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.
Cytobuoy b.v.
The CytoSense is a unique particle scanning and imaging flow cytometry instrument for extremely rapid analysis of particles in a fluid. The information provided from the particles is their counts (and thus concentration), pulse shapes and images (which allows clustering and differentiating groups/species). Moreover, our recently developed staining module enables analysis of heterotrophic bacteria as well. The system can be placed in a lab as a benchtop instrument, submerged down to 200m or placed on a buoy and/or combined with other sensors. Moreover, the system can be automated and operated remotely. With optional software, the data can be (pre-)analysed in situ and transferred (via a cable or wireless) to a website, providing info about plankton dynamics, in real-time.
The CytoSense is a unique particle scanning and imaging flow cytometry instrument for extremely rapid analysis of particles in a fluid. The information provided from the particles is their counts (and thus concentration), pulse shapes and images (which allows clustering and differentiating groups/species).
Moreover, our recently developed staining module enables analysis of heterotrophic bacteria as well. The system can be placed in a lab as a benchtop instrument, submerged down to 200m or placed on a buoy and/or combined with other sensors. Moreover, the system can be automated and operated remotely. With optional software, the data can be (pre-)analysed in situ and transferred (via a cable or wireless) to a website, providing info about plankton dynamics, in real-time.
Expertise: making of scanning and imaging flow cytometers for in-situ operation, with sampling, profiling and buoy systems; Product/service offered: realtime, in-situ monitoring of microbes & lt; 1mm (e.g. toxic species, parasites);
Can be used for: early warning detection of changes in plankton dynamic (i.e. harmful algal blooms), which could help the global aquaculture industry to tackle one of the biggest challenges to the fish industry and well-being;
Advantages over alternatives: CytoSense is the only instrument being able to work as a benchtop, submerged down to 200 m, or placed on a buoy; can sustain high particle loads without clogging;
The CytoSense has automated scheduled samplings and measurements; it can tackle such a huge size range of particles without any pre-treatment.