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BlueX | 6-17-23 | Arctic Ice Thickening, AI for Shippers, and a New Ocean Investment Fund
Plus NOAA CDR, Plant Based Caviar, and Seed to Surf's Whole Foods Rollout
Will Lutz
June 17, 2024
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About this Newsletter: BlueX is a weekly newsletter that scours the internet for venture and startup news as well as jobs related to OceanTech.
OceanTech Fundings
The main event. Startup investment announcements in OceanTech.
🐙 Ship Angel, provider of an AI-native platform for international shippers, raised $5M in funding led by Glasswing Ventures and newark venture partners (nvp), with Bienville Capital, Socii Capital, and Plug and Play. | More from FinSMEs
More OceanTech News
Some of the OceanTech articles we liked. Not fundings necessarily, but some great stuff:
🧊 How And Why Dutch Start-up Arctic Reflections Aims To Thicken 100,000km2 Of Arctic Ice | Join us on one of the most crucial missions to combat the rapid melting of Arctic ice. This ambitious project, as bold as it sounds, holds incredible promise. | More from WSJ’s YouTube channel
🐋 Impact Food Debuts Sushi-Grade Plant-Based Salmon on World Oceans Day | Impact Food, a food technology startup developing sustainable seafood alternatives, has announced the debut of its sushi-grade plant-based salmon to coincide with World Oceans Day. | More from The Vegconomist
🌎 UBS and Rockefeller Join Forces in New Ocean Investment Fund | The UBS Rockefeller Ocean Engagement Fund seeks to provide financial returns and positive impact by engaging with companies that address ocean health issues, including sustainable aquaculture. | More from We Are Aquaculture
More Ocean Sustainability News
Even if it isn’t tech, that doesn’t mean we don’t love reading these pieces:
🦐 Tinned Plant-Based Fish Brand Seed to Surf Announces National Whole Foods Rollout | Seed to Surf, a Canadian plant-based seafood company, has announced its expansion into more than 150 Whole Foods Market locations across North America starting this month. | More from The Vegconomist
🐚 Ancrée Launches the “First” French Plant-Based Caviar, Redefining Luxury with Chia Seeds & Seaweed | Lucille and Emilie Battafarano, two sisters passionate about gastronomy, applied their artisanal expertise and innovative research to craft a unique, luxurious, but sustainable condiment: a 100% plant-based caviar that they claimed to be the first and only of its kind in the country. | More from The Vegconomist
🌊 NOAA, DOE Sign Agreement to Advance Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal | NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on future collaborations regarding marine carbon dioxide removal research and development. As a climate solution, marine carbon dioxide removal is an important pathway to achieve the broader Biden Administration goal for the U.S. to reach net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. | More from NOAA