Hello Ocean Friends,

Well NYC Climate Week was a blast. Exhausting (enough that it took me four days to put this edition together) and energizing. Two years ago when starting this newsletter, I predicted BlueTech was having a moment, I believe that the moment is here.

Activate, Newlab, Founders Factory, Investable Oceans, Photon Marine, and way way more, all out in force. To miss-quote my friends at Propeller, what if OceanTech isn’t a sector, but a strategy? NYC CW was a case study in BlueTech strategies to today’s hardest tech challenges.

• Rare Earth Elements? Find them in ocean brine.

• Energy crisis? Solve it with wind, wave and tidal energy.

• Global supply chain pressure? Bring in the future of maritime.

• Carbon capture and sequestration? The ocean is our biggest ally.

I’m energized and motivated. You should be to.

Best,
Will

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OceanTech Fundings

💨 GBM Works, a offshore wind monopile installation company, completed a second close of their Seed round at €6.2M with Invest-NL and European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund and Rotterdamse Havendraken. | More from Silicon Canals

🌊 AI maritime vessel operations company, Cetasol, raised €2.3M in seed funding led by BackingMinds and Shift4Good, with Sarsia. | More from Silicon Canals

🌊 Direct Air Capture for e-fuels company Brineworks raised €6.8M led by SeaX Ventures, with Pale Blue Dot, First Momentum, AiiM Partners, Energie360°, and Katapult. | More from Pulse 2.0

🐛 UltraNutri, an insect for aquaculture feed company raised an undisclosed round from Menterra | More from We Are Aquaculture

🤖 Robots for hull cleaning company, Neptune Robotics, raised $52M from Granite Asia, with NYK Line. | More from Tech in Asia

More OceanTech News

🐙 UK Onboard Scampi Stunning Machine Gets Funding for Next Phase | A new machine designed to stun and tail langoustine onboard is preparing for real-world rollout after proving its strength at sea | More from Undercurrent News

🚢 US Startup Strikes Shipbuilding Deal with Conrad for Autonomous Vessels | U.S. technology and shipbuilding startup Blue Water Autonomy has entered a production agreement with Louisiana-based Conrad Shipyard to build its first class of autonomous surface vessels, marking a shift from research and development to … | More from MarineLink

🛳️ US Unions Urge Lawmakers to Pass SHIPS Act to Secure Domestic Shipbuilding Funding | Five U.S. unions are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation that would help secure long-term funding to revive domestic shipbuilding … | More from MarineLink

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