The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies ACWA Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 1 region, $6.4M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
ACWA Robotics is a French cleantech startup founded in 2018 in Ajaccio, Corsica, developing autonomous robots for mapping and inspecting drinking water pipelines. The company's Clean Water Pathfinder robot crawls inside active water pipes (minimum 20cm diameter) to scan for corrosion, leaks, and structural issues without disrupting water service.
ACWA partnered with SUEZ and Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie for its first mission on the Dunkirk water network. The company has raised approximately 9.6M USD total and received the EIC Accelerator grant, CES 2023 Best of Innovation award, and Greentech Innovation label from the French government.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Founders
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Key partnership
Awards
Employees
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Models (1)
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Every company ACWA Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1SUEZ1× joint
Most recent
ACWA Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Oct 2024. Explore where ACWA Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full ACWA Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jean-Francois Rossi Co-founder
- Jean-Francois Guiderdoni Co-founder
Founders (2)
- Jean-Francois Guiderdonicofounderno longer at company
- Jean-Francois Rossicofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for ACWA Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- ACWA Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
ACWA Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $6.4M
- Employees
- 7(reported)
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company ACWA Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1SUEZ1× joint
Funding rounds (2)
ACWA Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $6M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A2024-01-01
$5M(reported) · $31M post
- Seed2021-03-04
$1M(reported) · $5M post
Investors: Calao Finance (lead), Region Sud Investissement, Sofimac Innovation
Timeline
Every recorded move in ACWA Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-01-01Series A raising $5200000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2021-03-04Seed raising $1200000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2024
Clean Water Pathfinder at Dunkirk, France
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 7, 2022
Clean Water Pathfinder at Bastia, Corsica, France
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ACWA Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ACWA Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
ACWA Robotics’ autonomous robots chart a path to water resilience - Autodesk
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ACWA Robotics’ autonomous robots chart a path to water resilience - Autodesk
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ACWA Robotics Raises EUR4.8M for Water Network Inspection
ACWA Robotics closed a EUR4.8M financing round to accelerate deployment of its Pathfinder robot for autonomous drinking water pipeline inspection across live networks in France.
ACWA-ROBOTICS Takes Robots Underground with Fusion 360 - Engineering.com
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10 B2B Technologies Unveiled at CES 2023 - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
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ACWA Robotics Clean Water Pathfinder Optimizes Infrastructure
ACWA Robotics autonomous robot crawls into municipal water pipes to inspect and report on infrastructure status. Debuted at CES 2023.
Inside Job: Robot Would Inspect Water Pipes from Within
Acwa Robotics Clean Water Pathfinder crawls inside active water pipes to check for corrosion and leaks, helping utilities save water and optimize repairs.
CES 2023: ACWA Robotics' Clean Water Pathfinder is a Snake Robot that Travels on your Pipes - Tech Times
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CES 2023 robotics Innovation Award winners announced - The Robot Report
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Acwa Robotics secures 1 million EUR
ACWA Robotics raised 1M EUR from Calao Finance, Region Sud Investissement, and Sofimac Innovation. Founded in 2018 by Jean-Francois Rossi and Jean-Francois Guiderdoni.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/acwa-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/acwa-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/99f1a589-9614-4440-af6b-c954a44b1445
- Revision history: /companies/acwa-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DJI7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Orbbec6 models
Video
In this video we take a look at the 4 winners of the CES Innovation Award in the Robotics category. ACWA Robotics - https://www.acwa-robotics.com/ EVAR - http
We spoke to ACWA Robotics all about robots made for waterpipes and it's water saving technology. Find out more here! - https://www.acwa-robotics.com/
Join us as ACWA Robotics shares their remarkable journey leveraging Ansys Gateway powered by AWS and 4CAD support. ACWA Robotics is also heavily using the Ansys
Fanny Berthon interviewe Jean François GUIDERDONI, Directeur Général de ACWA ROBOTICS. La startup française développe des robots autonomes pour analyser l'état
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Discover how ACWA Robotics was empowered to accelerate their engineering simulations, enhance product development, and drive unparalleled performance in their r
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Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
ACWA Robotics draws attention at the 63rd percentile but verifies reality at the 14th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +49.3, 44th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 3, 2026