海洋可持續發展聯盟

2022年9月30日

得到它!法新社通過蓋蒂圖片社軍團來波的可持續海洋聯盟。第一批創業支持的非營利組織包括社保網技術,CalWave技術和LOLIWARE。這三個抗軍團完成了自2018年選擇,達妮埃拉費爾南德斯說,聯盟創始人兼首席執行官。該聯盟也正在改變,從一個“ecopreneur網絡加速器項目。“我們不想成為一個有時限的項目了,”費爾南德斯說。鑒於全球海洋麵臨的問題的緊迫性,加州可持續海洋聯盟(SOA)很快就會引入一個會員模型對於創業公司來說,一生支持類似於一個“滾動,管家式服務。“新一輪的應用程序將打開在第27屆聯合國氣候變化會議在11月(又名COP27)。SOA的目標是籌集1億美元在未來三年內,成為一個自我維持的組織,而不是繼續遵循的慈善模式要求每年從基金會的資助。更多為你籌集了1500萬美元。隨著越來越多的基礎上和初創公司看到回報,收入將增長,幫助基金更多的解決方案,費爾南德斯說。“我們有一個創業公司的股票,一旦他們進入程序。 So we are investors in these startups. If they’re successful, we’re successful.” SOA has supported 45 startups to date, and believes returns are coming soon. That first wave of cohorts—SafetyNet Technologies, CalWave Technologies and LOLIWARE— are “thriving and still having an impact,” Fernandez says. SafetyNet Technologies , for example, says its team, product portfolio and revenues have grown since graduating from SOA’s first accelerator cohort. “We've launched a wave of commercial trials all over the world with Pisces, our bycatch-reduction technology, working with the leading fish-capture stakeholders including Trident, Clearwater, Cooke Aquaculture, the UN, Tesco and Marks & Spencers,” says Dan Watson, co-founder and CEO. “We've also developed a new product, CatchCam , which is an affordable, robust camera system for fishing crews to finally see what's going on in their fishing gear” to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2022. CatchCam is described as 'a full system with everything you need to take quality videos of your ... [+] fishing gear in action.' SafetyNet Technologies For the future, SOA sees a need to continue educating governments globally about the role technology can play in solving the ocean crisis (from plastics to climate change and more). “For example, when you look at the recent (inflation reduction) act that passed in the U.S., there’s not a lot of talk around wave energy , which is actually move efficient than solar and wind energy,” Fernandez says. There’s a gap in investment and funding as startups start to scale, she adds. “Solutions are out there and talent exists. We just need the backing of governments and financial institutions to truly get these ideas out.” Fernandez worries about proposals to the UN for deep-sea mining . “A lot of corporations are claiming to have used up most of the minerals in land and now they need more,” the CEO says. “Mining the deep sea is equivalent to deploying a nuclear bomb in the ocean. “No startup company is going to be able to fix a completely annihilated ocean seafloor. So if we’re trying to restore and regenerate the environment, how can we allow this to happen in our lifetime?”