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.
vessels are using ocean data for navigating to spots of accumulated waste. The vessels are electrically
driven based on renewable energy.
DotOcean N.V.
Koen Geirnaert (CEO): Koen is responsible for the autonomous product road map of dotOcean and
customer relations. He is also covering legal and finance and brings a broad market knowledge of
autonomous systems and sensor networks to the maritime market. Koen holds an MSEE from the
University of Ghent and an MBA from Flanders Business School.
Peter Staelens (CTO): Peter is a full stack developer. His PhD was funded by the Belgian Navy and
he contributed to collaborative NATO research. Peter is responsible for the autonomous systems
R&D road map of dotOcean. Peter graduated from the University of Ghent with an MSc in Geology,
a BSc in Electronic and ICT engineering and PhD in Geology.
Sebastien Deprez (COO): Sebastien holds a master degree in IT and started his career as an IT-
consultant. During his 11 years at dotOcean he gained experience in managing and inspiring a (start-up) team and the IT operations. Sebastien has a passion for entrepreneurship, new
technologies and IoT.
Collect a measurable amount of ocean waste with unmanned robot vessels using renewable energy
- cost effective control units independent of the vessel type
- cloud control using external data source
- scalable