BlueX | 5-20-24 | First Ever NYC OceanTech Summit

Hello BlueTech Friends,

This past week was the NYC OceanTech Summit and it was AWESOME! A very special thank you to our supporters:

• Seaking Blue

• Propeller VC

• Activate

• Newlab

• Investable Oceans - Very special thank you to Ted who was our first supporter and gave the keynote.

• WindSupport NYC

We heard from researchers, founders, angels, VCs, and non-profits in BlueTech and worked on bringing together a community of BlueTech people in the NYC ecosystem. I am not on Insta, so here are some select pictures from the event:

I had a ton of fun. If you came, thanks for coming out and supporting our first-ever one of these. We very much want to do more.

-Will

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OceanTech Fundings

The main event. Startup investment announcements in OceanTech.

🦀 Crab shell materials engineering company Tidal Vision raised $46.7M, but sets sights on more | The Bellingham-based company extracts chitosan from crab shells to make sustainable products. | More from Biz Journals

🚣 Harbor Lab raises $16M to streamline port cost management led by Atomico with Notion Capital, Venture Friends, SpeedInvest, The Dock, Endeavor Catalyst, and TMV. | More from The Maritime Network

🚰 Reverse osmosis company DrinkPrime raised $3M led by SIDBI Ventures | More from Entrackr

⚓ Maritime insurance underwriting company Vanguard secured $1M from Hafnia, Motion Ventures, Portline, and KGJG. | More from FinTech Global

More OceanTech News

Some of the OceanTech articles we liked. Not fundings necessarily, but some great stuff:

🌿 Berlin Startup BettaF!sh Announces Participation in Seaweed Research Project FunSea | Novel food products made from seaweed are set to make the food industry more sustainable. Berlin-based startup BettaF!sh announces its participation in the FunSea project – an EU-wide research initiative to improve the nutritional quality and safety of cultivated brown and green seaweed. | More from The Vegconomist

🌊 Miami Startup Program Works With Tampa Bay Wave Founder to Elevate Climate Tech in Florida | Miami's Seaworthy Collective has brought on Tampa Bay Wave's Linda Olson to keynote a showcase. It's just a first look at these organizations' efforts to bridge the community of climate-focused ecosystems. | More from Biz Journals

More Ocean Sustainability News

Even if it isn’t tech, that doesn’t mean we don’t love reading these pieces:

🐬 US Competition Selects Finalists in Floating Offshore Wind Technologies | The U.S. Department of Energy selected the finalists in its ongoing competition to promote the development and commercialization of technologies for floating offshore wind energy. | More from Maritime Executive

🌴 8 of the Most Exciting Innovations in Algae | Algae is essential for human life. According to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, around half of the oxygen produced on the planet comes from it . . . | More from The Vegconomist

🛥 Green Shipping Could Launch Massive Jobs Boom | Over four million clean jobs could be created by the global shipping industry in the coming decades as the push to decarbonize gains momentum, according to the Global Maritime Forum (GMF). | More from Maritime Executive

OceanTech Jobs

There are a ton of career opportunities in this broad ecosystem. Are these right for you?

🐠 Lab-cultivated seafood company Reel Fish is looking for a Research Associate.

🔋 Lithium brine mining company Lilac Solutions is looking for a Chief of Staff.

🛰️ Satellite monitoring for aquaculture company AquaConnect is looking for a Marketing Manager.

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