TOP 5️⃣ most funded ? USV developers in 2021

✅Saildrone @saildrone – ?$100 millions from group of investors (XN, Standard Investments, Emerson Collective, Crowley Maritime Corporation, Capricorn’s Technology Impact Fund, Lux Capital, Social Capital, and Tribe Capital) | ![]() |
✅XOCEAN @xoceansocial – ?€8 millions from VentureWave Capital, €1.7 million from European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and CINEA through the Blue Economy Window program | ![]() |
✅Open Ocean Robotics @oceanrobotics – ?$2.8 millions from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and $1.2 million from a syndicate of international investors including Rhiza Capital and Cindicates | ![]() |
✅Zelim – ?£1.9 million from from Innovate UK @weareinnovateuk (and over £3 millions total reported) | ![]() |
✅ACUA Ocean @acuaocean- ?£1.05 million from Innovate UK | ![]() |
??Source: Saildrone, XOCEAN, Open Ocean Robotics, Zelim, Acua Ocean
❕*Note: from external sources, as announced and according to information MASSworld has.
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