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.
OPT/NET BV
AI aimed at the detection & prevention of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a leading issue impacting ocean sustainability, and characterising it is challenging due to its clandestine nature. The detection and classification of IUU vessels, especially in the case of small targets, is a point of high interest but it is inherently difficult. Currently, methods for preventing these crimes are surface (sea) based, extremely localised and manually driven. Satellite imagery is used, although organisations report understaffing and a lack of trained analysts inhibiting it from being used proactively. These limitations make these methods ineffective for the timely detection of on-going crimes. OPT/NET BV is in an unmatched position to offer a solution to this challenge as its core competencies are in Geo-Artificial Intelligence, Geospatial Imagery Processing and critical infrastructure monitoring.