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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.
🏞️ Vaulted Deep spins off from Advantek, a biomass carbon removal, and storage, with $8M seed investment led by Lowercarbon Capital | More from PR Newswire
⛵️ Econowind, a manufacturer of sail propulsion systems for commercial ships, raised an undisclosed amount from the Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands (NOM) and Horizon Flevoland. | More from MarineLink
More OceanTech News
Some of the OceanTech articles we liked. Not fundings necessarily, but some great stuff:
🌊 French tidal energy company eyes up to €2M of fresh funding | French company EEL Energy is looking to raise up to €2 million in new funding to help advance its tidal energy technology and projects. | More from Offshore Energy
🛥 Bibby Marine to Build Zero-emission eSOV | Bibby Marine and its consortium partners are moving forward with plans to build the world’s first zero-emission electric service operation vessel (eSOV) after securing funding for the project from the Zero Emission Vessel Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition. | More from MarineLink
🚢 Maersk forms green methanol start-up in decarbonization push | Container shipping group prepares to welcome its first vessel powered by the alternative fuel . . . | More from Financial Times
🐋 Running Tide, a Maine startup seeking to remove carbon through the ocean, opens R&D hub in St. Louis | The company is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the ocean using buoys to store carbon. | 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:
💲 WaterEquity announced the final close of its $150 million Global Access Fund IV, led by five members of the Water Resilience Coalition, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and other wealth management firms and impact investors. | More from Newswire
🌊 The bacteria that can capture carbon | Could minuscule organisms help the world meet its climate goals? | More from BBC
OceanTech Jobs
There are a ton of career opportunities in this broad ecosystem. Are these right for you?
🧱 Clean 3D printed concrete company RCAM Technologies is looking for a Chief Structural Engineer. (LA / Remote)
🤖 Low-impact ocean floor sensing company Blue Ocean Seismic Services is looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer. (Farnborough, UK)
🦾 Vision-based underwater inspection robotics company Blue Atlas Robotics is looking for a Sales Manager. (Odense, Denmark)