BLUE Excelerator

BLUE Excelerator (BX) Core Values and Goals

The BLUE Excelerator is a specialized Advanced Topics virtual program (due to the pandemic) for BlueTech, ClimateTech and Blue Economy companies that have already completed an early-stage business development program or have a technology and business plan that has been vetted through another source such as a university or government business development agency.

While there are many accelerators that do a fabulous job of advancing a startups' business model, the startups in the water or marine hardware/software space - often face unique challenges for their next steps. It is from this need that the BLUE Excelerator for Advanced Topics was designed by Blue Institute Labs and launched in 2020.

Our "Why"?

BlueTech/ClimateTech Startups need support in soft skills for engaging business networks in the Blue Economy.
BlueTech/ClimateTech startups need experienced help in engineering the hardware and software for building a prototype.
BlueTech/ClimateTech Startups need help planning and executing a safe and productive pilot.

Our Four Goals

This specialized "excelerator" will facilitate BlueTech/ClimateTech Startups to accelerate with "excellence."
To identify potential pilot and/or prototype locations, partners, and sponsors.
To allow BlueTech/ClimateTech Startups to widen their professional networks and help connect project details.
To bring together disparate / isolated BlueTech/ClimateTech Startups and create a tight knit Cohort for now and continue into their future.

2DegreesC from Bellingham, Washington, crowdsources climate data.

Beyond Motors from Ljubljana, Slovenia, develops and produces high performance, high power-density electric motors which use 4-10 times less raw materials compared to conventional electric motors.

Dolphin Labs from Oakland, California, provides ocean IOT technology as a cost-effective, carbon-free solution for access to power and data offshore, powered by wave energy.

HoldFastNL Seaweed Farm from St. John's, NL, Canada, is using sea kelp to seek help from the climate crisis.

Moby Filters from New York, NY is a smart filter for household washers that captures and upcycles toxic microfibers from synthetic clothes before they poison humans and nature!

Mwani Africa from Kilifi, Kenya, East Africa is a social enterprise that offers Seaweed farms as-a-service to smallholder farmers, mostly women and youth, to undertake sustainable and climate resilient seaweed farming, leveraging innovation to produce bio-stimulant soil conditioner, and other value-added products, all year round.

SmartDry from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, is engineering solutions for sustainable mining by recovering ultrafine grains from tailings and dewatering in real time.

Tech Enabled Anglers from San Rafael, California, are passionate fishermen building tech to connect fishermen, scientists, and our environment.

Weco from The Hague, Netherlands, is developing a lightweight wave energy converter to diversify the renewable energy supply.

BLUE Excelerator welcomes 3rd Climate Innovator Cohort BX3

BLUE Excelerator (BX) Core Values and Goals

Save the Date - BX3 Demo Day is June 2nd!