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.

 

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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. 

E-LLOYD

Our first product is the Butterfly, an asymmetric 12m long solar-proa with origin in the southern pacific. It has a far above average range of 24 h continuous drive and more than 200 km while carrying 12 people. 10 h are from the batteries and 14 more from the solar roof at an average Central European summer.
The Boat is designed to be modular. The Deck is flat, that gives full freedom to the outfitting with furniture and accessories. The hull of the boat is modular as well. From the same parts a symmetric catamaran of 12 m can be build, that carries the double the load. The power train is modular. It can handle multiple power sources like, battery, solar-arrays, generator sets or fuel cells. We regard the power train as a separate product line.

  • Shipbuilding & Refit

Company behind project
E-LLOYD

Germany

About Us
Eugen is a Mechanical Engineer and business administrator covering the business and business administrative part. He spent time at the German Navy and the Germanischer Lloyd, what gives him an industry inside view. Leonardo Santa is a mechatronic engineer with a lot of finished successfull projects done. He developed the electronics from scratch and implemented newest electronic components from the car industry. This way we have from the beginning a strong technology lead. Stefan is an architect and a naval architect. He gained experience as a project manager in 2,5 years on a ship yard building ocean going luxus yachts. With his "artistic" education as an architect, he is in charge for the design and the construction of the boat itself.


Problem we are solving
Saved tons of CO2 during its lifetime.

Sustainable Impact on Blue Ecconomy
Range of the boat. Aesthetics of the Butterfly. High tech and easy to use propulsion system.

TRL
  • TRL 4 - Component validation in laboratory environment



Financial NeedsBetween EUR 0.5m-3m

Planned Funding Allocation
  • Other, please specify