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High Tech Series B Founded 2017

ORCA-TECH

ORCA-TECH manufactures autonomous surface vessels for water cleaning and maintenance, performing surface debris collection, aquatic plant harvesting, and water quality monitoring. The vessels utilize autonomous navigation technology to operate across various water environments, with additional offerings including platforms for water surface cruising and inspection tasks. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Xi An,…

📍 Xi An, China · Professional Service Robots,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeries B
Amount$27M
Date10 March 2026
Total raised$50M
Team size24

About

ORCA-TECH manufactures autonomous surface vessels for water cleaning and maintenance, performing surface debris collection, aquatic plant harvesting, and water quality monitoring. The vessels utilize autonomous navigation technology to operate across various water environments, with additional offerings including platforms for water surface cruising and inspection tasks. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Xi An, China, ORCA-TECH has raised approximately $50.3M in Series B funding from investors including TusStar, CITIC Jiantou Securities, Gobi Partners, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, Skyview Fund, and Plug and Play Tech Center. The company addresses the labor-intensive and hazardous nature of manual water body maintenance by deploying autonomous vessels that can continuously clean lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and urban waterways, improving water quality while reducing operational costs and human exposure to polluted water environments.

Business model

Professional Service Robots > Cleaning > Industrial Cleaning,

Logistics Tech > Freight > Maritime > Technology Enablers > Shipping Management > Maintenance > Ship Cleaning > Robots,

Maritime Tech > Shipping and Port Management > Shipping Management > Maintenance > Ship Cleaning > Robots

Institutional investors

TusStar Edge ventures CITIC Jiantou Securities Plug and Play Tech Center Brizan Ventures XbotPark Cross Information Core Technology Research Institute Turing Ventures Gobi Partners Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund Skyview Fund Houxue Capital Shenzhen Nanshan Strategic Emerging Industries Investment Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform

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