🏆**FINALISTS of the OCEAN COMMUNITY INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2024**🏆
Let's give a BIG wave of applause to these incredible teams! 🌊
We meticulously evaluated 40 submissions applying 12 scoring criteria and conducted clarification calls with 17 teams. Considering the teams' needs and our support capacity, we are proud to present 10 outstanding teams: 5 with early-stage ocean friendly solutions and 5 with more developed solutions gearing up for commercialisation.
ALGAESYS 🇵🇹 - Water Management
C Plastic 🇵🇹 - Environmental Protection and Regeneration
Coldharbour Tiles 🇩🇪 - Environmental Protection and Regeneration
Eazy Chain 🇹🇬 - Shipping and Ports
Ecklien4ras 🇮🇳 - Aquaculture
ExypnoTech 🇹🇳 - BlueTech/Ocean observation
Fish n Greens 🇵🇹 - Aquaculture
KIDEMIS 🇨🇭 - Aquaculture
STS LAB ESG 🇮🇹 - BlueTech/Ocean observation
Vessel X 🇹🇷 - BlueTech/Ocean observation
⏱️What’s next?
Expert Mentoring: Teams have been matched with mentors to prepare for the Final Jury Presentation.
📅 Public Voting: Between June 5-June 15, cast your vote for your favorite solution to add to the Jury votes.
📣Team Features: Get to know each team through our features - we will post about them all here!!!
🎉Award Ceremony: Join us on-line on June 18, 6-8 PM CET, or at Oceanovation in The Hague on June 20 for the presentation of the awarded teams.
🌊Incubation Journey: End of August, awarded teams start tailored virtual incubation, culminating in a Powered Up Blue Investor Jury by year's end.
Thank you jury members, mentors and partners and all of you being a part of our community cheering us on. As a non-profit community platform and enterpreneur supporting organization, we rely on you so we can continue to support early founders with ocean and climate friendly hopeful solutions.
🔎 More info about the finalists and Ocean Community Challenge 👉🏽
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cool initiative: For those initiatives and startups that use AI for the support of our oceans please also consider applying here: https://aicenter.ai.hamburg/en/ai-for-the-oceans-award/.