
We are
OCEAN COMMUNITY
For ocean-passionate people to connect, learn and take action to resolve ocean challenges and create positive impact on our blue planet.
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OUR VISION
A collaborative and united community transforming ideas into solutions that protect the ocean and contribute to thriving coastal communities and a prosperous blue economy.
OUR MISSION
We provide an open platform for Ocean caring people to connect, learn, and act.
We also enable early innovators and entrepreneurs to develop and launch ocean friendly solutions and start-ups.
CONNECT
Share your voice, exchange ideas, join events, shape our community. Become a Member or an Ocean Ambassador
LEARN
Build and strengthen your ocean and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills. Self study or learn with others.
INNOVATE
Develop your early-stage idea. Turn it into a scalable solution by joining the Ocean Community
Challenge
Meet our
OC Challenge 2025 Finalists

SAVEARTH
Savearth is an AI-powered, plug-and-play solution designed to help hotels monitor, optimize, and reduce water consumption in guest showers, tackling one of the biggest sustainability challenges in hospitality. By combining IoT, machine learning, and gamification, Savearth empowers hotels to lower operational costs, enhance guest engagement, and meet sustainability goals without disrupting the guest experience.

FREMANTLE SEAWEED
Fremantle Seaweed are a team of seafarers and scientists passionate about ocean conservation and tackling climate change. With a 32-hectare marine lease located in the pristine waters of Derbal Nara, Western Australia, they are working with the ocean to grow the red seaweed, Asparagopsis, which has been demonstrated to reduce methane emissions from cattle and other ruminate livestock by 80%.

NUTRICAPE
Nutricape Private Limited designs and manufactures nano-encapsulated nutrient delivery systems for aquaculture, with a current focus on shrimp feed. Their technology addresses critical challenges in shrimp farming—such as poor nutrient absorption, feed wastage, and water pollution—by using millifluidics-based nano-carriers that deliver nutrients with precision, stability, and bioavailability.

SLOW MILL
Slow Mill Sustainable Power BV develops innovative, resilient and affordable technology to generate clean electricity from the ocean by harnessing oceans wave energy with a wave energy converter (WEC).

URBANBLUE TECHNOLOGIES
UrbanBlue Technologies revolutionizes wastewater treatment using advanced AI, computer vision, and IoT. Their flagship product, AquaPulse, is the world’s first AI-powered, in-situ microbial monitoring system, delivering real-time insights at the source. The company serves industrial plants, chemical manufacturers, sewage treatment facilities, and integrated water reuse systems, offering a smarter approach to wastewater management.

BUOGRALON
This startup from Hong Kong focuses on the manufacturing of wave energy converters that harness the renewable ocean wave energy to: 1. produce on- and off-grid electricity 2. capture CO2 in both air and ocean 3. desalinate seawater into drinking- water

SOLVINGE
As a primarily process technology venture with an innovative waste-to-value model, SolVinge aims to create sustainable, high-value products through developing and scaling proprietary bioconversion process, integrating Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) cultivation and filamentous fungi for nutrient enhancement. This circular approach provides a scalable solution for reducing waste and emissions across multiple industries.

SMARTDRY DREDGING
SmartDry Dredging changes the way dredging is done. From a non-sustainable, moving contaminants process to a sustainable contamination removal and creation of materials derived from the process to be used in circular economy solutions.

TRIGAN
TRIGAN is building the world's first "societal operating system" – a digital platform that helps communities of any size work better together and solve problems more effectively. Our goal is to empower people everywhere to create positive change in their local area and beyond, with support from cutting-edge technology.

WEAVEAIR
WeavAir develops an integrated hardware and software platform that helps asset operators, facility managers, utilities, and infrastructure owners optimize operations, reduce environmental impact, and improve profitability by providing advanced monitoring, diagnostics, and decision-support capabilities.
