HatchBlue’s Accelerator, Maritime Sail, and Desalination Subsea

Hello Ocean Friends,

I hope you are having a good holiday break. I took a few weeks off to prep for the holiday, and we had the best one yet in our house. My kids are in those core believe-in-Santa years - my house is covered with Legos and Barbies right now.

I’m pretty psyched to get back into BlueX. The NYC OceanTech Summit team has started to gear up for 2026! If you are interested in tabling, speaking, or sponsoring, let me know ASAP!

In the meantime, have a happy New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2026.

Best,
Will

Special Announcement - Maine Blue Biotechnology Studio

The Maine Blue Biotechnology Studio is a brand new accelerator program launching in March 2026, developed in partnership between Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and Hatch Blue. This program is designed to accelerate the commercialization of marine biotechnology ventures across all sectors. Here’s the details

• Two-week intensive Innovation Studio at Bigelow Laboratory in Maine (March 9-20, 2026)

• Tailored mentorship from industry leaders and subject matter experts

• Access to Bigelow's world-class R&D facilities and marine research capabilities

• Exposure to investors through the Blue Biotech Investor Summit in Portland

• Nine months of virtual mentorship and commercialization support led by Hatch Blue

• Strategic market access opportunities, using Maine as a gateway for North American and US market entry

• All travel, accommodation, and program costs covered for accepted participants

Application Deadline: January 23, 2026

More info and apply here.

OceanTech Fundings

⚡️ Tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power raised €8M from Scottish Enterprise, and PXN Ventures. | More from EU Startups News

🚢 bound4blue, a maritime sail power company, raised $44M led by OCTAVE Capital, Katapult Ocean with Motion Ventures, Odfjell family office and ReOcean Fund, Shift4Good, GTT Strategic Ventures, KAI Capital and CDTI | More from MarineLink

🍣 Aquaculture oxygenation tech equipment firm, Oxzo, raised $25M from S2G Investments. | More from Intrafish

🧂 Subsea desalination company, Flocean, raised from Water Unite Impact adding to it’s $22.5M Series A, which includeS Xylem Inc, Burnt Island Ventures, Freebird Capital, Katapult Ocean and Nysnø Climate Investments. | More from Impact Investor

More Cool OceanTech News

🚢 Containers Seen Flying Across Lake Geneva | Franco-Swiss maritime startup Fly-Box is moving its foil-borne container concept into the next phase, launching a detailed techno-economic assessment with a global player active in both shipping and terminal operations. | More from Splash 247

🤖 Startup Using Bots and Software to Build Ships Opens Manufacturing Space Near Airport | An Austin startup that is developing an automated system to build ships raised pre-seed funding and is moving from its small office in South Austin to a large space near the airport. Get the details on this new startup, as well as background on the growth of hard tech in Austin, in this story. | More from Biz Journals

🛥 Containerised, Rentable Sail Solution Comes to Market | Lomarlabs, the venture catalyst created by UK-based shipping company Lomar, is collaborating with Ireland’s Advanced Wing Systems to advance the adaptation of its sail technology into a containerised, automated system. | More from Splash 247

A Small Non Sequitur

An old friend of mine from the MilVet innovation ecosystem, Zach Beecher, is running in a special election for the NJ-11 congressional seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill. NJ-11 is my district, if it’s yours too I recommend checking Zach out. I will be voting for him.

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