ACCELERATING
INNOVATION
FOR OCEAN HEALTH
The ocean is facing existential threats.
But we can help regenerate it.
Our Pledge
We are committed to backing at least 1000 transformative ocean start-ups by the end of the UN Ocean Decade in 2030 — and we are already halfway there.
The members of the 1000 Ocean Startups (1000OS) Coalition are dedicated to powering real world solutions to address urgent problems by scaling start-ups that invent and deploy critical innovations for ocean health.
"The return on investment is enormous for investing in the oceans. But it's getting the smallest amount of investment for creating solutions that are impacting both ocean health and ocean economies."
Kortney Opshaug
Blue Ocean Gear Inc.
"We have invested in several accelerators and VCs of 1000 Ocean Startups. This community is vibrant, inspiring and highly impactful. I look forward to deepening our partnership with the coalition"
Peter Bryant
Builders Vision, USA
"All the members of 1000 Ocean Startups see the ocean as a source of opportunity — it offers solutions to energy security, to food security, to climate change, to coastal resilience, to economic development, and so we don't think we have sufficiently tapped into the potential that the ocean has. And innovative companies, early-stage start-ups, are really the base of this sort of new blue economy."
Ronald Tardiff
Lighthouse Lead,
1000 Ocean Startups