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AETHER
Our main product is a maritime navigation aid that calculates a local position onboard the ship independent from the incoming GPS. This means that the ship can navigate even when the incoming satellite signals are under attack.

  • Other: Decrease geopolitical tension at sea

Company behind project
AETHER

Norway


About Us
Therese Frostad (Co-Founder)

Theoretical physicist and numerical programmer with 10 years as a researcher in novel computation. Holds a PhD in quantum physics and has worked as a scientist and programmer in academic and maritime industrial projects. Grew up in the maritime cluster of Møre & Romsdal, Norway, and studied ship autonomy and entrepreneurship along her science career.

Alpha Marie Storvik (Co-Founder)

Tech builder with dual background from her informatics and economics master degrees. Experienced in company building, technology strategy from management consulting, and public-private organizations. In her most recent project, she developed machine learning models on satellite data to study fish behavior and coral reef protection on the Norwegian ocean floor.

Jørgen Haavind Jensen (CTO)

MSc in Computer Science and Marine Tehnology, specialising in fluid mechanic computation on GPU. Former R&D engineer at SINTEF Ocean, working on software design and numerical computing. Resident field engineer with experience as a fisherman.

Problem we are solving
1) We provide positioning when GPS is down
2) We detect even sophisticated GPS spoofing attacks at sea, which is "impossible" to do by external path analysis
3) By sharing data on areas with electronic warfare, we can reduce costs due to unplanned rerouting

Sustainable Impact on Blue Ecconomy
- Navigation which is not dependent on any external communications and GNSS
- Navigation that does not emit RF-signatures
- Detecting the recent sophisticated GPS spoofing attacks of summer 2025

TRL
  • TRL 4 - Component validation in laboratory environment


Financial NeedsLooking for EUR 150k-300k to enter larger operational testing collaboration in Norway, and to later satisfy requirements of becoming a supplier outside the commercial market.



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What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?

The BlueInvest Project Pipeline is a database and showcase of projects, scale-ups and SMEs who are driving innovation and sustainability in the Blue Economy.

The projects featured are innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.

The aim is to facilitate connections between projects and investors, helping innovative ventures gain visibility and access to funding opportunities.

 

Want to be featured? 

Login to the BlueInvest community & Submit your project

 

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, 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

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