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Oceanova

Map the ocean autonomously

Integrated autonomous unmanned systems for hydrography, subsea inspection and marine environmental intelligence.

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Vision

Oceanova is building an integrated unmanned systems stack that reduces the cost, time and operational burden of collecting marine data.

A surface, subsea and software-defined operating layer designed to scale repeatable marine data collection.

The Problem

Marine survey is still too vessel-heavy, expensive and fragmented.

Ocean data demand is rising, but the tools used to collect it remain costly to mobilise and difficult to scale.

Large-vessel dependence

Hydrography and inspection campaigns still rely on expensive mobilisation, higher crew cost and limited revisit frequency.

Hard-to-access environments

Shallow, nearshore, marina, inland and infrastructure-adjacent sites are awkward or uneconomic for larger platforms.

Fragmented sensor stack

Bathymetry, optical inspection and environmental sensing are often split across different tools and separate deployments.

Low persistence

Because missions are costly to repeat, the ocean remains under-observed for change detection, compliance and routine monitoring.

Integrated Stack

An integrated autonomous stack

Oceanova combines field-ready unmanned platforms, mission software and sensor integration into a system that can scale marine data collection across the surface and subsea domain.

Matai USV

Surface

Matai USV

Designed for shallow-water access, rapid launch and survey-grade data collection.

1.2 m length 10.5 hr endurance 75 km max range
Ruku AUV

Subsea

Ruku AUV

Inspection, mapping and environmental missions where surface systems cannot go.

1.4 m length 12 hr target endurance 300 m planned depth
Oceanova OS

Autonomy

Oceanova OS

Mission planning, remote operations and autonomous execution built for repeatable marine operations.

Browser-based Live telemetry Replay + QA

Software Platform

Oceanova OS

Mission planning, live telemetry, remote supervision, logging and post-mission review in one browser-based operating environment.

Mission planning
Live telemetry
Remote supervision
Replay + QA
Multi-vehicle future

Commercial Model

Multiple ways to commercialise the stack

Oceanova can monetise autonomous ocean mapping through a mix of service delivery, partner-operated missions and platform sales.

Hardware as a service

Hydrographic, coastal and environmental missions delivered directly by Oceanova using Matai and future integrated payloads.

Partner-operated deployments

Platforms and mission packages deployed with survey firms, aquaculture operators, researchers and infrastructure owners.

Future platform sales

Hardware, autonomy stack and sensor integration sold into customers needing their own unmanned marine capability.

Funding

Raising NZ$1.0M to commercialise the autonomous ocean mapping stack

Oceanova is raising NZ$1.0M to move from prototype readiness into commercial deployment, platform maturity, and early scalable revenue across hydrography, subsea inspection, and marine environmental intelligence.

1

Expand Matai into repeatable customer pilots and commercial survey deployments.

2

Advance Ruku through depth qualification and broader mission validation.

3

Strengthen Oceanova OS across mission planning, telemetry, and remote supervision.

4

Field-integrate multispectral and environmental sensing workflows.

5

Build commercial pipeline, strategic partnerships, and recurring deployment opportunities.

12–18 Month Outcome

From prototype stack to deployable platform

Commercial USV survey traction and customer validation
A materially de-risked AUV pathway
Deployable environmental sensing capability
Stronger software-defined platform differentiation
Clearer service, platform, and recurring revenue potential

Oceanova

Oceanova is building the surface, subsea and sensing stack needed to map the ocean autonomously.

Field-tested USV capability. Built AUV prototype. Multispectral environmental workflows. A practical path from prototype to deployment.

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