Hello Ocean Friends,

Happy July! A bit of a shorter edition this week while I get back to my usual publishing schedule.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Propeller’s look at the ClimateTech map. They recently published the phrase ‘the ocean is a strategy, not a sector’ and dived into it. I’ve been thinking about that simple thought and love it the more I think about it. Read the piece and sign up for Propeller’s awesome OMBA program.

Also, I want to shout out my friend Maggie Wong’s podcast interview with Orpheus Ocean’s CEO and Co-founder (and my friend), Jake Russell. You can find it on Spotify and Apple. Check it out for a good look into the Ocean’s role in decarbonization.

For my American Ocean Friends, have a happy Fourth of July this weekend! For my non-American Ocean Friends, enjoy not dealing with the political nonsense we are stuck in over here!

Best,
Will

OceanTech Fundings

🤖 Autonomous underwater robotics company Cosma raised €2.5M | More from Tech.eu

🪸 Reef building startup Ocean Ecostructures raised $3M led by Seven Seas Capital. | More from Ara

🚢 Vsltec, a digital marketplace for shipping company technical services, raised €540K of Pre-Seed led by prominent figures in Greek shipping. | More from Hellenic Shipping News

More OceanTech News

🟣 This Outrageously Pretty Purple Tile Is Actually Made out of Sea Urchins | A Berkeley-based company is crafting tiles out of purple sea urchins, helping to rebalance California kelp forest ecosystems. | Read more on Sunset.com (Editors note: I’ve gotten to meet Virj Kan a few times in my travels, this is an awesome founder. Congrats on the press!)

🔋 New Long Duration Energy Storage System Deploys Underground Hydropower | The US startup Quidnet has successfully tested a new long duration energy storage system for six months without loss of power, leveraging water pressure in underground reservoirs to conserve excess electricity from the grid. | More from CleanTechnica

🚢 Sail-Assisted Ro-Ro Demonstrates Fuel Savings in Two Years of Service | Two years after its launch, Canopée, the first cargo vessel equipped with four automated OceanWings rigid sails, has demonstrated the potential of wind-assisted propulsion according to the joint venture between Jifmar and Zéphyr & Borée, which operates the vessel for the Ariane rocket program. | More from Maritime Executive

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