Congratulations to Saildrone which have just raised $60 million in series B funding (May 2018) to continue development and deployment of their autonomous sailing robot. Saildrone, which launched commercially in 2016, has as its current mission is to build and deploy a fleet of 1,000 fully autonomous ocean-capable vessels.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/saildrone-obtains-60m-in-series-b-funding