This year we received an amazing number of applications for our Piranha Pond Blue pitch competition and on Monday November 14 we’ll hear from the winners who will be pitching their innovations to a panel of investors. Congratulations to:

Blackfish Engineering – Turbine charging systems for electric and hybrid marine operations vessels for the offshore wind industry.

Buoyansea – A unique solution for offloading container ships through semi-autonomous barges.

Gazpek – Net zero, passively ocean cooled, subsea data centers

Greazly – Machine monitoring devices to ensure proper machine maintenance.

Levantatech – High speed and ruggedized float and fly drones for maritime monitoring

Maritime xr LLC – Disruptive maritime training system that utilizes advanced Virtual Reality simulations

Nu-Boats LLC – A radical approach for Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles through inflatable undersea platforms

Triton Anchor – Low-cost, environmentally friendly, anchoring system for offshore renewable energy.

This Piranha Pond is co-organized by The Blue Venture Forum, Innovate Newport, South Coast Entrepreneurs Collaborative, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce.