Hello Ocean Friends,

The 2025 NYC OceanTech Summit is coming up FAST! The planning is coming together with some killer startups, awesome researchers, and fantastic speakers.

I want to say a special thank you to the summit’s 2025 venue partner, Newlab.

I have had the pleasure of working with Newlab for a few years now and I love this organization. They describe themselves as a Venture Platform For Critical Technology. If you don’t know what that means, check out some of their recent wins:

I personally appreciate this awesome team who has supported me personally and the BlueTech community in NYC.

Best,
Will

☔️ Irrigation tech startup Verdi raised $4.7M led by SVG Ventures, with NEC X, Ponderosa Ventures, Elemental Impact, GenomeBC, One Small Planet, Waterpoint Lane, Dangerous Ventures, VentureUs, Echo River Capital, Cyan Ventures, Jetstream and Baker Hall Capital. | More from Geek Wire

☢️ Nuclear batteries for maritime and space company, Zeno Power, raised $50M in series B led by Hanaco Ventures, with Seraphim, Balerion Space Ventures, JAWS, Vanderbilt University, RiverPark Ventures, Stage 1 Ventures, 7i Capital, Beyond Earth Ventures and others. | More from Geek Wire

⛵️ Maritime autonomy company, Saildrone, raised $60M led by EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, with Lux Capital, Washington Harbor Partners, Crowley, Academy Securities, Pinegrove, BZH Capital, What If Ventures, and Calm Ventures. | More from FinSMEs

🌊 A New Job For Wave Energy: Water Desalination | The Norwegian wave energy startup Ocean Oasis has developed an emission free, wave-powered offshore desalination system to help relieve water scarcity among island and coastal communities. The post A New Job For Wave Energy: Water Desalination appeared first on CleanTechnica. | More from CleanTechnica

🛥 Italian Project Displays Small Fission Nuclear Reactor Concept for Ships | An Italian start-up, Newcleo, working with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and design firm Pininfarina, has unveiled its concepts for a new generation of small, fission power plants that could provide the future power for shipping and other applications. A full-scale representation of the fourth-generation nuclear reactor was placed on display at a prestigious Italian design fair with the companies saying the aim was to redefine the social image of nuclear power. | More from Maritime Executive

🚤 Arc’s New 24-Foot Electric Boat Is Its Cheapest Yet | Electric boat startup Arc has a new model that is its cheapest and most approachable watercraft yet. The new boat is called the Arc Coast, and it will start at $168,000. The company is taking preorders now and says the Coast will ship in 2026. | More from TechCrunch

🐙 Sustainable Ocean Economy Could Create 51 Million Jobs by 2050, Report Finds | Ocean Panel's paper on ocean employment highlights the challenges and opportunities for employment and economic growth in the transition to a sustainable blue economy. The post Sustainable ocean economy could create 51 million jobs by 2050, report finds appeared first on Impact Investor. | More from Impact Investor

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