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Hydromea

Corporate marketmarineinspectionCurated record
hydromea.com

EPFL spin-off building compact underwater inspection robots and the wireless subsea technology to free them from tethers: its EXRAY ROV inspects flooded infrastructure and ship/offshore assets, streaming live HD video over Hydromea's proprietary LUMA optical modems for tetherless operation. The company reports more than 50 global customers and signed a strategic distribution agreement with MFE Offshore covering offshore and maritime markets, plus a June 2025 partnership with Blue Logic pairing wireless comms with inductive subsea charging for resident underwater robots.

HeadquartersLausanne, CH
Founded2014
Corporate funding$3M
Team11-50
Deployments2
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersIgor Martin (Co-founder & CEO), Alexander Bahr (Co-founder), Felix Schill (Co-founder & CTO)
Regions servedEurope, Middle East, North America
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
MX

Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineinspection

EXRAY

  • Tetherless underwater inspection with real-time control and live HD video via optical wireless link

    Portable ROV using LUMA optical modems as a communications relay instead of a physical tether

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-03-04Equinoroffshore_subseaNONot disclosedAnnouncement
2022-02-01TotalEnergiesFPSO ballast-tank inspection ROV trial (UK North Sea)GB1Announcement
CA

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordAUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge (with Florida Atlantic University)
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-09-01Hydromea: Cutting the Underwater Cord ↗Defence Finance Monitor
2025-06-19Strategic partnership with Blue Logic for wireless subsea power and dataHydromea
2025-03-15MFE Offshore becomes official distribution channel for Hydromea underwater inspection robotsOcean News & Technology
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Source ledger

7 unique public sources

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Trilateral defense initiative awards Hydromea a USD 1 million grantStartupTicker.ch · retrieved 2026-07-05
02
Hydromea secures funding for innovative underwater droneStartupTicker.ch · retrieved 2026-07-05
03
MFE Offshore strengthens subsea portfolio with Hydromea partnershipHydro International · retrieved 2026-07-05
04
Hydromea and Equinor Achieve World's First Subsea-to-Satellite Link, Unlocking Subsea Wireless BroadbandBusiness Wire / Morningstar · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Hydromea Trials Wireless ROV System on TotalEnergies FPSOJournal of Petroleum Technology (SPE) · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Hydromea NewsHydromea · retrieved 2026-07-05
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MFE Offshore Partners With HydromeaOcean News & Technology · retrieved 2026-07-05