The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Bubble Robotics: 1 model, $5.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Bubble Robotics is a Paris-based maritime robotics startup building persistent autonomous underwater robots for offshore energy, maritime security, and environmental monitoring. Founded in 2025 by former NASA and ETH Zurich engineers through Entrepreneurs First , the company operates a robotics-as-a-service model with its BubbleDock surface station and BubbleBot subsea robots, aiming to replace $100k/day vessel-based inspections with continuous, resident ocean infrastructure.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundPre-Seed post-money
Key facts
Co-Founder
Form factor
Business model
Product
Cost savings
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Letters of intent
Partners
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Bubble Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1108 total
Most recent
Bubble Robotics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jean Crosetti CEO & Co-FounderSEC-verified
- Patricia Apostol Co-Founder & CTOSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Jean Crosettino longer at company
- Patricia Apostolno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Bubble 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 →
Recent coverage
Bubble Robotics in third-party press
Peers
34 peers across 1 segment. Every Bubble Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
marine(34)
29 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5727.802012906746) · leader Anduril Industries at 7141%
- Anduril Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- BAE Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Babcock Internationaldirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Bedrock Oceandirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Blue Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Blue Water Autonomydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $5.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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 Bubble Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1108 total
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Bubble Robotics x NVIDIAwithNVIDIA1108technology—just announced
Funding rounds (1)
- Pre-Seed2026-04-21
$5M · $15M post
Investors: Asterion Ventures (co_lead), Episode 1 Ventures (co_lead), Norrsken Evolve (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Bubble Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPre-Seed funding round
2026-04-21Pre-Seed raising $5000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- Bubble Robotics raises $5M to build the ocean's autonomous workforce · https://www.bubble-robotics.com/blog/bubble-robotics-raises-5m-to-build-the-oceans-autonomous-workforce
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Bubble Robotics.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Bubble Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Bubble Robotics: $5 Million Pre-Seed Round Raised To Build Autonomous Underwater Robotics Infrastructure
Bubble Robotics raised $5M pre-seed co-led by Episode 1 Ventures and Asterion Ventures with Norrsken Evolve and Angel Invest. Founded by Jean Crosetti and Patricia Apostol through…
Bubble Robotics Emerges From Stealth With $5M Pre-Seed to Deploy Autonomous Ocean Robots
French deeptech Bubble Robotics emerged from stealth with a $5M pre-seed led by Episode1 Ventures, with Asterion Ventures and Norrsken Evolve, to develop resident autonomous…
Bubble Robotics raises $5M to build the ocean's autonomous workforce
Bubble Robotics emerged from stealth with a $5M pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve to build persistent autonomous ocean robots.
Bubble Robotics Announces Pre-Seed Round To Build The Ocean's Autonomous Workforce
Bubble Robotics announced a $5M pre-seed round led by Episode 1 Ventures, Asterion Ventures, and Norrsken Evolve to build persistent autonomous underwater robots for offshore…
Norrsken Evolve backs Bubble Robotics' $5M raise to deploy an autonomous ocean workforce
Paris-based Bubble Robotics raised $5M pre-seed led by Episode 1 Ventures and Asterion Ventures with Norrsken Evolve to deploy crewless autonomous underwater robots for offshore…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/bubble-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/bubble-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/778e385b-ce40-4d1a-84fa-2183c948db60
- Revision history: /companies/bubble-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Rekise Marine3 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Bubble Robotics draws attention at the 62nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Aug 24, 2026