Italy’s Mirai Robotics Raises €3.6M To Develop Autonomous Maritime Systems

The funding will support technology development, team expansion, and the launch of new pilot projects.

The round was led by Primo Ventures, Techshop, and 40Jemz Ventures, with additional participation from prominent Italian and international angel investors.

Founded in 2025 by Luciano Belviso, Luca Mascaro, and Davide Dattoli, Mirai Robotics develops physical autonomy technologies for extreme, mission-critical maritime environments, where reliability, safety, and control are essential.

The company aims to address the growing challenges of the maritime sector, which remains one of the world’s most complex and under-digitised domains, despite its economic and geopolitical importance.

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High operational costs, limited observability, significant safety risks, and a shortage of qualified professionals have made fully human-centric operations increasingly unsustainable. Mirai Robotics seeks to overcome these limitations by building a robust robotic infrastructure to make the sea more governable, safe, and observable.

The company’s platforms combine autonomous vehicles, advanced sensing, AI, and control systems, with autonomy approached as a full engineering and industrial challenge rather than just software.

Mirai has developed two autonomous vehicles designed for ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and patrolling tasks in coastal and offshore environments. Equipped with advanced perception, navigation and safety features, these vehicles can operate independently or as part of distributed fleets.

In addition to its proprietary systems, Mirai Robotics provides autonomy, navigation, and control solutions for third-party vessels, enabling industrial and institutional operators to integrate autonomous capabilities without redesigning existing fleets. Following a dual-use design principle the technology is applicable across civil and institutional applications.

Headquartered in Puglia, Mirai Robotics aims to establish a European centre of excellence for maritime autonomy, leveraging its strategic location at the crossroads of Mediterranean research, industry, and innovation.

“The sea is one of the last major physical infrastructures not yet governed by software. Autonomy is the key to finally making the oceans safe and usable unlocking enormous resources and addressing critical security challenges. But it must be implemented through systems capable of operating continuously and safely in extreme environments. This is a technological and industrial challenge that requires a true robotics-lab approach,” said Luciano Belviso, co-founder and CEO of Mirai Robotics.