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{{Infobox Startup | {{Infobox Startup | ||
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|vertical=Maritime, Robotics | |vertical=Maritime, Robotics | ||
|trl=Deployment (TRL 7-8) | |trl=Deployment (TRL 7-8) | ||
|latest_funding=Seed | |latest_funding=Seed Bridge | ||
|founding_year=2018 | |founding_year=2018 | ||
|headquarters=Singapore | |headquarters=Singapore | ||
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==Traction== | ==Traction== | ||
By 2025, the startup had served over 20 clients, in locations ranging from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan to the Netherlands, Germany and the UK<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Derryn |date=2025-07-16 |title=Singapore startup BeeX takes the sting out of maritime inspection costs with underwater drones |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/smes/singapore-startup-beex-takes-sting-out-maritime-inspection-costs-underwater-drones |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=The Business Times |language=en}}</ref>. | |||
==Accolades== | ==Accolades== | ||
In 2020, BeeX won first prize in the Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined at the [[Pier71]] Smart Port Challenge for the application of AUVs to maritime inspections<ref name=":0" />. | |||
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
The startup raised $2 million in 2023, co-led by Earth Venture Capital and ShipsFocus Ventures<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=TechNode Global |date=2023-11-15 |title=Singapore's BeeX raises $2M in funding led by Earth Venture Capital, ShipsFocus Ventures |url=https://technode.global/2023/11/15/singapores-beex-raises-2m-in-funding-led-by-earth-venture-capital-shipsfocus-ventures/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=TNGlobal |language=en-US}}</ref>. | The startup raised a $2 million bridge round in 2023, co-led by [[Earth Venture Capital]] and [[ShipsFocus Ventures]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=TechNode Global |date=2023-11-15 |title=Singapore's BeeX raises $2M in funding led by Earth Venture Capital, ShipsFocus Ventures |url=https://technode.global/2023/11/15/singapores-beex-raises-2m-in-funding-led-by-earth-venture-capital-shipsfocus-ventures/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=TNGlobal |language=en-US}}</ref>. | ||
== | Led by [[IMC Ventures]], BeeX closed a seed round in November 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release: IMC Ventures makes Maiden Investment into BeeX, a Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Startup {{!}} IMC Ventures |url=https://imcventures.vc/2021/11/03/press-release-imc-ventures-makes-maiden-investment-into-beex-a-hovering-autonomous-underwater-vehicle-startup/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=imcventures.vc}}</ref>{{Startup/Funding history}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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