BX6 and NewLab’s New Startup Programs

Happy New Year Ocean Friends,

I hope you had a happy and restful holiday break. I’m ready to get back into it. Two special announcements this week and a ton of fundings. So let’s get right into it.

-Will

Newlab and TNC’s Open Call: Global Ocean Innovation Challenge

The challenge will incentivize startup organizations to design technologies and solve information gaps to address critical ocean conservation challenges. Learn more here.

BLUE Excelerator's 6th Cohort BX6 Applications

BX6 applications are now open. Applications close Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2026! Learn more here.

BlueTech Fundings

🍣 Cultivated tuna company BlueNalu raised $11M led by Agronomics, Siddhi Capital, and Lewis & Clark AgriFood, with existing investors. | More from The Vegconomist

🚢 Salvador Technologies, a cyber resilience company, raised a $1M round from Ashdod Port. | More from Jerusalem Post

☔️ Water testing tech company, Metir, raised £1M. | More from Bdaily News

🤘 Rare Earth Elements from industrial waste water company, BIOWEG, raised €1.5M from SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, as part of the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge. | More from EU Startups News

🌧 Global water access company, Vital Lyfe, raised a $24M seed round led by Interlagos and General Catalyst, with Generational Partners, Cantos, Space VC, and Also Capital. | More from PR Newswire

Other Cool BlueTech News

🐠 The Ocean Has Finally Entered the Global Climate Debate | The world has started to recognise that the climate’s fate depends on what happens to the ocean. | More from Eco Business

🌎 Vatn Systems and Crewless Marine Join Forces | Both are players in Rhode Island's defense tech startup ecosystem. | More from Biz Journals

💷 Investment Firm Snaps up Aquabyte Majority | British investment company Vitruvian Partners acquires majority stake in aquaculture tech firm Aquabyte. | More from Intrafish

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