54 ocean funders, VCs and investors working on waste & pollution across 19 countries.
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.
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.
USA · Corals/Biodiversity, Education/Policy, Waste/Pollution
Global Environment Facility is an international funding mechanism that finances environmental projects and programs in biodiversity, climate change, chemicals and waste, land degradation, freshwater, and ocean health. It manages and deploys grant funding through multiple environmental funds and partnerships.
Austria · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Seaweeds/Algae, Energy/Maritime, Carbon/Climate, Waste/Pollution, Data/Tech
Planet Ocean Fund is an Austrian impact-driven venture capital firm operating as a Limited Partner investor, providing capital to early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) ocean and climate technology VC funds across aquatic nutrition, marine energy, carbon capture, and circular plastics.
Singapore · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Energy/Maritime, Seaweeds/Algae, Waste/Pollution
Narwhale Ventures is a blue economy-focused venture capital strategy that provides early-stage financing to sustainability-driven startups. It invests across offshore renewable energy, maritime decarbonization, aquaculture, seaweed, desalination, plastic alternatives, and other ocean economy themes.
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Education/Policy, Energy/Maritime, Mangroves/Coastal, Seaweeds/Algae, Waste/Pollution
PROBLUE is a World Bank-administered multi-donor trust fund that supports the sustainable and integrated development of marine and coastal resources. It finances technical assistance, knowledge, policy support, and investment preparation across the blue economy in over 100 economies.
Monaco · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Data/Tech, Energy/Maritime, Waste/Pollution
ReOcean Fund is an ocean impact investment fund managed by Monaco Asset Management in partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, investing in Series A ocean innovation startups across five key sectors.
India · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Waste/Pollution
Omnivore is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm, founded in 2010, that invests in Indian startups building resilient agrifood systems, from agrifood deeptech and rural fintech to value chains and consumer brands. Its portfolio includes the aquaculture platform Aquaconnect and previously the shrimp farming technology company Eruvaka, sold to Nutreco in 2022.