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A Second Wind: SeaAhead Catches Up with Satchel Douglas and Miles Keeney-Ritchie of Aloft Systems
Miles Keeney-Ritchie and Satchel Douglas co-founded Aloft Systems with the desire to help shipping vessels save fuel by tapping into a free, limitless resource: wind.
SeaAhead Catches up with Sara Remsen of Fathom Carbon
A former SeaAhead mentor, Sara Remsen is now stepping into the founder seat as a member of Cohort III. Over the summer of 2022, Sara founded Fathom Carbon. Fathom is a science-first platform that monitors and verifies ocean-based carbon credits to reduce risk and uncertainty for carbon credit buyers.
Become a Climate-Focused Donor Capitalist
Interest in impact investing has resulted in innovative ways of using donated capital to generate real impact. For example, donors are investing in for-profit green technology companies, equity funds, and ocean sustainability ventures that align with their environmental values.
Innovation in Offshore Wind - Highlight Video
On November 14, SeaAhead, MassCEC, and Orsted hosted a gathering of key stakeholders to address an important question: can offshore wind be an innovation anchor for the new Blue Economy?
2022 Impact Report
Measuring impact, especially in the young sector of ocean innovation, poses a great challenge. Unlike pure climatetech, the bluetech startup and investment community lacks a single metric that can encapsulate and clearly communicate its progress and potential. We require an easy way to track and report impact so that we can draw a wider audience to scale the ocean venture ecosystem.
The Gulf Blue Navigator Program Select Inaugural Six Startup Companies
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 Catches up with Kevin Rosa of Current Lab
For the first interview with BlueSwell’s Cohort III, we caught up with Kevin Rosa, founder of Current Lab. Current Lab creates high detail forecasts using the ocean’s currents, temperature, and other data points to improve the efficiency and safety of maritime operations. Current Lab’s system is mostly used by professional sailing teams, but Kevin is exploring how to make this valuable data available to more stakeholders.
BlueSwell incubator program selects third cohort of startup companies focused on supporting ocean health
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.
Gulf Blue Initiative Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
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.
Rebranding SeaAhead
We founded SeaAhead in 2018 to connect bluetech startups to funding and support infrastructure. Our team drew on their experience pioneering venture-based innovation in cleantech, biotech, and agtech, and we’ve since built a thriving community of investors, industry leaders, and stakeholders to equip innovators with the tools they need to succeed.
Measuring Our Impact: Takeaways from the UN Ocean Conference
At the UN Ocean Conference, the most exciting conversations were happening at the side events. Here, attendees got into the how – how are we going to make the changes we all see as necessary – with a focus on startups and the financial players that support them.
Navigating the Boston CleanTech Startup Scene - Who to Know, Where to Go
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.
3 Things Bluetech Entrepreneurs Should Know about Mississippi
While the blue economy is nothing new to the Gulf Coast, a new wave of innovation is heading for its shores. Here are 3 things bluetech entrepreneurs should know about the Magnolia State.
Something's Fishy: Using Technology to Combat Fish Fraud
Marine Microverse Institute in Kittery Point, Maine is developing a fish-DNA, species-authentication test using whole-genome diagnostic tools for fish retailers.
The Next Wave: BlueSwell Cohort III
We’re catching up with Katherine Woolford, Program Manager of the BlueSwell Incubator as we recruit for BlueSwell’s Cohort III. Katherine told us about what tech is exciting her this year, what motivates her work, and much more.
Have you ever thought about living in inner space?
Living underwater is not a new idea – explorers in the 1960s – such as Edwin Link and Jacque Cousteau – demonstrated that it is safe for humans to live under water for extended periods.
The Blue Angels: Closing the Bluetech Investment Gap
With a high density of bluetech assets, the Northeast is a global epicenter for bluetech innovation, which combines with SeaAhead’s relationships with investor groups, accelerators, incubators, research institutions, and industry to provide superb deal flow and informed investment diligence.
Blue Carbon and Its Role in Climate Change
The oceans absorb an estimated twenty-five percent of carbon dioxide emissions through rich, biodiverse ecosystems. Phytoplankton, coral, kelp, algae, marine bivalves, and ocean sediments turn our seas into a natural carbon sink. In fact, marine ecosystems sequester ten times more carbon than terrestrial ecosystems.
Eight Startups Pursuing A Sustainable Blue Economy Via BlueSwell
BlueSwell has chosen a second cohort of startups supporting ocean health, tackling areas including plastics remediation, water sensor technology and sea urchin aquaculture.
SeaAhead Catches up with Alessandra Bianchi, at SeaTrac Systems
SeaTrac designs and develops uncrewed surface vehicles for persistent in-shore and open-ocean missions. Energy is derived from solar panels; propulsion comes from a highly efficient electric motor. Power from the vessel’s substantial battery storage allows for consistent cruise speeds over days with varying weather conditions.