Silent Offshore Wind Installation and Deep Sea Desalination

Hello Ocean Friends,

I’m a day late this week because I’m at the National Offshore Wind R&D Symposium in Washington, D.C. It is not too late to join; you can attend virtually. Offshore Wind is one of my personal favorite OceanTech sectors, and this event is awesome.

Fitting for this week, most of the news on BlueX is OSW related.

-Will

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OceanTech Fundings

The main event. Startup investment announcements in OceanTech.

🤫 Amsterdam’s GBM Works, a firm that is creating silent offshore wind installation technology raised €6M from Rotterdamse Havendraken, Katapult Ocean, EIC Fund, and existing shareholders | More from Silicon Canals

🚰 Deep sea water desalination company OceanWell raised $11 Million in a series A from the Kubota Corporation, the family office of Jon Hemingway of Carrix Ports, and Charles McGarraugh. | More from Pulse 2.0

More OceanTech News

Some of the OceanTech articles we liked. Not fundings necessarily, but some great stuff:

🌊 Katapult Ocean is Hiring | Katapult Ocean is one of the best OceanTech investors active right now. They’re hiring for three roles across the world | More on LinkedIn

🐡 Ocean 14 Capital Fund Announces Partnership to Boost Cod Aquaculture | In a bid to drive the growth of farmed cod as an alternative to wild-caught fish, Ocean 14 Capital Fund - a private equity impact investor - has announced a partnership with KIME Akva, a Norwegian cod farming operation. | More from The Fish Site

More Ocean Sustainability News

Even if it isn’t tech, that doesn’t mean we don’t love reading these pieces:

🌎 Two Startups Plan to Run an Offshore Ammonia Plant on Wave Power | Ocean energy startups SwitcH2 and CorPower Ocean are developing an industrial-scale floating green ammonia production facility that will use wave energy to generate clean power. | More from Maritime Executive

🌊 Maryland Offshore Wind Projects Receive Final BOEM Approval | The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the Maryland Offshore Wind project. This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the project which has also received approvals from Maryland and recently the National Marine Fisheries Service. | More from Maritime Executive

🛳 SEACOR Refinances and Orders New Offshore PSV Vessels | SEACOR Marine Holdings, the U.S.-based provider of marine and support transportation services to the offshore energy sector, is the latest company in the sector to map growth plans based on the expectations for continuing strengthening in the industry. | More from Maritime Executive

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