Hello Ocean Friends,

I’m typing this BlueX out after taking my kids on a very cold sledding afternoon. I hope you are staying safe and warm in this crazy weather we’re having. I’m sitting on the couch with some hot cocoa.

Lots of good articles in this edition, almost $100M worth of investments across five companies. Love to see it. Plus BlueX hit 800 subscribers! Nice little vanity metric I’m celebrating.

Stay warm,
Will

OceanTech Fundings

🌊 Marine CDR company Gigablue raised $20M in Series A led by Planet Ocean Capital | More from Gigablue

🦾 Autonomous marine tech company Ocean Aero raised from James Fisher and Sons as part of their Series D round. | More from MarineLink

🔋 Fleetzero, marine electrified propulsion company, has successfully raised $43M in Series A, led by Obvious Ventures with Maersk Growth, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and 8090 Industries. | More from Splash 247

🚰 Dripl, a developer of smart water dispensers, raised €4M led by Abacus Investments, with Spadel, Faraday Venture Partners and the Meert Family. | More from EU Startups News

🚢 Global ship chartering company Spot Ship raised €1.1M led by Ventures.eu, Herman Narula, Tradeworks.vc and Marcel Kind. | More from EU Startups News

More OceanTech News

🇳🇱 Dutch VC Pureterra Launches €150M Water Tech Fund, Lands €10M From Invest-NL | As droughts intensify and regulations tighten, companies are discovering that access to clean, reusable water directly affects their … | More from TechFunding News

⚓️ U.S Navy Veterans Develop Crewless & Captainless Warship With Impressive Range | Blue Water Autonomy, a maritime technology startup based in Boston, has announced the development of a ship which has no captain and no crew. | More from Marine Insight

🐠 CMA CGM’s Zebox Partners With Norwegian Venture Fund | Zebox and Katapult will connect ocean start-ups with industrial players and investors | More from Tradewind News

🌊 The Continuum Awards $1.2 Million in NOAA-Backed TDC Funding to 14 Ocean Enterprise Startups | Braid Theory, a venture advisory and accelerator supporting science- and engineering-led companies in the sustainable blue economy, today announced the award of $1.2 million in non-dilutive funding. | More from Braid Theory

🛥 Maritime Start-up Network Launched by Former Marinetraffic Principal | Marinn will seek start-ups, venture funds and established shipping firms aiming to develop the next major innovation | More from Tradewind News

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