# ORCAUBOAT

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/orcauboat

- Industry: Ship Building & Repair
- Headquarters: Xi'an, China
- Website: www.orca-tech.cn
- Total disclosed funding: $51M
- Latest round: Series C (Sep 23, 2026)
- Investors on record: 18

## About

Based in Shaanxi, China, and established in 2017, Shaanxi Orca Electronic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., trading as ORCAUBOAT, operates as a surface environmental protection cleaning ship developer that focuses on surface unmanned technology and surface service robot R&D. There are over 100 employees in the company. The company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Zhu Jiannan, graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University, where he led research into unmanned surface vehicle (USV) technology. Key team members have previously worked at leading technology companies such as DJI and Huawei, possessing end-to-end expertise spanning everything from algorithm development to hardware mass production. R&D personnel account for over 70% of the workforce, and the company has secured more than 200 core patents to date. In September 2026, ORCAUBOAT raised a Series C funding led by Capitech Venture Capital, with participation from Yuanhe Puhua Suzhou Management and Trinity Capital.

The company's products include water environmental protection service robots and "Zhibo" series intelligent driving cruise ship products, such as the SMURF unmanned cleaning boat, TITAN unmanned cleaning boat, TITAN unmanned mowing boat, and UBOAT unmanned cruise ship. The company develops the Zhibo system for many scenes such as scenic lake sightseeing, water connection, and water logistics. The company's solutions include water surface sanitation and maintenance, water surface inspection and monitoring, water-submerged plant harvesting, and unmanned ship integrated charging.

The company’s revenue is generated by the sale of unmanned surface vessels, intelligent cruising boats, and related unmanned driving systems, as well as solution delivery for intelligent water surface maintenance and management projects. 

The Series C funding raised in September 2026 will primarily be used to iterate on its physical AI technology for marine surface operations, expand the application scenarios for its APAS "universal vessel brain" system, and advance product development for its consumer-facing water-based leisure business.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Sep 23, 2026 — Capitech Venture Capital, Yuanhe Puhua Suzhou Management, Trinity Capital
- Series B, Mar 9, 2026, $29M — Oriza Prior, Nanshan SEI Investment, Houxue Capital
- Series B, Jan 17, 2024, $14M — Gobi Partners, Skyview Fund, Xi'an Finance Capital
- Series A, May 7, 2022, $7.5M — Forebright Capital Management, TusStar, Edge Ventures, China Capital Management, Beijing Zhongnuo Tongchuang Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.
- Series A, Aug 3, 2020 — Plug and Play, Brizan Ventures, Turing Capital, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Core Technology

## Investors

- Plug and Play (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/plug-and-play) — Series A
- Brizan Ventures — Series A
- Turing Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/turing-capital) — Series A
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Core Technology — Series A
- Forebright Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/forebright-capital-management) — Series A
- TusStar (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tusstar) — Series A
- Edge Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/edge-ventures) — Series A
- China Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/china-capital-management) — Series A
- Beijing Zhongnuo Tongchuang Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. — Series A
- Gobi Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gobi-partners) — Series B
- Skyview Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/skyview-fund) — Series B
- Xi'an Finance Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xi-an-finance-capital) — Series B
- Oriza Prior (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/oriza-prior) — Series B
- Nanshan SEI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nanshan-sei-investment) — Series B
- Houxue Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/houxue-capital) — Series B
- Capitech Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/capitech-venture-capital) — Series C
- Yuanhe Puhua Suzhou Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yuanhe-puhua-suzhou-management) — Series C
- Trinity Capital — Series C