Startup Alley at 1PF 2025: A History & Invitation to Apply
Startup Founders pose on the stage after delivering their pitches at IPF 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Background
For the fourth year, SeaAhead and Oceantic Network are partnering to host Startup Alley at the 2025 International Partnering Forum (IPF) conference. At Startup Alley, founders who are developing novel technologies in the ocean renewables sector have the chance to pitch their startups to an audience of attendees. SeaAhead will hand-select 10-12 candidates this year to deliver brief pitches, coalescing on the most pressing issues in the offshore renewables industry.
Assessing the Need
“Startup Alley at IPF is an excellent opportunity for startups to meet potential customers, partners and regulators, gaining visibility they wouldn’t have otherwise,” said Hailey Bathurst last year, Director of Business Development at SeaAhead.
Our partnership was created to link ocean renewables stakeholders with startups offering cutting edge solutions that can propel the industry forward. Startup Alley invites startups and IPF attendees to mutually benefit from conversation and explore opportunities for collaboration.
SeaAhead works with startups one-on-one to hone their pitches, ensuring that their five-minutes in the spotlight are used effectively. Looking beyond the pitch event, the IPF conference unlocks access to thousands of industry professionals, whether they are destined to become advisors, mentors, customers, or friends.
“[Startup] success depends on advancing their journey—connecting with the right customers, scaling their solutions, and building partnerships that transform potential into progress.” - Nadir Ait-Laoussine, VP of Platform & Programs at SeaAhead
Don’t Miss This Opportunity
The offshore renewables industry is experiencing rapid change. They are actively looking for solutions that will enhance the industry’s ability to mitigate challenges, amplify impact, and advance the clean energy transition. Check out the links below to learn more about IPF, Startup Alley, and how to apply.
Applications are due January 17, 2025.
Attend April 28 – May 1 2025 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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About SeaAhead
SeaAhead is a benefit corporation founded in Boston with the mission of supporting venture innovation for the ocean. We are creating a bluetech startup platform, helping to build companies through our BlueSwell incubator, facilitating investments through the Blue Angels, and catalyzing a bluetech cluster in the Northeast. Our ecosystem includes technologists, scientists, startups, foundations, corporations, governments, and other ocean stakeholders who are coming together to create positive ocean impact and scaling solutions with ocean-centric approaches to the challenges of climate change.
About Oceantic Network
Oceantic Network’s purpose is to inform, coordinate, and mobilize human ingenuity, enterprise, and labor to take advantage of the urgent need to tap the vast renewable energy resources that lie offshore in the world’s oceans. The collective, coordinated efforts of our members equip communities and nations to accelerate the transition to clean energy and create economic opportunities.