PIONEERING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER INSPECTIONS
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Hydromea SAAv de Longemalle 11
1020 Renens, Switzerlandwww.hydromea.com
PIONEERING AUTONOMOUSUNDERWATER INSPECTIONS
TechX Winner, Scotland 2019Top 10 Ocean Influencers by ECO Magazine 2019Top 100 Disruptors by Marine Technology 2019
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Hydro TurbinesOffshore Wind Aquaculture Marine Vessels
The Problem
Mandatory inspection & monitoring of submerged assets today is highly inefficient
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The Problem
Mandatory inspection & monitoring of submerged assets today is highlyinefficient
• High costThe cost of 1 ballast water tank inspection can reach up to $200’000Source: Ithaca, Total, DNV GL, Chrysaor, 2019
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The Problem
• Workers safetyThe fatalities linked to confined spaces is on the riseSource: Vistrato Limited, 2018
Mandatory inspection & monitoring of submerged assets today is highlyinefficient
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The Problem
• Asset DowntimeAn inspection of turbine blades involves disassembly and can take up to 2 monthsSource: General Electric
Mandatory inspection & monitoring of submerged assets today is highlyinefficient
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The Problem
• Accidents HappenPollutants last for years in the marine environmentSource: Pew Oceans Commission, 2003
Mandatory inspection & monitoring of submerged assets today is highlyinefficient
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Current inspection tools are costly, unsafe and/or impractical
Why?
Manned Entry Aerial Drone Tethered Vehicle
Safety and cost Endurance and payload
Tether management
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✚ Ad-hoc asset checks✚ Eliminating safety risks✚ Increasing asset uptime✚ Reducing costs by at least 5x
The world’s first portable autonomous underwater drone
The Disruptive Solution
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TAM** $6.74bn
Global Underwater Vehicles
Autonomous Vehicles
SAM** $1.48bn
*Source: https://www.grandviewresearch.com/press-release/global-underwater-robotics-market
The Market* for Underwater Vehicle Sales, 2025
**TAM: Total Available Market I SAM: Serviceable Available Market
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The Service Market for Underwater Inspection
Drone platform approach allows for scale across industry segments
DEFENCEOFFSHORE WIND FARMS
OIL & FUEL STORAGE
TANKS
WATER & POWER PLANTS
HYDRO POWER
SALMON FARMING
ENVIRON-MENTAL STUDIES
INDU
STRY
SEG
MEN
TS
OFFSHORE FLOATING
PLATFORMS
LOIs/paid pilots with
2020/2021 2022+
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Business Model Evolution
A platform to enable data
capture
Data collection
Predictive data analytics
Outsourcing manufacturing
Partnering with service providers Technology
leadership
2020 - 2023 2024 - onwards
Monetizing hardware & data capture
Monetizing data delivery
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The Company
2004
Fundamental R&D in the academia
2015
Key Enabling Components Development
Augmenting Strategic Value
2018
Founding
Synergia grant @
Felix Schill | CTOPhD in Computer Science,
Underwater Swarm Communication @ ANU, Australia
Alexander Bahr | COOPhD in Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Navigation @ MIT & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Igor Martin | CEOGlobal Business Director @ DuPont, BSc in Industrial Economics, MBA @ SLU, USA
3 founders
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Why Us: Steps Ahead in the Underwater Market
Fast optical wireless telemetry
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Up to 10Mbit/s
Thinnest & hub-less propulsion
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Only 16mm
Smallest navigation
system
Our own GPS
Swarm localisation
network
Scalable
Portable drone software & hardware
7 drones built
Substantial IP around compact, robust & autonomous
commercialised
SWISS MADE
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HIGH SPEEDWIFI UNDERWATER
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Vessel integrity is strictly regulatedto prevent environmental accidents
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LUMA™
SCALABLE HIGH SPEED UNDERWATER WIFI
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An Oil & Gas offshore platform is a vessel with 12-24 ballast water tanks
Ballast tanks• key to integrity• extremely complex
spaces to inspect• always offshore
Network Based Communication
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LUMA™ at 4200m depth in the Pacific
LUMA™ video streamingin ambient light
LUMA™: From Splash Zone To 18’000ft Depth
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50x LONGER
1 SECLuma™ 500ER
Fastest Acoustic Modem50Kb
LUMA™ Runs Faster
Time
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1.39 mW
Luma™ 500ER
50Kb
649 mW
Fastest Acoustic Modem
500x HUNGRIER
Power consumption
LUMA™ Lasts Longer
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LUMA™ Doesn’t Mind Traffic
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ROV PROPULSION FOR TOUGH ENVIRONMENTS
Direct-driveTangle resistantHydro-lubricatedPressure-proofPatented
ULTRA-THINHUBLESS THRUSTERS
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DiskDrive™ Thrusters Are Gaining Adoption Speed
Various ROV Manufacturers
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Impacting Underwater Industries
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Pascal Radue, President & CEO, GE Hydro Solutions:“The Hydropower business model is changing and with our service offerings we
at GE Hydro Solutions aim to make that change a success. <…> We are particularly impressed about Hydromea’s unique portable underwater drone technology that
may provide us with a competitive advantage in the service market.”
• Credible, revenue-generating SME with protected IP• An experienced and well-advised team with proven
focus on execution and rare combination of underwater technology expertise under one roof
• Significant opportunity to augment strategic value through development of autonomous underwater inspection and monitoring technology platform
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Interested in• Investing?• Partnering on Development or Market Access?Contact Us: [email protected]