Open Ocean Robotics
About
About Open Ocean Robotics
Open Ocean Robotics develops solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicles for maritime security, environmental monitoring and offshore data collection. The boats carry cameras, acoustic and environmental sensors with real-time satellite communications, operating persistently without fuel or a crew aboard.
A command portal plans missions, tracks vehicles and presents incoming data for coastal surveillance, illegal-fishing enforcement, wildlife monitoring and climate work. Solar energy and autonomous navigation support long deployments in challenging waters at lower operating cost than conventional vessels. The company supplies vehicles and managed ocean-intelligence services to government, scientific and commercial customers.
Products
Funding
- 2024-10-23 - $2M - Open Ocean Robotics closes C$2.8M investment round
Open Ocean Robotics closed a C$2.8 million investment round co-led by Antares Ventures and Spring Impact Capital to scale commercial ocean-monitoring operations. - source: openoceanrobotics.com
Investors
- Alacrity Canada - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
- Antares Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
- DTN Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
- Katapult Ocean - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
- PacifiCan - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
- Spring Impact Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-10-23
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-05 - Deployment - Open Ocean Robotics validates DataXplorer at NOAA Station 46012
The platform maintained controlled station-keeping about 10 nautical miles offshore. It delivered 19 weeks of continuous near-real-time observations using redundant cellular and satellite communications. Remote oversight through XplorerView reduced reliance on vessel-based servicing while operations remained ongoing.
Source - 2024-10-23 - Funding - Open Ocean Robotics closes C$2.8M investment round
Antares Ventures and Spring Impact Capital co-led the investment round. Katapult Ocean, Alacrity Canada, DTN Ventures, individual investors and PacifiCan also participated. The capital supports product development, Southeast Asian expansion and manufacturing scale-up for the company’s uncrewed surface vehicles.
Source - 2024-09-13 - Award - Open Ocean Robotics receives C$800K PacifiCan production award
PacifiCan selected Open Ocean Robotics through its Business Scale-up and Productivity program. The C$800,000 award supports production scale-up for solar-powered autonomous uncrewed surface vehicles. The vehicles collect real-time ocean data for safer and lower-cost marine monitoring.
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Context
Context tags
- Autonomous marine data collection - Capability - Open Ocean Robotics uses autonomous surface vehicles to collect ocean data.
- Maritime patrol - Workflow - The company lists maritime security and government operations use cases.