investment + impact

Science-driven investment in innovative ocean solutions.

Bold Ocean Ventures invests in emerging ocean, seafood, and climate opportunities that offer both attractive returns and measurable impact.

A unique approach to investing in the Blue Economy

Our partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute provides access to GMRI’s sector expertise and research networks, offering actionable insights into emerging Blue Economy opportunities.

Specific areas of investment focus for Bold Ocean Ventures include:

Enabling technologies, services, and inputs for the sustainable production, distribution, and commercialization of seafood
Ocean-derived finished goods across a variety of sectors, including seafood, animal feed, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, industrials, bioenergy, and materials
Hardware and software solutions providing collection, aggregation, analysis, and productization of data about the ocean and its resources
Innovations and solutions designed to counteract or prevent the effects of climate change and/or preserve or repair marine ecosystems.
Innovations designed to decarbonize the maritime shipping industry
Technologies that generate clean energy (low-to-no carbon emissions) that utilizes natural resources found in the ocean

Impact

Bold Ocean Ventures invests in entrepreneurs motivated by the opportunity for both competitive returns and measurable impact.

To measure portfolio and company impact, we are guided by industry standards like the 1000 Ocean Startups’ Ocean Impact Navigator and the GIIN’s IRIS+. We back companies aligned to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 14, Climate Action and Life Below Water.