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BLUE ACTION ACCELERATOR

Blue Action Accelerator is a seed stage venture capital platform dedicated to funding, testing and commercializing transformative climate technologies.

ABOUT

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Powered by Founders Factory: Blue Action Accelerator is an international investment platform with a 150-person operating team that has raised $290m+ of capital to invest in over 400 technology companies.

 

In January 2025, Blue Action Accelerator expanded its reach into Canada through a partnership with  COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) in British Columbia.

Based in World-Class Free Trade Zone: unique access to testing grounds, shipyard and maritime partnerships in Freeport, Grand Bahama and other strategic jurisdictions.

Seed-Stage Focus: exposure to earlier stage companies than Oceans 14 Capital and Global Fund for Coral Reefs, allowing investors to cherry-pick follow-on investments that are proven and aligned to their strategy.

Industry-Leading Commercial Partners: such as Grand Bahama Port Authority, Port of San Diego, AltaSea, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Miami-Dade County and The Governments of Barbados and Jamaica.

Blue Action Accelerator is backed by Lukas Walton’s Builders Initiative, IAlumbra, Planet Ocean Fund, Sea Forward Fund and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

Blue Action Accelerator partnership Builders Vision
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Blue Action Accelerator partnership with Prince Albert of Monaco Foundation
Blue Action Accelerator partnership Sea Forward
Blue Action Accelerator partnership with Planet Ocean Fund

THE PROGRAM

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​The Blue Action Accelerator program offers dedicated pre-seed and seed impact investments for climate tech startups focused on climate solutions.

CAPITAL: Each founder will receive cash investment of $150k

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Four months of expert-led programming across product development, operations, commercialization, data science, partnerships, and fundraising

COMMUNITY & NETWORK
Connecting startups with a global community of founders, investors and commercial partners

TESTING GROUNDS & COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
Relationships, insights and commercial opportunities with our testing partners, including access to facilities and testing grounds around the world

Alexa Young, CA

"Blue Action has provided us with invaluable, pragmatic advice tailored to island-specific challenges, such as how to present Drift and address the concerns of island energy companies and port infrastructure. One of the most impactful aspects has been the connections we've made through them. We've already been introduced to several potential customers, including a private resort on an island in the Pacific.”
 
Ben Medland, Founder, DRIFT Energy
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PORTFOLIO

LATEST ACCELERATOR NEWS

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Innovation In The Blue Economy: The Technologies Reshaping Ocean-Based Industries

Forbes Magazine, Dec 19, 2024

The oceans have long served as our planet’s silent protector, absorbing the brunt of climate change’s impacts. They’ve taken in 90% of the excess heat from greenhouse gases, buffering us from even more extreme temperature increases. But this comes at an enormous cost...

Blue Action Accelerator launches in Canada

Expansion into Canada

Jan 10 2025

Blue Action is expanding its global footprint, kicking off 2025 with our expansion into Canada. We are thrilled to announce the launch of Blue Action Canada, our new accelerator program focused wholly on the blue economy, delivered in partnership with Founders Factory and COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies), British Columbia.

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