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. 

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Tunisia Baits

sustainable feed, Polychaetes for shrimp farming
Project TRL: TRL 7 - System prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
Main sector: Aquaculture

TWEC+ (temporary name)

The JV (composed of local and french companies which are part of the process) is to be established in Tahiti and targets to serve the French Polynesian market. the purpose of this JV is: after having built the wave energy atlas of the French Polynesia with Meteo-France data source (step finished now), 1/ to demonstrate in real sea context, 2 selected different wave energy converters (over 11 candidates) — (in course of authorisation studies) 2/ to transform the demonstration site into: 2a: a training center for islands operators 2b: a 2MW Wave power plant 3/ deploy the systems over the islands in a proper way considering : - the wave energy resource - each island electricity consumption level and - archipelago's maritime infrastructures and local capacities - Tahiti existing technical capacities (infrastructures, O&M capacities) and entrepreneurship network (construction capacities)
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Blue renewable energy

Twino & Tuiva

Development of easy and eco-responsible nautical activities for the tourism of tomorrow
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Coastal and marine tourism

UFraction8 PL Sp. z o. o.

uFraction8 developed an industrially scalable bio-separation instrument that helps to produce more biomass from the same infrastructure, with less energy and cost and to solve the problems with harvesting and processing of cell cultures, starting with microalgae and cultivated meat and developing into other cell-based productions such as precision fermentation, cellular agriculture and bio-pharma. uFraction8’s technology is ready for final tests and commercialisation.
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Blue biotechnology

Ulysses Hellas S.A.

Ulysses Hellas S.A., was established in 2007 and is based in Piraeus, Greece. It provides software development products & solutions for the marine domain sector.
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Shipbuilding & Refit

Underwater Gardens Park Tenerife

Tourism as a vector of marine regeneration
Project TRL: TRL 7 - System prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
Main sector: Coastal and marine tourism

Undine A/S

Undine is committed towards working for a future where sustainable, electric sailing is a viable alternative to the classic inboard engine. Sustainable sailing to us means safe, long lasting electric motors and batteries that provides long range with no fossil fuels, no oil, no fumes, and that are easy to manage. In other words: We develop complete energy systems for sailboats incl. next generation electric propulsion that hydro regenerate energy while sailing, marine safe lithium batteries, full software control, steering and monitoring on the boat and from a distance.
Project TRL: TRL 7 - System prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
Main sector: Blue renewable energy

United Aquaculture

Fresh-water aquaculture production and processing
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Aquaculture

Universal Plastic

Universal Plastic guide companies to easily integrate Blue Economy into their commercial activities, enhancing brand awareness and business success. We use the latest web3 tech to verify Blue Corps contributions to Ocean Defenders ( Waste Collectors ), financially enabling them to remove plastic waste from heavily impacted marine ecosystems. This is done via ONDAs (Ocean Notarised Digital Assets), our waves of change, transforming plastic waste collections into digital assets. These ONDAs are generated via our digital Meassurement, Report and Verification system based on AI and public blockchain technology.
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Ocean pollution & water management

Upcycling the Oceans

Upcycling the Oceans Mediterranean
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Ocean pollution & water management

UPCYCLINK

Upcyclink is a French food tech company that transforms seafood production line waste, offcuts and side streams into high value ingredients with on-site solutions. Upcyclink’s team of experts design and implement comprehensive turnkey solutions to add significant value to waste streams, converting them into high-value food or feed grade upcycled products such as mince, hash, powders and protein concentrates.
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Blue biotechnology

Upscaling of hatchery production for Ostrea edulis

Large scale production on land and sea of the endagered oyster specie Ostrea edulis to meet huge voluem demands on spats for restauration projects in combination with wind energy projects as well for consumer products worldwide
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Aquaculture

UPSEA

Giving a new life to marine litter
Project TRL: TRL 8 - Actual system completed through test and demonstration
Main sector: Ocean pollution & water management

Upteko

Multi-functional drone system
Project TRL: TRL 5 - Component validation in relevant environment
Main sector: Blue tech and ocean observation

uWare Robotics - Autonomous & Accessible Underwater Data Collection and Processing

uWare Robotics is taking the aerial drone revolution underwater to protect our oceans and secure our future. uWare is a European dual-use startup that builds autonomous underwater solutions so that any blue industry can have the data necessary for sustainable operations. Port activities and offshore renewable energy are crucial to our sustainable future. They are skyrocketing and need underwater data to manage their activities and protect their assets. Yet, current solutions for underwater data are cumbersome, dangerous and expensive. uWare’s end-to-end solution of fully autonomous underwater drones and accompanying AI-based data processing makes underwater data safe, efficient and affordable. A vision that is backed by first customers such as Fraunhofer Smart Ocean technologies, the Oceanographic Institutes of Spain and Portugal, Marine Inspection companies Créocean and Seaviews as well as defence consortia in critical infrastructure inspection. uWare has also been welcomed into prestigious blue economy networks such as the Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ecopreneurs and the EU BlueInvest program.
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Blue tech and ocean observation

V-tag

in-situ device for monitoring individual fish
Project TRL: TRL 6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
Main sector: Aquaculture

VERVE Water Mobility GmbH

Sylents is a high efficient propulsion system
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Shipbuilding & Refit

VesselBot

VesselBot is a technology company that offers to the stakeholders of the shipping industry the opportunity to jump on board and take advantage of the cutting-edge technologies which enable them to optimize their performance and reduce costs. By using our platform, chartering practitioners are able to charter a vessel in seconds as opposed to days, achieving better and more up-to-date results. Furthermore, through our Data Intelligence reports and analytics as well as through our Intelligent Tools, they gain more forward-looking market insights that can increase profitability for their companies by making better, data-driven business decisions.
Project TRL: TRL 9 - Actual system proven through successful mission operations
Main sector: Shipping & ports

Vetik O

We are developing a biorefinery concept in order to use local red seaweed for the production of different semi and final products. With scientific projects we are testing methods based on circular economy principles in order to use the biomass for extraction of natural colorants, carrageenan, lipids, proteins and biostimulants.
Project TRL: TRL 5 - Component validation in relevant environment
Main sector: Blue biotechnology

VH QUATREVINGTREIZE

Our start-up VH Quatrevingtreize developed a smart autonomous vessel, integrating its worldwide patented hydroturbines in the device, to transform wave movements into renewable energy. The energy is stored onboard and supplied offshore to research, defense and industries. The produced energy can also be used directly onboard for production and supply of finished "goods" to the continent (fresh water through desalination, green hydrogen, CO2 captation on the sea.. )
Project TRL: TRL 4 - Component validation in laboratory environment
Main sector: Blue renewable energy