INTRODUCING COHORT VI
Engineering Ocean Resilience
This year's BlueSwell cohort is engineering resilience across every layer of the blue economy, from the seafloor to the supply chain. With the support of the BlueSwell Program, eight teams are bringing breakthrough science to market, building a future where coastal infrastructure, marine ecosystems, and working waters are better equipped to adapt and endure.
10 FEB ‘26
Program Starts
8
Startups
25 JUN ‘26
Demo Day
Adaptora is a subsurface risk intelligence platform that transforms depth-resolved deformation data into actionable insights for coastal resilience and infrastructure protection. By integrating advanced fiber-optic sensing with geospatial analytics, Adaptora helps public agencies and infrastructure owners quantify coastal change at the surface and below ground to inform defensible climate adaptation decisions.
Founded by Dr. Brenna Boehman and Dr. Joanna Millstein, they hold PhDs from MIT and combine deep earth science expertise with commercialization experience to bring advanced subsurface monitoring to climate and critical infrastructure resilience decision-making.
Stealth Startup
This stealth startup has developed a small, high-speed, ultra-agile, attributable, unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that is capable of intercepting torpedoes, surveying ships or rigs, or collecting immense timely data. 0-60mph in under 0.1s, right-angle turns at 45mph. This is the type of innovation necessary to form a future-proof underwater iron dome system, and its commercial applications are plentiful. The potential for rich, unique data generated from these UUVs offers a unique opportunity to inform our understanding of the underwater environments crucial for defense, shipping, and beyond.
EvoNatura is a biotechnology startup engineering plastics to expire by embedding microbes directly into materials. Our technology allows manufacturers to ensure their products have a programmed lifecycle before degrading safely and completely in natural environments. By building in biodegradation, EvoNatura eliminates long-term plastic permanence and microplastic pollution without sacrificing mechanical performance or recyclability.
Flood Dynamics is a physics-based flood simulation platform developed at MIT and led by MIT engineers. We model how floodwater propagates across terrain and infrastructure over time, enabling institutions to identify asset-level and portfolio exposure before physical impact occurs. Our system moves beyond static flood maps by producing depth, duration, and systemic impairment insights that support credit, insurance, and infrastructure decision-making. Flood Dynamics is focused on making forward-looking physical risk measurable for capital and infrastructure stakeholders.
Mud Rat is a biomaterials company manufacturing high-performance alternatives to foam and plastics for the marine and sports industries. Mud Rat's materials are primarily made from mushroom mycelium combined with agricultural waste and 'hard to recycle' solid waste to create bulk materials that are cost-competitive, high-performance, sustainable, and non-toxic. Currently, we are finishing development on three materials: two foam alternatives and one particle board.
Nucleic Sensing Systems is a biotechnology company developing an autonomous, field-deployable genetic biosensor for continuous environmental monitoring. Its platform uses droplet digital PCR to detect and quantify DNA and RNA in real time, delivering laboratory-grade biological data directly in the field. NS2 serves aquaculture, water and wastewater utilities, and marine and coastal monitoring markets where early detection of pathogens and biological threats is critical. By shifting from reactive lab testing to continuous monitoring, NS2 enables faster response, improved resilience, and more data-driven management of critical natural and industrial systems.
Re-Du is a circular materials startup developing a low-temperature, single-catalyst platform for selective chemical recycling of mixed plastics and textiles. We convert challenging waste streams such as PET bottles, multilayer packaging, polyurethane foam, and adhesives into high-purity monomers and polyols that can be reused to manufacture new materials. Our technology is designed to be additive-tolerant and scalable, enabling true circularity beyond traditional mechanical recycling. Re-Du has validated its process at kilogram scale and is advancing toward pre-pilot scale to support commercial partnerships in bottle, packaging and polyurethane markets. We are currently seeking strategic collaborators, pilot partners, and mission-aligned investors to accelerate deployment.
Robosys Automation is a global leader in maritime autonomy and smart-shipping software, widely recognized for delivering pioneering and intelligent navigation solutions. Our technologies support crewed, lean-crewed, and fully autonomous vessels—including USVs and ships—ranging from 3 meters to 320 meters in length.
