The University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation and SeaAhead, with the support of partners including Jackson State University, has selected the first cohort of bluetech startup companies for the Gulf Blue Navigator. This six-month program provides scaling startups, with innovations relevant to the ocean, with market access to the Gulf of Mexico region, proximity to federal agencies, technical facilities, and expertise.

SeaAhead, Inc. and the New England Aquarium have selected a third cohort of startup companies for BlueSwell, an innovative incubator program in the Northeast dedicated to supporting early-stage entrepreneurship in bluetech. 

Oceanic leaders celebrated positive progress in Gulfport for the one-year anniversary of the Coast’s Gulf Blue Initiative. University of Southern Mississippi’s Vice President of Research Kelly Lucas said Gulf Blue jumps on the opportunity to expand the oceanic economy.

BlueSwell - an initiative of SeaAhead and the Boston Aquarium and an incubator — formed to support the creation and growth of startups with scalable solutions that enhance ocean health, sustainable ocean industry, and global resilience.

BlueSwell has chosen a second cohort of startups supporting ocean health, tackling areas including plastics remediation, water sensor technology and sea urchin aquaculture.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and SeaAhead announced an initiative to place Mississippi on the global stage for blue economy-related work.

SeaAhead, according to Peterson, has gathered 53 startup members all specifically in the bluetech space.

The Paris- based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates the blue economy will double to $3 trillion by 2030.

SeaAhead, Inc. and the New England Aquarium have selected the first cohort of six startups for the BlueSwell Incubator Program, New England's first dedicated, early-stage bluetech incubator.

SeaAhead, National Grid and CIC Providence have opened applications for the BlueGreen Innovation Challenge.

“This month we’ll be launching a partnership with SeaAhead and the Cambridge Innovation Center to recruit competitors for the first Rhode Island BlueGreen Innovation Challenge.”

“Last month, SeaAhead hosted the Global Bluetech Summit.”

“SeaAhead’s Global Bluetech Summit in New York City brought together high-level stakeholders from around the world to discuss and support innovation at sea.”

“Boston’s first innovation hub dedicated to BlueTech startups, SeaAhead, was founded last year by Mark Huang, a veteran of cleantech venture capital funds.”

The New England Aquarium and SeaAhead are initiating their partnership by launching a new Venture Fellows-in-Residence program.

SeaAhead and the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) announced today their partnership to open the first dedicated Bluetech Innovation Hub in Boston.

Mark Huang on ‘Why Bluetech, Why Now?’

In addition to a business advisory role, SeaAhead is hoping to secure financing that will allow it to provide financial assistance to promising startups.

“If we’re thinking about new technology, there’s offshore wind power and coastal resiliency, networks that would allow a detailed model of where flooding [would occur],” explained SeaAhead Executive Director and co-founder Alissa Peterson.