Blue Venture Investment Summit Speakers Announced We are pleased to announce that Julie Niedzwiecki, Managing Partner, Great Mountain Partners, and Steven Fox, Partner, Propeller, will be joining us as speakers. They’re insights into the current state of investments, particularly in the blue economy, will be invaluable. See below for their bios. Julie Niedzwiecki, Managing Director,…
BVF Publishes its first Annual Report Download Our Annual Report As we look back over the last few years, I think we have a lot to be proud of. We have brought high-value, blue tech focused, programming to over 1,000 participants, supported dozens of promising blue technology startups through mentorship and matchmaking, and helped investors…
Demo Day a Success! With over 100 attendees, the event connected bluetech founders with investors, resource providers, and customers and showcased RWU’s talented students! The Blue Venture Forum’s first In-water Equipment Demo Day is over and it was a success. We are now working to ensure that all Demo day presenters (FlashTalks, Demonstrators, and Exhibitors)…
In Water Equipment Demo Day Recap https://blueventureforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BVF-In-Water-Demo-Day-2023.mp4 Blue Venture In-Water Equipment Demo Day – Thursday, May 4, 2023 Roger Williams University, Sailing Center BY THE NUMBERS: Total number in attendance: 115 5 Exhibitors: SAAB, Ohmsett Facilities, Aurelia Current Profiler, Fathom Fishing, JAIA Tech, STEC Technologies 4 Demonstrators: Aurelia Current Profiler, STEC Technologies, Current Lab, JAIA…
2023 Demo Day FlashTalk Participants The 2023 In-Water Equipment Demo Day FlashTalk Participant Line Up: Deep Blue Composites Blue IQ Sonalysts Levantatech Fathom Fishing nU-Boats Applied Research Associates-Ohmsett Facility Coastal Protection Solutions, Inc. Littoral Power Systems Register here to demonstrate, exhibit, and attend at our demo day.
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…
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…