Connect, engage, and discover how the 1000 Ocean Startups community
works together to advance ocean innovation
Ocean innovation does not progress in isolation. It requires coordinated support across the full innovation lifecycle—from research and venture building, to early capital, growth finance, and market deployment.
Within 1000OS, the coalition has built a foundation of trust through active collaboration. To sustain and scale this momentum, this collaborative spirit must extend to industry, capital providers, and institutions engaging with ocean ventures. 1000OS connects these ocean actors into a structured ecosystem where collaboration is intentional and innovation is supported from concept to deployment.
Photo: Site visit during the 2025 Annual Gathering, where the 1000OS Community convenes to collaborate and to forge new pathways for ocean innovation.
The 1000OS Community unites organizations advancing ocean innovation in complementary ways.
At the core are Members—entrepreneur-supporting organizations, leading through shared purpose. Alongside them are Keystone Partners, driving innovation into action, Ecosystem Partners, enablers of collaboration and impact, and Affiliates, extending reach and engagement.
This structure allows each organization to contribute where it adds most value, strengthening the ecosystem and advancing ocean-positive solutions from pilot to deployment.
* Individual Contributors may also be invited to engage in the community, based on demonstrated prior contributions that have meaningfully advanced the ocean innovation ecosystem.
Discover here the full list of coalition's Keystone Partners, Ecosystem Partners and Affiliates.
** Click here to discover 1000OS Members
“Ocean Assets Institute is pleased to join 1000 Ocean Startups. Our contributions will include sharing our ocean finance research published by Asian Development Bank, UNEP-FI, and UNDP among others.” ... “We look forward to peer-peer sharing in order to accelerate the flow of capital and expertise for a more sustainable blue economy worldwide.”

1000OS Affiliate
“Fórum Oceano, Portugal's Blue Economy Cluster, is proud to be an Ecosystem Partner of 1000 Ocean Startups. We are fully committed to fostering a sustainable, competitive blue economy made of a new generation of entrepreneurs!”

Fórum Oceano
1000OS Ecosystem Partner
“The 1000OS Community gives us all a powerful platform to share innovation across policy, technology, and finance in support of the sustainable use of our ocean. We are stronger together in showing the world that our future is blue.”

1000OS Affiliate
“It is an honor for X8 Investimentos (8th Wave Fund) to be part of the 1000 Ocean Startups Community. Beyond the opportunity to be in frequent contact with leading players in a sector that is both critical to the planet and rich in investment opportunities, we are joining a powerful community for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and high-quality dialogue....”

1000OS Affiliate
“Engaging with the 1000 Ocean Startups Community represents an opportunity for promising innovation to connect with real maritime-operational pathways pioneered by lomarlabs. It reflects a shared ambition to move ocean solutions closer to the scale and discipline required for impact at sea.”

1000OS Affiliate
“Becoming an Affiliate of 1000 Ocean Startups is a strategic step for World Ocean Council as we roll out new and renewed goals, programmes, membership activities and events that help create connective tissue for innovators, start ups, corporations and funders...”

1000OS Affiliate
“We believe that it is possible to generate financial return while saving our ocean and want to help more start-ups succeed through the 1000OS network.”

1000OS Affiliate


Aurelie Dubois

Adrien Vincent




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