What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?

See our showcase of innovative projects and entrepreneurs who are shaping the Blue Economy.

Projects consist of innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.

The graphs below provide an overview of the country distribution, sector, and TRL of projects currently listed in the BlueInvest Project Pipeline.

 

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Selection Criteria:

Your company is EU-based or from an eligible sea basin region (Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Mauritania, United Kingdom, or Norway)

Your project TRL is 4 or higher

Your project sector is in one of the 10 blue economy sectors identified for this initiative

Your solution has a clear sustainable impact on the blue economy

Your project is looking for investment

Project Country

Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented. 

Project Sector

Main blue economy sector the project relates to.

Project TRL

Current technology readiness level of the project. 

Zeam
Zeam is the world's first autonomous and electric urban passenger ferry. The concept is to deploy a network of small uncrewed vessels that connect city districts across urban waterways. Zeam is a low-cost, flexible, emission-free, and compelling alternative to driving around or building new bridges. Autonomy is the enabler, and the market opportunities are enormous worldwide.

  • Shipping & ports

Company behind project
Zeabuz

Sweden

About Us
Zeam is conceptualized by two companies: Zeabuz and Torghatten.
CEO of Zeabuz, Erik Dyrkoren, is an ocean tech entrepreneur who founded the underwater drone company Blueye Robotics in 2015 and co-founded Zeabuz in 2019. He holds an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from NTNU and Georgia Tech and did an MBA at NUS Singapore. He has worked for Schlumberger in Kazakhstan, the European Space Agency in the Netherlands before settling in Trondheim with his wife and three children.
Zeabuz has 13 other founders, 4 of whom serial entrepreneurs, 5 professors, and three post docs.

Problem we are solving
Urban mobility and congestion are global problems that require many solutions to overcome. Urban waterways are hardly in use in many cities, and the Zeam concept is designed to challenge that.

Sustainable Impact on Blue Ecconomy
Autonomy technology is the enabler of this zero-emission and low-cost mobility concept and our technology is uniquely advanced for this purpose.

TRL
  • TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration


Financial Needs7000000

Planned Funding Allocation
  • Sales and Marketing: 30
  • To hire more resources: 70