BlueX 8-7-23 | Canadian Plant Based Seafood

Happy August everyone! The summer is going by fast! It’s my birthday this week, I’ll be celebrating by reading about NOAA startup accelerator grants for ocean sustainability and scouring the web for cool articles to put in next week’s newsletter.

This week has a big raise from an Canadian plant based seafood company, Ocean 14 Capital’s new fund, and OceanX’s educational program. I wish OceanX had that program when I was a student! Jealous.

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OceanTech Fundings

The main event. Startup investment announcements in OceanTech.

🐡 UcliQ, a business-to-business marketplace for chicken and seafood, has raised Rs 0.7 crore ($85K) in an angel round led by EvolveX Accelerator in its second cohort, with participation from HESA founder Vamsi Udayagiri. | More from Entrackr

🌊 Divirod, a Boulder, CO-based real-time flood management and water risk analytics company, raised $3.6M in Bridge funding from GHD, Thin Line Capital and TDK Ventures. | More from FinSMEs

🌾 GroGuru, a San Diego-based leader in strategic water management for commercial farmers, raised $2.3m in Seed A funding co-led by Cove Fund and Impact Venture Capital with participation from Integral Capital Partners, Comeback Capital, Right Side Capital Management, VIGR Crop, NutraDrip, and Thunderhead Crop. | More from FinSMEs

🐋 Konscious Foods, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based plant-based seafood brand, raised $26m in Seed funding from Protein Industries Canada, Zynik Capital, Walter Group and other investors. | More from FinSMEs

More OceanTech News

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

🍣 Seafood-focused impact fund Ocean 14 Capital nets additional $33 million, makes new investment in Norway | The fund now aims to reach €200 million ($219.6 million) by the end of 2023. | More from Intrafish 

⛽️ Norden invests in biofuel scale-up | Shipping lines investing in fuel firms to help stay in control of their coming green transition is becoming a trend. Denmark’s Norden announced today it has acquired a minority stake in MASH Makes, a Danish-Indian biofuel scale-up, which researches, develops and produces renewable fuels from biomass waste. | More from Splash 247

🧺 Notpla and MACK Launch Biodegrable Seaweed Film in Laundry Detergent Sachets | Sustainable packaging startup Notpla and vegan detergent company MACK have partnered to introduce a biodegradable option for packaging detergents to help the cleaning industry move away from single-use plastics. | More from The Vegconomist

More Ocean Sustainability News

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

🌬️ Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind submits offshore wind project bid in New Jersey | The developer seeks to expand on its first project approved in 2021 | More from PR Newswire

⛴️ OceanX Announces 4th Voyage of Flagship Educational Program, Young Explorers, Fostering Next Generation of Marine Scientists and Activists | This year's Young Explorers program will provide hands-on research and mentorship opportunities to 15 university students in the fields of marine biology and ocean exploration | More from PR Newswire

🔬 US DOE makes available $1.2M for high-impact water power research for minority-serving institutions | The US DOE's WPTO and MSRDC have opened a $1.2 million funding opportunity to support promising, potentially high-impact water power research ideas from minority-serving colleges and universities. | More from Offshore Energy

OceanTech Jobs

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

🌾 Agriculture water resource company N-Drip is looking for a Project Planner. (Arizona)

⚠️ Water risk enterprise SaaS platform Waterplan is looking for a Senior Enterprise Account Executive. (Remote, US)

🤖 Subsea robotics company Cellula is looking for a Mechanical Engineer. (Burnaby, British Columbia)

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