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The Crest Accelerator brings seven more new companies to Hawai’i for the program’s final innovation-focused kickoff of 2025. Hawai’i’s Ocean Science and Technology (HOST) will play literal host to the companies operating in technologies ranging from AI-driven shrimp pond diagnostics to seaweed-powered crop boosters.

Hatch Blue and Conservation International Ventures are thrilled to announce the launch of their inaugural Women in Ocean Food Africa programme - a new chapter of their global movement to support female entrepreneurs in transforming aquatic food systems.

Three of the ten startups taking part in the inaugural Blue Carbon Plus (BC+) Challenge– a new initiative run by Hatch Blue, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy – have been selected as the recipients of a USD 150K one year grant.

Oceana has invested US$1.5 million in Hatch Blue’s Hatch Accelerator Fund II, which is focused on early-stage companies developing innovative seafood technologies and sustainable practices across the value chain.

SuperGround - a Finnish company creating innovative food products from fish and chicken side streams - has announced the successful closing of a €2.5 million funding round.

Gårdsfisk, a Swedish pioneer in sustainable land-based catfish and trout farming, has successfully closed a SEK 50 million (€4.57 million) Series A funding round, co-led by Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund and Industrifonden.

The Blue Revolution Fund (BRF) – an aquaculture impact investment fund established by Hatch Blue and advised by The Nature Conservancy – has closed with €93 million in commitments.

Hatch has launched Seaweed Insights, a practical guide to global seaweed farming.