James Ives, Founder, XOCEAN - ROBOT BOATS – Spotting a gap in the global market

Update: 2019-12-06

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An engineer by trade, James shares how his frustrations as a customer sparked the start of XOCEAN, a robotic ocean data collection business that recently closed a financing round of almost €8 million after just two years in business. Listen to James discuss customers, culture, funding, foundations for scaling and setting his sights on international expansion.

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James Ives, Founder, XOCEAN - ROBOT BOATS – Spotting a gap in the global market

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James Ives, Founder, XOCEAN - ROBOT BOATS – Spotting a gap in the global market