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Meet the BlueTech startups participating in Seaworthy Collective’s Fall cohort

Nancy Dahlberg
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Seaworthy Collective, a Miami-based non-profit that supports current, aspiring, and underrepresented entrepreneurs driving Bluetech innovation, unveiled its fifth cohort of startups and founders in its Startup Studio and Incubator.

This year, seven pioneering startups, including one startup to be co-created, have been selected out of over 75 applicants globally. Each leverages tech, data, and scientific innovations to tackle critical environmental challenges such as coastal resilience and adaptation, upstream and downstream pollution, and greenhouse gas reduction and removal. 

The cohort’s startups, including two from South Florida, receive full scholarships (no equity or fees) to Seaworthy’s three-month acceleration program, thanks to support from Salesforce and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. Since 2021, Seaworthy has championed 40 startups and 78 founders, while intentionally prioritizing support for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

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“Supporting 5 cohorts and 40 startups is an incredible milestone for our organization, and we’re looking forward to celebrating all of our hard work, dedication, and tangible impact with our community. We’re pulling out all the stops for our biggest Startup Showcase in the history of Seaworthy,” said Seaworthy Collective Founder and CEO Daniel Kleinman.

Let’s meet the Fall 2024 cohort startups (descriptions provided by Seaworthy Collective):

  • Astraeus Ocean Systems (Bellingham, WA):Founded by Alex Parker, Astraeus Ocean Systems is building a platform for direct access to a smart network of Autonomous Surface Vessels deployed across the ocean, enabling rapid, cost-effective data delivery from anywhere at sea at short notice.
  • Cordelia Biosciences  (Gainesville, FL): Founders Jessica Tittl Nielsen and Monica Schul are tapping into the natural chemistry from our world’s oceans, to drive innovation in the chemical industry. Cordelia uses ocean microscopic organisms to create sustainable ingredients to replace the harmful chemicals in your everyday products.
  • Mud Rat (Mansfield, CT): Founded by Amelia Martin, Mud Rat is making an eco-friendly alternative to the standard styrofoam surfboard core, out of mycelium.
  • Prosper Water (Miami Beach):Founded by Max MacKenzie, Prosper Water uses a patent process for infusing oxygen into water in a bubble free manner to improve the energy consumption and water quality in water treatment processes, remediate or prevent algae blooms, and restore and maintain coastal marine environments.
  • Thrasos3D (Nuevo Leon, Mexico): Co-Founded by Alena Kharissova and Vasily Korshikov, Thrasos 3D is 3D printing coral reefs with carbon-negative materials to tackle coral decline and sargassum invasion at once while also enhancing coastal resilience and biodiversity.
  • Toothpick (Fort Lauderdale): Founded by Tenny-Ann Dandy, Toothpick reduces contamination in the recycling stream by pre-sorting waste at the source to get more waste composted and recycled.
  • Co-created startup to be announced at Seaworthy’s Fall Startup Showcase with co-founders Addison Becker from the University of Miami, Jay Hernandez from Miami Dade College, and Dr. Natalia Uribe Castañeda of Mission: Iconic Reefs.

The cohort will be showcased in Seaworthy’s Fall Startup Showcase Oct. 26 at the Frost Science Museum, which will also feature keynote speaker is Millicent Wallace Pitts, CEO/Executive Director of Ocean Exchange. More information and tickets for the Startup Showcase are available here.

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