Oshen raises $5m as ocean-robot production scales
Lunar Ventures leads financing for the Plymouth maker of autonomous C-Star vessels.
Oshen has raised $5 million led by Lunar Ventures, with AlbionVC, Twin Track and Concept Ventures participating.
The company says it now builds 15 C-Stars every six weeks and has another 100 on order. Its small wind-and-solar vessels serve weather observation and maritime security missions, making repeatable manufacturing increasingly important as customers move from individual trials to larger deployments.
Use of funds
Scale C-Star manufacturing.
Develop passive acoustic sensing, subsea infrastructure protection and anti-submarine capabilities.