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.
Clean Ocean Collective
Michiel Reinoud Co-Founder
Serial entrepreneur in retail marketing
First hand experience in plastic waste collection
Founder & exit MBRC the Ocean
Merlijn Lammersen
Fin-tech expert
Realized substantial digital growth in Finance (ING, Aegon, KNAB)
Research shows that 91% of consumers in SE Asia are concerned about plastic waste, but don’t act accordingly. As a result, over 5 million tonnes of plastic waste are mismanged and end up in our oceans.
By providing financial rewards for recycling plastics, Smart Waste Hubs help shift consumer behaviours and fill the gaps left by inadequate waste management services. Smart Waste Hubs are custom designed, contained system that collects, processes and prepares plastics while rewarding people for recycling through our Smart Waste App and e-wallet.
Smart Waste Hubs also serve as educational points, with exterior real-estate used to share key messages around the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.
By providing financial rewards for recycling plastics, Smart Waste Hubs help shift consumer behaviours and fill the gaps left by inadequate waste management services. This way we close the loop of plastic consumption to recycling and as a result prevent substantial amounts of plastic waste ending up in the ocean Unlike other programs we provide a direct and easy accessible financial reward through our App and e-wallet and can reach unparalleled recycling efficiency thanks to the unique Umincorp recycling technology in our Smart Waste Hubs.