Clearbot secures SEED funding led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund to disrupt the marine services industry

Clearbot is putting sustainability at the forefront of marine services by designing and developing AI-powered, all-electric and self-driving 'Clearbot' robot boats. On August 17, Clearbot announced it has closed on a seed funding round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF), which is managed by Gobi Partners GBA, with participation from CarbonX Global.

Clearbot secures SEED funding led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund to disrupt the marine services industry

Clearbot is putting sustainability at the forefront of marine services by designing and developing AI-powered, all-electric and self-driving 'Clearbot' robot boats. On August 17, Clearbot announced it has closed on a seed funding round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF), which is managed by Gobi Partners GBA, with participation from CarbonX Global.

DSD wins 7 medals at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

The DSD participated at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for the first time this year and achieved encouraging results winning seven awards, including a Gold Medal and six Silver Medals. The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is one of the largest global exhibitions devoted exclusively to inventions. The competition was held online this year due to the pandemic. It attracted participation from 25 countries/regions, and about 800 inventions were evaluated by a group of international jury of specialists.

March 28, 2022

Microsoft supports Hong Kong start-ups in partnership with Science Park, Cyberport

US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its latest start-up incubation programme in Hong Kong, joining the ranks of global Big Tech companies such as Amazon to tap the city’s potential as an international innovation centre.

June 22, 2022

World Ocean Day – Open Letter from Kenneth Ng, Sustainability Manager, Razer Inc.

Today is World Ocean Day and the theme this year is "Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean" so I wanted to take this opportunity to revisit some of the actions Razer has taken to preserve and protect the oceans. But first, I’d be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to the ‘lungs of the planet’ and remind our community of the important role that the oceans play in our everyday life.

June 9, 2022

This robot boat cleans up trash with AI

This floating robot uses artificial intelligence to clean trash from harbors, shorelines and other water bodies.

May 23, 2022

This AI-enabled robotic boat cleans up harbors and rivers to keep plastic trash out of the ocean

Millions of tons of plastic trash float down polluted urban rivers and industrial waterways and into the world’s oceans every year. Now a Hong Kong-based startup has come up with a solution to help stem these devastating flows of waste. Open Ocean Engineering has developed Clearbot Neo – a sleek AI-enabled robotic boat that autonomously collects tons of floating garbage that otherwise would wash into the Pacific from the territory’s busy harbor.

April 28, 2022

Hong Kong start-up Clearbot set to revolutionise marine trash collection

The staggering amount of plastic and other waste clogging the world’s oceans and waterways—including the equivalent of 250 pieces of debris for every human in the world in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone—is one of the biggest crises of modern times. Automated robot can detect, remove and analyse debris in a variety of water systems. Winner of HKTDC's Start-Up Express began as a student project at HKU.

February 4, 2021

Razer Partners with Clearbot to Clean Oceans the Smart Way

In celebration of World Oceans Day, Razer aids upcoming startup, ClearBot, to redesign its AI robot that cleans up marine plastics. Razer has also reached a new sustainability milestone with its #GoGreenWithRazer campaign mascot Sneki Snek and launches new merchandise to save even more trees.

June 7, 2021

Razer helped design a trash collecting robot to clean up plastic pollution

Gaming giant Razer has partnered with a small company called Clearbot to help design an autonomous trash-collecting boat that can identify floating garbage in the water, catalog it and then collect it into a waste container. The collaboration is part of Razer's Go Green with Razer initiative to help startups working on sustainability and green technology projects.

August 13, 2021

Making a difference with technology: Hong Kong startups strive to save local marine life with Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Hong Kong x Swire Trust AI for Good Challenge 2020 awards innovative ideas designed for local NGOs to solve local environmental challenges towards the marine ecosystem. Notable winners of the program include first runner up Open Ocean Engineering Limited, who created a ClearBot with an AI vision for Ocean3C, which can self-navigate to collect 200 liters of marine litter.

December 15, 2020

Clearbot Joins the Flying Labs Network!

We’re very pleased to announce that Clearbot has joined the Flying Labs Network as a formal technology partner! Clearbot is a young startup based in Hong Kong, and they build autonomous surface water vehicles (ASVs) for waste collection. We first learned about their good work last year when they gave a webinar presentation to the Flying Labs Network. Multiple Flying Labs came away from that presentation with a strong interest in expanding their expertise and services to include autonomous boats like Clearbot.

March 14, 2022