The newest deal comes from SR Robotics (SRR) based in Katowice, Poland.
👯 Founder(s): Tomasz Hartwig (CEO and co-founder
📅 Founding year: 2017
🏭 Industry: Robotics, Defense, Maritime, Climate Tech
💥 Problem: Traditional underwater operations are costly, risky, and inefficient, especially for tasks like seabed mapping, hull cleaning, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal. Maritime transport also faces challenges from biofouling, which increases emissions and fuel costs.
📣 Solution: SRR develops remotely operated and autonomous underwater robots for both civil and defense applications, and provides ship hull cleaning services using magnetic robots. Their AI-powered robots perform geophysical surveys, neutralize UXOs, and clean hulls to reduce emissions and fuel use.
👥 Customers: Offshore energy sector, maritime infrastructure operators, defense sector, shipowners
🎳 Team size: 10+
🌱 Stage: Growth / Expansion
💰 Investment amount: €8.48M (36 million PLN)
🚀 Funded by: Vinci Fund (part of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego Group, Poland)
👁️🗨️ Investor’s perspective:
“Investing in SR Robotics is about more than just supporting technological development; it’s also about building national competence in protecting critical underwater infrastructure… We recognise the company’s tremendous potential as a leader in underwater robotics…” — Bartosz Drabikowski, CEO, Vinci S.A.
💡 It will be spent on… expanding production capacity, increasing robotic fleet availability (RaaS model), building a Remote Operations and Analysis Centre, establishing a training centre, and supporting offshore wind infrastructure servicing.
💬 In their own words:
“Thanks to Vinci’s support, we can increase the scale of our operations and the availability of services in a subscription model.” — Tomasz Hartwig, CEO & Co-founder
💪 Their specialty… SR Robotics specializes in dual-use underwater robots powered by AI, capable of tasks ranging from UXO neutralization to underwater infrastructure protection. They also develop magnetic robots for ship hull cleaning, boosting fuel efficiency and reducing emissions. Their technology is built to international standards like NORSOK and used in geophysical surveying.
🔑 Business model: Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) — subscription-based access to robotic units, operator support, diagnostics, and maintenance
📈 Funding so far: This is their first funding round.
