Startup · $16m raised · Robotics
Deploys autonomous underwater robots to solve biofouling for ship hulls
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hullbot raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Artesian VC | Series A | - |
| Bandera Capital | Series A | - |
| Climate Tech Partners | Series A | - |
| Defence Trailblazer | Accelerator | - |
| Folklore Ventures | Series A | - |
| Impact Ventures/Ocean Impact Collective | Series A | - |
| Katapult Ocean | Series A | - |
| NewSouth Innovations | Series A | - |
| Ocean Impact Organisation | Accelerator | - |
| Regeneration VC | Series A | - |
| Rypples | Series A | - |
| Trinity Ventures | Series A | - |
Companies Hullbot acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Hullbot. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Defence Trailblazer funds emissions-reduction projects with Electric Motor Power, Ocius Technology and Praxis, and profiles renewable-technology ventures from its Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence program.
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
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Defence Trailblazer is advancing emissions-cutting defence technology projects pairing companies with university researchers, and names seven ventures in its Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence program.
Defence Trailblazer is running clean-energy projects with university and industry partners for Australian defence; its EFD program backs seven ventures developing batteries, drone power, hull-cleaning robots and solar tech.
Folklore Ventures brings Albert Bielinko in as a partner, recounting his decade as a Titanium Ventures general partner, his earlier investments, and Enable's later acquisition by Flintfox.
Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.
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Australian robotics company Hullbot has raised A$16 million in a Series A led by Regeneration VC to expand its ship hull-cleaning technology worldwide; the deal is the first from Climate Tech Partners' new fund.
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UNSW Founders partnered with Luminary Partners to invest $200,000 each in 18 early-stage deeptech startups across its 2025 accelerator cohorts, extending prior backing arrangements.
Ocean Impact Organisation has chosen six startups, three Australian and three American, for the 2023 intake of its ocean-health accelerator, with participants to pitch at a Sydney showcase in November.