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.
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
Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented.
Main blue economy sector the project relates to.
Current technology readiness level of the project.
BioQuest Alliance
Wouter Meuldermans - CEO of BioQuest Alliance and sustainable entrepreneur. I am responsible for guiding the company through initial start-up, ensuring adequate growth within the short-medium and long term for the project, as well as realisation of the research objectives set forth.
Herman Meuldermans - CEO of Enki Investment. An entrepreneur, a family man, reach out and succeed. Enjoy life, making challenging projects succeed with a team of motivated people, amongst who my sons.
Jaymish Patel - a chemical engineer and an obsessed innovator in clean energy and technology which gave him the impetus to start Biofuel Evolution and led to his involvement with BioQuest Alliance two ventures that he is extremely passionate about.
Waste is an increasingly significant problem in most countries around the world, due to a combination of global increase in population and average wealth, leading to more consumption, which traditionally leads to more waste in general (UNEP, 2017). This increase in waste, means that a rise in waste management services and strategies are required which is still lacking in several countries worldwide, leaving about 2 billion people without an organised and overseen waste management solution (UNEP, 2017). The two primary contributors to global waste issues are food waste and plastics, with e-waste third. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the total cost of food wastage amounts to US$2.6 trillion per year and a new report devised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Dalberg has revealed that by 2040 the societal cost of plastic pollution could reach US$7.1 trillion if urgent action is not taken.
Twofold:
The National Geographic Society have stated that 700 marine animal species have eaten or become entangled in plastic. We want to contribute to a society that no longer pollutes our oceans with plastic.
Furthermore, our fuels and sustainable solutions that we are developing will help to reduce the staggering amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are emitted in the international shipping industry. Maritime transport emits approximately 940 million tonnes of CO2 annually and is responsible for around 2.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. If we fail to mitigate this shipping emissions could increase by between 50% and 250% by 2050 (3rd IMO GHG study). Our fuel will help to reduce these staggering amount of emissions