The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Rekise Marine: 3 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $14.4M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Rekise Marine is a Bengaluru-based marine robotics startup building autonomous surface and underwater vessels for defence and commercial maritime missions. Founded in 2017 by naval architect Maitrai Maka and Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital (Retd), the company takes a full-stack approach spanning vessel design, systems integration, and in-house autonomy software.
Its product portfolio includes Jaldoot, an autonomous surface vessel delivered to DRDO; Swadheen, an autonomous survey vessel that completed open-sea trials; and Jalkapi, an extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLUUV) under development for the Indian Navy's iDEX ADITI programme.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
CEO
Co-founder
Employees
Total fundingsee investors →
Key partners
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
Swadheen
Swadheen is an autonomous survey vessel that completed fully autonomous open-sea trials in the Bay of Bengal in 2026. Designed for hydrographic and maritime survey missions.
Current platform
Jaldoot
Jaldoot is an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) built by Rekise Marine, delivered to DRDO through Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). It is one of Rekise's first commercially delivered platforms.
Current platform
Jalkapi
Jalkapi is Rekise Marine's flagship extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLUUV), approximately 12 metres in length and 20 tonnes, developed under the Indian Navy's iDEX ADITI programme. Sea trials are expected to begin in 2026.
Partnerships
Every company Rekise Marine has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Goa Shipyard Limited1× joint
- 2GRSE Limited1× joint
Most recent
- Rekise Marine x GRSE2026-06-12with GRSE Limitedoperating
- Rekise Marine x Goa Shipyard Limited2026-06-12with Goa Shipyard Limitedoperating
Rekise Marine on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2026. Explore where Rekise Marine's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Rekise Marine deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Maitrai Maka Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Shekhar Mital Co-founder & Executive Directorreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Maitrai Makacofounder
- Shekhar Mitalcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Rekise Marine.
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)
- Rekise Marine3 deployments
Recent coverage
Rekise Marine in third-party press
Peers
52 peers across 3 segments. Every Rekise Marine 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
auv(10)
9 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 10000) · leader Shihang Intelligent at 10000%
- Armach Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- CHASING Innovationdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Forth Engineeringdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Hullbotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Kongsberg Maritimedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- QYSEAdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
usv(8)
2 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5766.949001814165) · leader Kraken Technology Group at 6958%
- ACUA Oceandirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Babcock Internationaldirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Havocdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Kraken Technology Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Saronic Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Ulyssesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $14.4M
- Employees
- 55(reported)
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- 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
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Rekise Marine has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Rekise Marine x GRSE2026-06-12with GRSE Limitedoperating
- Rekise Marine x Goa Shipyard Limited2026-06-12with Goa Shipyard Limitedoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Goa Shipyard Limited1× joint
- 2GRSE Limited1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Rekise Marine x GRSEwithGRSE Limitedmanufacturing2026-06-12operating
- Rekise Marine x Goa Shipyard LimitedwithGoa Shipyard Limitedmanufacturing2026-06-12operating
Funding rounds (2)
Rekise Marine’s 2 disclosed rounds, $14M in total, oldest to newest.
- Seed2026-06-12
$10M(reported) · $39M post
Investors: Accel, Sandeep Singhal, Industrial47, Singularity AMC, NKSquared, Sameer Brij Verma
- Other2024-12-17
$5M(reported) · $24M post
Investors: Singularity AMC
Timeline
Every recorded move in Rekise Marine’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2026-06-12Seed raising $9700000
PartnershipRekise Marine x GRSE
2026-06-12Rekise Marine builds and integrates its autonomous vessels in-house working with GRSE Limited (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers), a premier Indian government shipyard. The Jaldoot ASV was delivered to DRDO through GRSE.
PartnershipRekise Marine x Goa Shipyard Limited
2026-06-12Rekise Marine partners with Goa Shipyard Limited for vessel building and integration. Co-founder Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital (Retd) is former CMD of Goa Shipyard, anchoring the relationship.
Funding roundOther funding round
2024-12-17Other raising $4720000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 12, 2026
Jaldoot at Kolkata
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Swadheen at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Swadheen at Germany, Europe
Sources (1)
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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 Rekise Marine.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Rekise Marine from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Rekise Marine raises .7 million from Accel, NKSquared to build autonomous naval platforms
Bengaluru-based Rekise Marine secured .7M in a seed round led by Accel and NKSquared (Nikhil Kamath) to accelerate development of autonomous ships and submarines for the Indian…
Rekise Marine raises .7M in seed round led by Accel and Nikhil Kamath
Rekise Marine raised .7M seed from Accel, NKSquared, and others to complete sea trials of Jalkapi autonomous submarine and expand engineering across robotics, AI/ML, and naval…
Rekise Marine raises .7 Mn seed round led by Accel and NKSquared
Marine robotics startup Rekise Marine raised .7M seed co-led by Accel and NKSquared, with prior .72M from Singularity AMC. Funds go toward Jalkapi sea trials and team expansion.
Rekise Marine Raises .7M to Build AI Naval Systems
Rekise Marine secured .7M in seed funding to accelerate India's autonomous underwater and surface vehicle revolution for naval and commercial maritime applications.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/rekise-marine/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/df791b67-58b1-4c5a-92f7-fd4ba4b908c3
- Revision history: /companies/rekise-marine/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Blueye Robotics3 models
- Cellula Robotics3 models
Video
Greg Reid, President & CEO of Kraken Robotics, talks defense and commercial solutions for sensors and subsystems at Oceanology International 2026, including the
Reality vs attention
Rekise Marine draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the 84th percentile among underwater robots. Hype Gap -34.1, 20th widest among underwater robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. 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: Aug 29, 2026