About | Ocean Tech

OUR STORY

Founded by brothers Neil and Mike Tinmouth, the ACUA Ocean team brings together more than a century of combined experience in the maritime sector.

Prior to ACUA Ocean, Neil was a founding member of the GEBCO Alumni team that won the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize for autonomous ocean mapping, whilst Mike has been an innovation mentor to the UK Ministry of Defence since 2019.

OUR MISSION

ACUA's mission is to enable the sustainable and scalable collection of holistic ocean data through technology solutions and services.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to be the leading platform for the collection and provision of equitable and accessible maritime data. We do so through the use of zero emission technology in order to sustainably unlock the economic, environmental and societal value of the blue economy.

ACUA Ocean team with uncrewed surface vessel

Sustainability-driven

We are a catalyst for net-zero innovation in the maritime sector.

Problem-centric
We deliver innovation which focuses on customer requirements.

Resilient
From the design principles for autonomous systems to how we as a team respond to challenges and setbacks; resilience is at the core of our decisions and behaviours.

Science-led

Data and evidence drives our decision-making above all else.

Diverse

We bring diversity of thought through our diversity of backgrounds and experiences.