Piranha Pond Pitch Companies Announced 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…
Piranha Pond Blue Pitch Session Comes to Newport November 14, 2022, 5:30PM- 7:30PM at Innovate Newport, 513 To attend the event, register at https://blueventureforum.org/events/piranha-pond-blue/To apply to pitch your product, visit https://www.rocketjudge.com/register/XqvlYJ2X What is the Piranha Pond? It is a “pitch party” where a select group of entrepreneurs has up to 5 minutes to convince a…
Re-Cap: Growing a Blue Technology Startup To start the “school year off” right, the Blue Venture Forum Co-Founder and Director, Toby Stapleton moderated a dynamic panel of Blue Tech Start Up companies at the newly renovated Innovate Newport facility. Alessandra Bianchi of SeaTrac, Ray Schmitt of Salient Predictions, Ian Estaphan Owen of Jaia Robotics, and Rusty…
The Blue Venture Forum welcomes Maggie Merrill as Program Manager Maggie L. Merrill, has been guiding, gathering and reporting on ocean science, technology, and ocean energy for all of her career. When the board of the BVF offered her this position, she did not hesitate to accept but with a simple proviso, “It must be…
SeaTrac selected by Princeton University, Growing a Blue Tech Startup Panel Discussion, and more Join us tomorrow for the Blue Venture Forum’s “Growing a Blue Technology Startup” panel discussion where we’ll hear from four founders who are building blue technology companies right here in the region. A special congratulations to one of our panelists, Allessandra…
Highlights from the 2022 H2O Conference Last week we attended the #H2OConference in Halifax, NS. It was great to deepen our connections with the H2O community! We visited with some of the Dartmouth Ocean Technologies team outside of the COVE building. Pictured L to R: Jim Hanlon, Roger E. Race, Dartmouth Ocean Technologies (DOT), Arnold Furlong, DOT, Toby Stapleton, PhD,…
Panel Discussion: The Future of Ocean Sensors Join the Blue Venture Forum from 3:30-5:00PM on Tuesday, June 7th for a panel discussion about leading edge innovations, challenges, and opportunities in oceanographic sensor development. During this year’s Blue Innovation Symposium we had a lively discussion about the future of sensing and this panel will expand on…
The Blue Venture Forum welcomes Patricia Gruber to the board The Blue Venture Forum is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Patricia Gruber to its board. Dr. Gruber is a science and technology executive with leadership experience in government, industry and university organizations. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Gruber to the board. Her experience…
Interview With Jeff Smith, VP and General Manager for Autonomous and Undersea Systems at SAAB, Inc. This week we are pleased to bring you our first edition of Blue Ventures, where we feature Jeff Smith, VP and General Manager of SAAB, Inc’s Autonomous and Undersea Systems Division. Join us as we interview Jeff Smith about…
Saildrone closes $100 Million Funding Round Saildrone has been getting a lot of attention lately, in September the company released exciting video footage, taken by a Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), from inside a Category 4 Hurricane! And earlier this week they announced that they have closed a $100 Million Series C funding round, bringing their…