East Coast office at the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, November 2024. openoceanrobotics.com
States the vision materialized into Open Ocean Robotics in 2018, with a team of 25+ engineers, scientists and professionals. openoceanrobotics.com
States XplorerView "leverages custom AI analytics to extract actionable insights from both visual and acoustic data", and markets edge AI for real-time vision and acoustic intelligence. openoceanrobotics.com
Its Enhanced Horizon system uses 360-degree optical and thermal imaging to detect vessels, marine debris and surface objects, generating alerts with object type and tracking status. openoceanrobotics.com
Products & Services
Company site: openoceanrobotics.comProducts Open Ocean Robotics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Funding & Investors
Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Investment round (CA$2.8M)
Oct 23, 2024
Undisclosedopenoceanrobotics.comInvestors: Antares Ventures, Spring Impact Capital, Katapult Ocean, Alacrity Canada, DTN Ventures
Latest: Investment round (CA$2.8M) · Oct 23, 2024
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
PacifiCan Business Scale-up and Productivity program - $800,000
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Julie Angus
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Fritz Stahr
Chief Technology Officer
Sam Macdonald
Chief Commercial Officer
Technology Focus
Company site: openoceanrobotics.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Uncrewed surface vehiclesSolar-powered autonomyReal-time ocean dataMaritime domain awarenessEnvironmental monitoringOcean acoustic monitoring
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