PROGRAM PARTNERSWe believe that venture innovation will have a lasting impact on the future of the ocean.
We formed SeaAhead to encourage and accelerate new bluetech startups with commercial solutions that solve the biggest challenges facing ocean industries and ocean health. These new companies will build on scientific and advocacy advances to create massive scalability, and change our global trajectory. Through our Boston hub space, the BlueSwell Program, our Blue Angels investor group and an engaged public and private-sector network, SeaAhead supports the entrepreneurs that will turn the tide.
SeaAhead is the Program Manager for BlueSwell, responsible for executing the application process, recruitment and cohort management.
Sponsors
We strengthen the competitiveness of the tech and innovation economy by driving strategic investments, partnerships, and insights that harness the talent of Massachusetts.
Builders Initiative invests in and collaborates with non-profits, businesses, and others working towards sustainable solutions to societal and environmental challenges. We engage with our partners in these primary impact areas: Food & Agriculture, Climate & Energy, Oceans, and Community.
MassCEC is making Massachusetts the global hub for the climatetech industry by supporting innovation, creating thousands of jobs, and attracting billions of dollars in investment – all while driving an equitable clean energy transition and helping Massachusetts communities adapt to climate change.
This program is also supported by the Small Business Administration, through their Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, as well as the generous support of private family foundations and individuals.
Program Partners
Cambridge Innovation Center has been home for great entrepreneurs leading fast-growing companies since 1999. Our clients renew our economies, create gainful and rewarding employment opportunities, and frequently crack tough problems facing humanity. CIC weaves together weekly informal networking, state- of- the- art coworking space, a community of entrepreneurs focused on positive impact, and civic innovation spaces to help build and strengthen the local innovation ecosystem.
Giant Shoulders is a Brand Strategy and Design firm who partners with mission-driven visionaries to realize the future. We work with funded startups to bring new ideas to market and mature companies to lead their industries.
We are the brand and design partner to SeaAhead. We helped design and host their first Global Bluetech Summit in Brooklyn, New York.
UMass Boston is Boston’s only public research university with 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs, and the most diverse campus in New England. We are defined by our deep connection to Boston, our remarkably diverse student body, our focus on ground-breaking research, and our commitment to student success. With our waterfront location near public transit, new residence halls, and forthcoming sustainable green quad, we are a university for the times.
Foley Hoag is one of the nation’s leading law firms advising energy and climate developers, investors and consumers. We are widely recognized for our depth of experience, breadth of expertise, and seriousness of commitment in and to this vital and expanding field. With a long-standing investment in the sector, Foley Hoag’s Energy & Climate Group provides tremendous value to its clients ranging from breakthrough technology developers fresh out of university to the world’s largest energy companies and capital providers.
The BlueSwell program is made possible by sponsoring foundations, companies and individuals that prioritize the ocean as a source of solutions.
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