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.
Titanium Technology
Dr. Alejandro Samaniego Miracle, PhD in Advanced Chemistry, is the creator of the concept behind Titanium Technology. His extensive academic background and his collaborations at Monash University (Australia), Fontana Corrosion Centre (USA) and CENIM (Spain), has given him recognition in metallurgy and corrosion. Doctorate Qum laude in Advanced Chemistry, he holds two masters; MA in Chemical Science and Technologies (UCM) and MA in Chemical Industry Management (CESIF), and two degrees; BA in Chemistry and BA Materials Engineer. He has published 14 scientific articles in Q1 journals, and his work has been cited 1184 times (according to Google Scholar), receiving the prestigious T.P. H. Award and he holds 4 patents.
He is the CEO of IDN (Investigación y Desarrollo Naval), a research, consultancy and operations firm based in Madrid, that developes advanced solutions to prevent and control corrosion. Willing to apply his findings to biofouling, in March 2019 he founded Titanium Technology S.L. developing a truly blue technology against unwanted biological fouling growth. Under TiTech conditions, surfaces containing titanium will remain clean from biofouling growth, gaining in durability the sustainable way.
Besides, Alejandro Samaniego belongs to the Blue Boat Generation, which stands for cleaner solutions to sail without damaging our waters. For this reason, he is part of the Spanish consortium Navegación Azul, which aim is to bring, develop and implement clean technologies to obtain higher performances in navigation.
Alejandro is based between Madrid and Barcelona and with 38 years old, his entrepreneurial spirit is committed to develop the blue science we need for the ocean we want.
Biological fouling currently causes great economic losses and environmental damage in sectors such as shipping, the agricultural industry, hydrogeneration and power generation in general, desalination, propulsion or heat exchange. It is estimated that billions of dollars are lost annually due to the effect of biofouling and its environmental impact derived from the use of biocides to mitigate its growth, increases the mortality of marine animals, in addition to generating an increase in fuel consumption and exhaust grennhouse gas emissions.
Our solution uses electrochemistry to prevent biological growth without generating any toxic species that affect the environment and its effect remains over time, which translates into better performance and fewer maintenance operations.