Blue Institute Labs, PBC
Supporting BlueTech Startups and Open Innovation since 2017
Proud to be a Woman & Veteran owned Public Benefit Corporation
Ocean Farming for Food Security & Job Growth.
Join BLUE Incubator's bi-monthly two hour meet-up on Tuesday November 22, noon est, as we host KZO Founder Phil Cruver, Konstantinos Ghertsos CEO KZO Sea Farms Africa, and Andy Ziegwieg VP of Ocean Data at Ocean Aero for a discussion on "Farming the oceans waters offshore African Coastal nations for food security and job growth." You'll also get to meet some of the BLUE Incubator BlueTech and ClimateTech startups and hear about their current projects!
KZO Sea Farms Africa (the Company) was formed to develop a Seaplant and Shellfish Mariculture Industry in ocean waters offshore African coastal nations for mitigating local and global food shortages and malnutrition. It also intends to establish export markets for African sustainable seafood products combined with decarbonization strategies for combating climate change.
Sea Farms (KZO) USA, developed a submersible cage for fish farming with engineering support from the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering at the University of New Hampshire and ISCO Industries. The Company has partnered with Ocean Aero Inc. (OA) which has developed a dualmodal and environmentally friendly solar and wind powered Generation III Triton Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV) to support the ocean and carbon monitoring program.
Ocean Aero has created the world’s first and only environmentally powered Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle (AUSV), the TRITON, that collects ocean data both above and below the ocean’s surface and relays it to you from anywhere, at anytime. We design, build, and operate the TRITON, offering both ready-to-deploy packages and custom payloads for an array of applications. Ocean Aero brings the ocean and its data to you, with novel hardware and software that is revolutionizing maritime exploration.
Hope to see you there!
"A rising tide lifts all boats" John F. Kennedy
Our Why?
- Entrepreneurship is hard - especially in traditionally siloed BlueTech.
- When you combine the harsh, expensive, and often dangerous working conditions in water (salt or fresh) with hardware, software, or a unique marriage of the two - the challenge is that much harder and requires greater collaboration.
- At Blue Institute Labs we are mission-driven to support these climate solution startups with business development, technical support, funding opportunities, and an "open innovation" eco-system that is second to none from academia, industry, government, and other independent innovation hubs.
- We are mission-driven to break down silos, educate, collaborate and to facilitate the creation of innovative solutions for clean water, climate resiliency, and healthy & secure oceans.
- Our Team of "Silo Stormers" is dedicated to advancing inclusive and experiential engagement, to connect disparate innovators and entrepreneurs with teaming opportunities, funding, piloting, and to support innovation through collaboration.
- BlueTech, ClimateTech and Blue Economy have few female and BIPOC entrepreneurs - optimal innovation requires full participation - we are working hard to create that.
- Our programming is currently through a hybrid virtual ecosystem, while we develop an ocean access location to support the needs of our partners and members for collaborative & innovative ocean access testing, training, workforce development, student internships, and business and technology commercialization.
- Climate change impacts everyone - solutions require an "All Hands on Deck Approach." We welcome your participation at the individual, company or organizational level.
Blue Acceleration Panel includes BLUE’s Nathan Stempel.
Port of Barcelona SmartPorts 2023
Fabulous discussion on Blue Acceleration at the Port de Barcelona #smartports. Rock Star panelists are Ann Lee Carpenter, Braid Theory; Andreas Schulze, Narwhale Ventures; Nir Gartzman, theDOCK; and Nathan Stempel, Chief Operations Officer at BLUE Institute Labs.
Moderator is Paul Holthus, World Ocean Council.
Congratulations BLUE Excelerator (BX2)
US Representative Bill Keating addresses the BLUE Excelerator’s Second BlueTech & ClimateTech Cohort at their capstone Demo Day.
BLUE Excelerator was designed by Blue Institute Labs, PBC in 2020. The program, part of the DOE AMC, deploys virtu our sister nonprofit Blue Institute on Cape Cod and Newport, Rhode Island.
