WaiV Robotics emerges from stealth with €6.4 million seed funding

May 5, 2026 · Funding · WaiV Robotics · Maritime

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Company media · WaiV Robotics
  • WaiV Robotics emerged from stealth with €6.4 million, equivalent to $7.5 million, in seed funding.
  • The company is developing an automatic takeoff and landing platform for VTOL drone operations from moving vessels.
  • WaiV said the system is designed to enable reliable maritime drone operations even in high sea states.

WaiV Robotics is a UK-based maritime robotics company developing autonomous infrastructure for launching and recovering VTOL drones from moving vessels. Its system is designed to let drones operate from ship decks in high sea states by solving the landing and takeoff problem around moving maritime platforms.