Facts

• Segment: Maritime
• Country: China
• Founded: 2016
• Website: https://www.chasing.com/en/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

CHASING develops underwater drones and ROV systems for consumer, professional and light-industrial users. Its vehicles capture underwater video and inspection data for marine exploration, aquaculture, infrastructure inspection, search work and public-safety tasks.

Market context

CHASING is one of the more visible scaled players in lightweight underwater robotics, spanning both consumer and commercial use cases. This financing supports further expansion into industrial underwater robotics and adjacent AI-enabled aquatic systems. Proprietary underwater robotics platforms and remotely operated vehicle systems.

• Capability: Consumer underwater drones Industrial underwater inspection systems Remotely operated vehicle platforms Search and rescue applications Infrastructure and aquaculture monitoring AI-enabled underwater systems
• Strategic position: Scaled player in lightweight underwater robotics across consumer and commercial markets Expanding from prosumer underwater drones into industrial marine robotics workflows Positioned at the intersect…

Facts

• Website: https://www.chasing.com/en/
• HQ: Shenzhen, China
• Founded: 2016
• Segment: Maritime
• Known funding rounds: 2

Funding

• 2026-03-11 - Series C - $14M - CHASING raises nearly $14M Series C to expand underwater robotics - source: pandaily.com
• 2018-06-25 - $3M - Chasing Innovation secures $3M investment from Shenzhen Capital Group - source: dronebelow.com

Investors

• Liwan Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-11

Portable underwater robots and micro-ROVs for inspection and marine work

CHASING develops underwater drones and compact ROV systems spanning consumer exploration, industrial inspection, search and rescue, aquaculture and infrastructure monitoring. Its profile sits in the lightweight maritime robotics layer, with newer funding coverage pointing toward AI-enabled aquatic systems and industrial underwater robotics expansion.

• Target environment: Underwater inspection, aquaculture, search and rescue, marine infrastructure, hull and asset checks, exploration, education and portable field operations.
• Deployment model: Hardware-product model built around portable underwater drones, ROV accessories, imaging, tethered control, payload options and channel distribution across consumer and professional buyers.
• Customer context: Marine inspection teams, aquaculture operators, infrastructure owners, rescue organizations, researchers, educators, divers and prosumer underwater imaging users.
• Workflow context: Underwater imaging, ROV piloting, inspection documentation, search operations, infrastructure checks, aquaculture monitoring and lightweight subsea exploration.
• Commercial maturity: Visible scaled underwater robotics company with both consumer and professional product lines; 2026 financing supports expansion into AI-powered pool cleaning and industrial underwater robotics.
• Market position: Portable underwater robot builder spanning consumer, professional and industrial maritime use cases.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on underwater reliability, sensing quality, tether and battery constraints, service support, channel reach, price positioning and fit against larger work-class ROVs.
• Adjacent context: Underwater drones, compact ROVs, maritime inspection, aquaculture robotics, subsea imaging and portable marine robotics.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-11 - Funding - CHASING raises nearly $14M Series C to expand underwater robotics - CHASING secured nearly RMB 100M in Series C funding led by Liwan Capital
• 2022-06-21 - Product Launch - CHASING releases M2 PRO MAX industrial underwater ROV - CHASING released the M2 PRO MAX at East Asia Marine Expo 2022.
• 2018-06-25 - Funding - Chasing Innovation secures $3M investment from Shenzhen Capital Group - The funding followed Chasing's earlier crowdfunding traction for the Gladius underwater drone.

Team

• Zhang Xun - Founder and CEO

Articles

• 2026-04-06 - Robots are getting good at the jobs humans hate inspecting - The strongest commercial cases are often specialist systems built for hard environments, repeated tasks, and clear operating value. - Korthos: /r…