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.
Sustainable seaweed supply
Ann Ruddy is a highly accomplished Principal operating at Board Level with an outstanding record of achievement in driving, developing and building creative innovations in a number of industry sectors. As Founder and CEO, has recently created an Aquaculture and valued biomass supply chain, negotiated property, acquisitions, procurement, and on-line services. Targeting exports in several areas to develop naturally grown and sustainably harvested range of macroalgae and products on the North West coast of Ireland. With a background in management, innovation and criminology, her past experience has seen her hold positions of Managing Director, CEO and as a consultant where she developed a security software product currently in used Internationally by private and Government organisations. Holding a Masters, a Diploma in Corporate Psychology and is a PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner she is recognised for her business judgment and abilities and in managing with a level of competence and
Creating more value from less seaweed with owner-operated systems, Redrose will contribute to rural coastal economic development and create legacy jobs for future generations. We will reduce the carbon footprint by processing close to source whilst retaining high levels of minerals and nutrients that are currently being lost. The modest scale of each unit will ensure that only sustainable amounts of stock are processed in any one area, taking out only that which the ocean can replenish. Through innovative design the systems will be able to process a range of both wild and cultivated macroalgae, the replicability of the system will ensure scale to meet growing industrial demands without damaging the delicate marine eco-system.
This systems offers scalability to meet growing industrial demands in a sustainable way. By producing two or more products from the same seaweed stock we increase the market value. Early stage processing reduces the carbon footprint, whilst capturing valued minerals and nutrients that are currently being lost. The system offers flexibility to process different species of seaweed enabling processing of a range of both wild and cultivated stock extending the season and supply chain.