Ocean Funders, VCs & Investors
126 ocean funders, VCs and investors listed across 33 countries and 12 focus areas.
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JPI Oceans
Belgium · Education/Policy, Data/Tech
JPI Oceans is a transgovernmental platform of 13 member countries that prioritises and funds transnational marine research through joint calls. Its Joint Actions cover the long-term impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the deep sea and underwater noise, with recent awards on offshore groundwater and blue carbon ecosystems.
Lowercarbon Capital
USA · Carbon/Climate, Energy/Maritime
Lowercarbon Capital is a US climate venture capital firm that backs startups cutting greenhouse gas emissions, removing carbon from the atmosphere and buying time against climate impacts. Carbon removal is one of its three investment pillars, with a 350 million USD fund dedicated to carbon removal startups raised in 2022.
S2G Investments
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Biotech/Biomaterials, Data/Tech, Education/Policy, Energy/Maritime
S2G Investments is an investment firm that backs market-based companies across food & agriculture, oceans, and energy. It invests in solutions for ocean health, climate resilience, blue economy growth, and broader system-wide transition themes.
Walton Family Foundation
USA · Education/Policy, Waste/Pollution, Communities/Tourism, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal
Walton Family Foundation is a family-led philanthropic foundation that funds education, environmental protection, and community development initiatives. It supports projects focused on improving education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and advancing Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.
Seapath
USA · Energy/Maritime
Seapath is the maritime arm of the Libra Group, financing and owning maritime assets and infrastructure in the United States. It co-invests 150 million dollars with Pilot LNG in the Galveston LNG Bunker Port, the first dedicated LNG bunkering facility on the US Gulf Coast, and runs a Jones Act leasing business launched with 25 million dollars of initial transactions.
Galápagos Life Fund
Ecuador · Corals/Biodiversity, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Education/Policy, Communities/Tourism
The Galápagos Life Fund provides financial support for the preservation of the natural capital of the Galápagos Islands and their marine ecosystems, created in January 2022 alongside the Hermandad Marine Reserve. It invested 12.4 million US dollars in 2025 through grant awards and strategic government allocations.
BluKap
France · Biotech/Biomaterials, Waste/Pollution, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Seaweeds/Algae, Energy/Maritime, Data/Tech
BluKap is a venture capital firm investing in ocean-focused innovations at late seed to Series A stage, targeting Blue Biotechnology, Blue Nutrition, Blue Transport, and Blue Energy/Robotics with a $50-75M fund. The firm invests $1-3M per company across EMEA, LatAm, and the US.
Maersk Growth
Denmark · Energy/Maritime, Data/Tech
Maersk Growth is the corporate venture capital arm of A.P. Moller-Maersk, investing in startups to digitize, democratize, and decarbonize global supply chains.