Blue Ocean Robotics
Odense robot venture factory behind UVD Robots disinfection, GoBe telepresence and PTR patient-lifting robots, majority owned by 3C GROUPS.
Blue Ocean Robotics is based in Odense, Denmark, and calls itself a robot venture factory in which each robot brand runs as its own company. Its brands are UVD Robots, autonomous UV-C disinfection robots now aimed mainly at pharmaceutical and life-science cleanrooms, GoBe Robots for telepresence and PTR Robots for patient lifting and transfer; John Erland Østergaard is a co-founder. A.P. Moller Holding announced an investment on 5 January 2022 without disclosing the amount. On 22 June 2023 the company said existing shareholders had put in another 10 million euros, with Nordic Eye Venture Capital among its biggest investors. On 18 March 2025 it said 3C GROUPS, owned by Niels Thorborg, had become majority owner after injecting new capital, without giving an amount. Thomas Knudsen became chief executive in August 2025. On 1 July 2026 the company said 3C GROUPS was completing the purchase of the remaining shares to own 100 percent and that its equity position had been restored; terms were not disclosed.
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- Mar 18, 2025Capital injection (majority owner)—Led by 3C GROUPS
- Jun 22, 2023Insider round—
- Jan 5, 2022Strategic investment—Led by A.P. Moller Holding