Katapult Ocean

Fungi startup Norwegian Mycelium (NoMy) takes top prize at Oslo Innovation Week 2025. A proud moment for Katapult Ocean! 🌊 Our portfolio company NoMy has been named the winner of the Oslo Innovation Award 2025, announced during the opening of Oslo Innovation Week. Founded in Oslo in 2020, NoMy is pioneering circular fermentation — transforming food-industry side streams into sustainable mycoproteins and high-value ingredients for food and materials. The jury — Stine Mølgaard Sørensen (Alliance VC), Gisle Gluck Evensen (Summa Equity), and Teodor Bjerrang (SNÖ Ventures) — highlighted NoMy for its “ability to deliver both environmental and economic impact,” and for “showing how innovation can address food security, responsible production, and climate action while achieving global growth.” Congratulations to Ingrid Dynna and David Andrew Quist on this well-deserved recognition for innovation that truly matters. 🌍 → Real action. Real impact. Real Oslo. More on this here https://lnkd.in/dEByW4Bx Photo: Gorm K. Gaare

Scaling blue. Shifting currents. Join Katapult Ocean’s Annual Digital Investor Day on December 10, where 13 science-backed, market-ready startups from our 2025 Ocean Accelerator will present the technologies transforming ocean industries and shaping the future of food, water, energy, and resilience. Apply to attend now: https://luma.com/8xrxfndm

Progress update from our portfolio: ARC marine® achieves a global first at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm! Katapult Ocean portfolio company ARC marine and RWE have completed the first full-scale deployment of eco-engineered scour protection at an offshore wind farm, marking a major milestone for nature-inclusive engineering. Around 75,000 patented Reef Cubes™ were installed by marine contractor Rohde Nielsen at one of Rampion’s turbine foundations. The installation provides 25,000 m² of new habitat surface for marine life, combining infrastructure resilience with measurable biodiversity gains. The project, part of RWE’s Reef Enhancement for Scour Protection (RESP) pilot, represents the first real-world use of Reef Cubes as scour protection at an operational offshore wind farm. Unlike traditional rock armour, Reef Cubes are modular, lighter, and designed to transform protection zones into thriving ecosystems. This pilot now moves into a multi-year monitoring phase (2026–2030) to study ecological and geophysical outcomes, helping set a new industry standard for nature-inclusive offshore energy solutions. ARC marine’s collaboration with RWE underscores the scalability and environmental potential of sustainable marine infrastructure, pioneering a new generation of ocean-positive design. Congratulations, Tom Birbeck and ARC marine team, on this landmark achievement! More on this here https://lnkd.in/dSbXUZF6

Countdown to Oslo Innovation Week! From October 20–24, 80+ events driven by the Norwegian startup and innovation ecosystem will come together under the banner of Real Action. Real Impact. Real Oslo. 💫 Want to meet us in the mix? Here are a few events where you’ll find Katapult Ocean, Katapult, and some of our portfolio companies: 📅 Oct 20 | 08:30–11:30 | Aboard Brim Explorer, Oslo Fjord A vibrant Oslo fjord – an attractive place for people and businesses https://lnkd.in/d_tF_nyH 📅 Oct 22 | 13:30–17:00 | Mesh Youngstorget, Oslo AgriTech Nordics https://lnkd.in/dx8r__BW 📅 Oct 22 | 16:30–18:30 | Mesh Youngstorget, Oslo From the Galápagos to the Fjords: A New Wave of Blue Innovation https://lnkd.in/eZU_mFyV See you there! 👋 #OIW2025

🌊 Oceans Event HK: Driving Capital for Ocean Innovation 🌊 On 22 October 2025, the 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 will land in Hong Kong – uniting Asia Pacific’s leading investors, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in shaping the future of the blue economy in the region. We’re excited to announce our speakers: 🔹 Wellington Koo, Executive Director, Valles Steamship Company, Limited 🔹 Jessica Hill, Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Partnerships, Future Planet Capital 🔹 Juan José Arrebola Bernet, COO, bound4blue 🔹 Maureen Brésil, Associate Director, Katapult Ocean The ocean covers more than 70% of the planet, generates over half the world’s oxygen, and supports the livelihoods of 3 billion people. Yet it faces unprecedented challenges – from plastic pollution to overfishing and climate-driven coral loss. Economically, the global ocean economy is valued at over USD 2.5 trillion annually, and projected to exceed USD 3 trillion by 2030. Our speakers will explore high-impact opportunities, showing how finance can accelerate scalable solutions for ocean health and climate resilience. In partnership with the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Sustainable Finance Initiative is proud to convene this high-level dialogue on investing where the ocean needs it most. #BlueEconomy #OceanInnovation #ImpactInvesting #SustainableFinance Builders Vision AVPN Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy Romain Ciarlet Olivier Wenden Nadège Massé Olivier Storelli Katy Yung Christine Yu Philly Apthorpe Joan S. Natasha Shroff Anna Shuvalova Francesco Stadler Cat Mitchell Jeffrey Fung Mandy Chiang, CPA

Three of our portfolio companies — Coral Vita, Sway, and FLOCEAN — have been recognized in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025! For over 25 years, this prestigious list has highlighted the most groundbreaking ideas shaping our future. To see three ocean-focused companies featured this year is a clear sign that the world is waking up to the ocean’s central role in solving global challenges. 🪸 Coral Vita is working to restore coral reefs that have lost half their cover since 1950. With its BrainCoral platform, the company grows resilient corals up to 50x faster than traditional methods and uses AI to monitor their progress — helping safeguard ecosystems that support one billion people. 🌿 Sway is confronting the plastics crisis with TPSea Flex, a seaweed-based film that replaces conventional plastic packaging while remaining compostable and compatible with existing manufacturing systems. It has already found partners in major retail and fashion brands. 🚰 FLOCEAN tackles water scarcity through deep-sea desalination. Operating hundreds of meters below the ocean’s surface, its subsea pods harness natural pressure to cut energy use nearly in half, offering a quieter, cleaner approach to freshwater production. At Katapult Ocean, we invest in and accelerate companies like these because we believe ocean innovation is essential for a sustainable, equitable future. Seeing them recognized by TIME reaffirms that belief and the global relevance of ocean solutions. Read more in TIME’s Best Inventions 2025 https://lnkd.in/gjaB3q_7

Impact is never an afterthought at Katapult Ocean – it shapes how we select, support, and scale startups. Our accelerator is built around three targeted sprints, with the first month devoted entirely to impact. Starting with impact is a deliberate choice. Measuring impact at an early stage is challenging, but absolutely crucial. We believe that founders who learn to define what matters, analyze outcomes, and quantify their positive effects from the beginning will have a competitive advantage as they scale. Sprint 1 is where each company creates a comprehensive impact management plan. Founders articulate long-term goals, clarify the problems they solve, and map out measurable impact, leveraging frameworks like Theory of Change, 5 dimensions of impact, ESG risk assessment, and tools such as Ocean Impact Navigator and IRIS+. The aim is to enable startups to clearly communicate their impact goals, ensuring these ambitions are not only understood by the founders themselves but are explicit and actionable for every new team member, partner, or investor who joins their journey. Early and transparent engagement on impact management brings advantages. It strengthens business strategy, improves accountability, and provides a foundation for communicating progress credibly as companies grow. 🌱 The most important step is to begin the impact measurement process now, rather than waiting for perfect data collection conditions! A comment from Founder's Associate at Brineworks, Olga Molinier, after completing the sprint: “I’ve really enjoyed diving into the Theory of Change as it offers a clear, high-level view of the company, showing what we need to achieve in order to reach our desired outcomes and create meaningful impact.” For a deeper look at the impact frameworks and progress from previous cohorts, explore our latest Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/drKFb2bP Photo: Ofek Liepaz

Katapult Ocean, the Nordic impact investor focused on ocean tech startups, has announced the latest cohort of companies to join the Katapult Ocean Deep Blue Fund accelerator programme. A total investment of more than €4m is being made into the 13 companies selected for the programme, with ticket sizes ranging from €150,000 to €500,000. https://lnkd.in/e8gSmNks