Sponsors

Metal Production is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) strong in designing, modeling, and producing non-standard upstream, midstream, downstream equipment for aquafarming, marine, and offshore industries.

Metal Production is a coordinator of the Rocket cluster and has a network of 100+ subcontractors in the Baltic Region. We aim to gather key engineering companies and investors (owners-partners) to help startups with our expertise in global challenges facing the blue industry in recruiting water and oceans.

The Grantham Foundation is a private charitable foundation with a mission to protect and improve the health of the global environment. The Foundation seeks to raise awareness of urgent environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations to find solutions. Over the last several years, the Grantham Foundation has funded an extensive portfolio of projects focused on breakthrough technologies to drastically reduce emissions and remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

North American Kelp is strategically located on the idyllic coast of Maine. They quickly and locally process fresh, sustainable seaweed and harness its unique properties to promote a healthy harvest. Plants and animals thrive on their products’ potent nutrients and bioactive compounds. They are industry pioneers with more than 50 years of experience in utilizing the natural power of the sea, where nature grows best.

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) is dedicated to advancing responsible seafood practices worldwide through education, advocacy and third-party assurances. GSA convenes industry leaders, academia and NGOs to collaborate on cross-cutting issues like environmental and social responsibility, animal health and welfare, food safety and more. GSA is a membership-driven organization, including individuals, corporations and seafood producers. The organization is currenting undergoing expansion of the membership program to students, small businesses and sole proprietors to work closely with a broader community of supporters of responsible seafood practices.

Show your support for respsonsible seafood by becoming a member today!

Murre Technologies has been supplying the EasyFarm system with which mussel seed cultivation is possible, for almost 20 years. Seaweed cultivation and processing is their next development. Murre Technologies is building a harvester that harvests the seaweed from the cultivation nets in the sea. Sowing seaweed is also part of the EasyFarm concept, which is why they supply the complete system for harvesting and sowing the seaweed. We have also developed a seaweed bubble washer to sort the sand and undersized waste such as crustaceans from the product during the washing process. The system is equipped with separation rollers for this, the washing water is continuously filtered through a separator drum. To reduce the iodine content, we use a blanching/cooling system.

In short, we are your partner in seaweed harvesting and processing!

Pro-Oceanus is a global leader of dissolved CO2 sensors. Designed for the harshest environments, our sensors can be used to provide valuable CO2 monitoring in your algae systems, enabling accurate carbon accounting, optimized supply of feedstock, and understanding the health of your system. With a broad variety of sensing options, Pro-Oceanus can help to advance your efforts in algae growth.

Through the cultivation of seaweed — a regenerative crop with a variety of uses requiring only the sea and sunlight to grow — Cascadia Seaweed is on a mission to improve human health, support coastal communities and heal the Earth.

Norfolk Green Ventures is committed to helping seaweed reach its full potential with strategic investment and collaboration.  We believe seaweed will be the most transformative crop of our lifetime and poses solutions for some of the world’s most challenging problems.  There is significant potential to DO GOOD (meaningful ESG benefits) and DO WELL (create value, find new markets, and scale).  Our strategy is to identify and invest in great ideas, exceptional people, and quality assets, and ultimately, build a world-class portfolio of seaweed-based companies across the entire value chain.

Good food should do good! Atlantic Sea Farms is a women-run, mission-driven, vertically integrated, regenerative kelp aquaculture company based in Maine. We are dedicated to making a powerful and positive impact on the health of customers and our oceans by creating craveable and innovative products made from sustainably farmed sea greens, all while expanding opportunities for coastal communities in the face of climate change.

The foods we eat have a significant impact on the health of the planet. The team at Kove is developing the tastiest, most delicious foods made with Cascadia Seaweed, seaweed grown in the pristine waters of the Pacific Ocean in partnership with coastal First Nations.

By simply cultivating seaweed in the ocean, Cascadia and Kove are working to solve some of the biggest challenges humanity is facing today; climate change, economic instability and food security.

The New England Ocean Cluster's mission is to create value in the Blue Economy by discovering new opportunities for sustainable growth through connecting purpose-driven people and organizations. In June of 2020, the NEOC officially opened the Hús, its collaborative workspace located in the heart of Portland, Maine’s working waterfront. The building features 20 glass-front offices, a 14-desk work area, a cafe, and premium meeting spaces. The Hús, (Icelandic for House), now serves as the backbone for much of the NEOC's collaborative programming and an exciting gathering place for those active in the Blue Economy.

FocusMaine seeks to accelerate the creation of quality jobs in Maine by investing in three of the state’s globally competitive and high-growth fields—agriculture, aquaculture, and biopharmaceuticals—and by strengthening Maine’s workforce capacity. To spur business growth within these sectors, FocusMaine partners with some of the most impactful nonprofits and private sector leaders in the state. Each brings valuable expertise and passion to this work and helps to catalyze sustainable growth and business confidence in Maine’s economy.