Italy
Europe & United Kingdom
Ocean Data, Literacy & Research
Andrea Bertini, Marco Montagni
Ecodrone develops sea drones powered by renewable solar and wind energy for use in collecting valuable scientific data related to climate change, diffusion of pollutants, weather forecasting, and coastal law enforcement.
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North America
Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives
Rob Terry*
Smart Catch offers a high-speed digital network for data collection and “eyes in the net” from the trawl net to the wheelhouse to the cloud.
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North America
Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use
Jose Humberto Ramírez Leyva
ETAC designs and produces functional nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications, such as oil spill and wastewater cleanup.
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North America
Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use
Dane Anderson, Jeff Anderson*
Pioneers of a regenerative economy, Full Cycle Bioplastics is tackling both food waste and plastic pollution through their patented technology that converts organic waste into a compostable, biodegradable bioplastic (PHA). They are the only bioplastic that is cost-competitive with petroleum plastics and the only circular economy bioplastic company in the world. Their PHA is able to directly replace polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene and at its end-of-life, it can be up-cycled through our system into virgin PHA again.
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North America
Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives
Courtney Boyd Myers
AKUA is a seed-stage, conscious company on a mission to bring blue foods to the mainstream market. We're the first company to pioneer meat and seafood-alt products from ocean-farmed kelp, which is making waves as both a health food trend and a regenerative agriculture trend. Ocean-farmed kelp is often described as the culinary equivalent of the electric car because it has massive environmental benefits & is super healthy to eat.
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North America
Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives
Paul Pan, Kenton Liu, Richard Wang
Trademodo supports sustainable trade by providing a platform for users to easily find, research and connect with ethical seafood businesses throughout all levels of the supply chain. Trademodo is the trusted source for great seafood industry businesses and makes data gathered from governments, NGOs, and seafood professionals digitally accessible.
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Europe & United Kingdom
Ocean Data, Literacy & Research
Antoine Thebaud
Sea Proven develops Autonomous Laboratory Vessels that will house various sensors onboard to collect different types of real-time ocean data simultaneously.
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North America
Ocean Data, Literacy & Research
Michael Uy, Andre Amador, Rodrigo Serzedello
Blue Tribe uses federated machine learning and patented processes to predict coastal natural disasters at a hyperlocal level, replacing current flood models based on periodic, static surveys and statistical simulation, which can't predict local floods.
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Europe & United Kingdom
Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use
Marion Padioleau
Blue Innov is a french company dedicated to the development of environmentally friendly innovations in the nautical sector. Their first implementation is an ocean-friendly antifouling innovation created by the dutch researcher Rik Breur.
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