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Orpheus Ocean
Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing deep ocean exploration by providing flexible and cost-effective solutions for scalable deep ocean intelligence. Their core product is the Orpheus AUV (Autonomous…
Orpheus Ocean
Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing deep ocean exploration by providing flexible and cost-effective solutions for scalable deep ocean intelligence. Their core product is the Orpheus AUV (Autonomous…
TL;DR
What they do: Build scalable deep‑diving autonomous underwater vehicles (Orpheus AUV) with modular payloads for exploration, research, conservation, and resource management
Stage & funding: Pre-seed; announced $2.8M pre-seed round (Mar 3, 2025) with grants included in funding history
Founders: Jake Russell, Ph.D. (Co-founder & CEO) and Casey Machado (Co-founder & CTO)
HQ: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Deep ocean exploration and data collection (hadal and ultra‑deep ocean access)
Founded
2024
Industry
Robotics Engineering
Funding Track Record
2.8M
Round includes investors Village Global, JetStream, Climate Capital; company also received grant funding (Massachusetts Clean Energy Center)
Investor Signal
“Included climate and ocean‑focused investors and grant support (Propeller, Village Global, JetStream, Climate Capital, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center)”
