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.
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.
BuyCo
"-Carl Lauron, Founder & President/CEO 20 years in logistics and purchasing. 3 times creator of start-up (logistics and advice) 7 years in management roles at CMA CGM, including Vice-President Innovation and CEO of the freight forwarding activity for the entire group Education: Mines Paris -Benoit Fichefeux, Co-founder and CSO 15 years of experience in the industry 5 years CEO of the transport activity of the Areva group Education: Agro Paris -Matthieu Blayac, CTO 14 years of experience in IT and software solutions in enterprise engineering 7 years within the Amadeus group as IT/DevOps engineer, 5 years at Smart Trade Technologies (chief software engineer then director of cloud services) then cloud solutions architect at Microsoft Education: Centrale Lyon -Geoffroy Willaume, Co-founder & CFO 19 years in finance (private equity within Goldman Sachs and Cinven funds, and CFO of a European distribution materials group) Former VP Dvpm & Innovation CMA CGM Education: Mines Paris and LSE
BuyCo is a collaborative SaaS platform enabling shippers to simplify, optimise & better control the planning, execution & tracking of their maritime container shipments.
BuyCo enables shippers i) to prepare, complete & monitor their transport operations (internally or with freight forwarders), ii) to work in a collaborative way internally and with all their partners, iii) to get visibility on their flows and documents, and iv) to collect and analyse data in order to continuously improve their supply chain. BuyCo customers enjoy a better control of operations, internal productivity gains, external transport cost reductions and an increase in their own customers satisfaction.