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Making ocean impact
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We Are:

A Miami-based BlueTech entrepreneur support organization & community

Our Vision:

Bringing all hands on deck for BlueTech, where everyone can contribute to solutions making
positive change for our blue planet

Programs

Driving measurable outcomes for people, planet, and profit

Startup Programs

Startup Studio & Incubator
+ The Shoreline Platform

Activating our community to contribute to and grow scalable companies and impact

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Community Programs

Sea Change Makers Series & Startup Showcase

Building and educating the community in ocean impact innovation

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Impact Focus Areas

Developing regenerative solutions

Coastal Resilience & Adaptation

15 Solutions Supported To Date

Environmental restoration such as mangroves and coral reefs, infrastructure for sea level rise and storm surge

Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Removal

14 Solutions Supported To Date

Seaweed farming, nature-based solutions, and decarbonization

Pollution

18 Solutions Supported To Date

Improving water quality and tackling plastic pollution both upstream and downstream

Startups & Founders We've Supported

Social & Economic Outcomes To Date

Over 4 Years of Collective Impact

78

Entrepreneurs supported in our startup programs

40

Total startups supported

70

Community events to date

5000+

Community members educated on BlueTech

$14 Mil

in grants and investments raised by Seaworthy startups

Founder Testimonials

Startups & Founders We've Supported

"Seaworthy gave me a platform to amplify the impactful work I was doing within the climate change space. Coming from a small country, I was originally unaware of how scalable my idea was. Seaworthy provided clarity and better meaning to why I do what I do."

Nicholas Kee
Co-Founder & CEO

Kee Farms

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250+ mentors, collaborators, and investors globally from business to BlueTech

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Seaworthy Collective Announces 2025 Board Members & Opportunity To Join New Advisory Councils

The Continuum Launches with $13.9M NOAA Grant to Advance BlueTech Solutions in Florida and Beyond

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Exciting News from Seaworthy Collective! 🚀

We’re proud to announce our 2025 Board Members!

Welcoming Four New Board Members:

✨ Dave Doebler – Co-founder, VolunteerCleanup.org
✨ George Lanza – Chief of Staff, Miami-Dade Beacon Council
✨ Christine Mendonça – Founder & CEO, Shore to Shore Advisory
✨ Andrew Quarrie – CEO/Founder, URBLANDIA & longtime Seaworthy advisor

Honoring Three Recommitted Founding Board Members:

💙 Sirena Andras – Founder, Creative Chi
💙 Scarlett Lanzas – Founder & CEO, Accountable Impact
💙 Christina Thirkell – Nonprofit Leadership & Growth Strategist

Together, these visionary leaders bring expertise in ocean impact, entrepreneurship, branding, finance, and sustainability to help scale Seaworthy’s mission and impact in 2025!

#seaworthycollective #oceanimpact #boardmembers

Our Founder and CEO @seaworthydaniel is at Miami Tech Works Tech Talent Coalition conference FWD2025 today! He is there to speak on the work Seaworthy Collective is doing to drive workforce development from our Sea Change Maker Fellowship to our Startup Studio and Incubator!

#seaworthycollective #miamitechworks #workforcedevelopment #bluetech

Congratulations to our Cohort 2 alumna, Rosalie Akerman, Co-founder of Nets23D, for being featured in the upcoming business book Problem Hunter by Craig Calder! 🎉📚 The book will be available on Amazon starting March 3rd. Link in bio.

We’re so proud to see our alumni community members making waves and being recognized for their impactful work! 🌊

#Entrepreneurship #Innovation #ProblemHunter #BlueTech #ClimateAction #seaworthycollective #bluetech

We are excited to share major news! The Continuum—a new national partnership of seven leading entrepreneur support organizations, including @seaworthycollective —has been awarded a $13.9 million Phase 2 grant by the NOAA Ocean Enterprise Accelerators program.

This prestigious award underscores The Continuum’s mission to revolutionize how startups develop and commercialize data-driven ocean and environmental resilience solutions. With this funding, The Continuum is poised to address critical challenges impacting our oceans, coastal communities, and economy. read the full press release on our website.

#NOAA #bluetech #oceanconservation #grantwinner #thecontinuum

We are excited to annouce that Environment Next has named us as one of its newest $100,000 grantees, selected for remarkable achievements and innovative approaches to lead, educate and invest in new and exciting approaches to save the planet. Click the link in the bio to the full press release on our website.

#environmentnext #seaworthycollective #grantwinner #bluetech #startups

We are excited to announce that we have published our 2024 Impact Report! Read the full report on our website. Here is the official highlights video.

It has been an incredible year, and we are thankful to our fantastic team!

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #oceaninnovation #startups #seachangemakers #entreprenuers

Give Miami Day, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference. By donating to Seaworthy Collective, you empower current, aspiring, and underrepresented entrepreneurs to drive innovative solutions for environmental challenges in South Florida and beyond.

As a proud recipient of Candid’s Gold Seal of Transparency, Seaworthy Collective ensures that your contributions lead to real and lasting impact. Don’t wait—take advantage of the Early Giving period through November 20, or join us on November 21 to create change together.

Click the link in bio to donate to Seaworthy Collective: https://www.givemiamiday.org/organization/seaworthycollective

While we hope you’ll support our mission, we also want to celebrate and uplift other incredible organizations participating in Give Miami Day: @cleanmiamibeach , @debrisfreeoceans , @radicalpartners , @miamiwaterkeeper , and @impact.edition

These nonprofits are doing vital work across our community, and your support can amplify their efforts, too. Together, we can drive even greater impact!

#givemiamiday #seaworthycollective #bluetech #climatechange #innovations #climatesolutions

Give Miami Day is this week!

On November 21, 2024, we invite you to consider donating to Seaworthy Collective. With your support, we can continue our impact of providing support to current, aspiring, and underrepresented entrepreneurs who are driving innovation to address environmental challenges for South Florida and beyond.

To accommodate donors, an Early Giving period is available from Sunday, November 17, through Wednesday, November 20, allowing contributions before the main event.

Visit the link in the bio!

#givemiamiday #seaworthycollective #donate #bluetech #supportentrepreneurs #startups

We invite you to join our dynamic community on The Shoreline! Link in the bio!

The Shoreline is a digital platform designed to support current and aspiring BlueTech entrepreneurs. Using ecosystem mapping, AI, and regenerative frameworks, it connects them with tailored industry insights, resources, and curated network connections. The Shoreline provides foundational infrastructure for the future of Seaworthy startup support and collaboration, enabling diverse stakeholders to connect with the BlueTech ecosystem.

“By listening to the needs of the founders in our community, we’ve learned that they don’t need a litany of formal programs with time-intensive commitments and limited acceptance rates to maintain progress; they just need access to components of these programs that help them build traction and connect with mentors, collaborators, customers, funders and community. Working in parallel with our flagship Startup Studio & Incubator, The Shoreline fills a critical gap helping all stages of founders access the BlueTech ecosystem and support. It also embodies our mission of making BlueTech accessible and inclusive,” said Daniel Kleinman, Founder and CEO, Seaworthy Collective.

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #theshoreline

We are so excited to share our Fall Showcase Recap Video. This was our biggest event of the year, and we are thankful to everyone who attended (over 100 of you!). Visit the news section of the website to read about all the exciting announcements!

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #frostscience

Cheers to our Fall Showcase tomorrow! It’s always so much fun to get together with the team and the start ups. Don’t miss out on the fun. The time to buy tickets is running out. See you there!

The team and some of the startups have gathered together at the @miamiyachtclub1927 ahead of the Fall Showcase tomorrow. We are so excited!

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #fallshowcase

Check out images of the @SeaworthyCollective and @ballyhoomedia collaboration!

Seaworthy Collective recently announced a new partnership with Ballyhoo Media. The partnership allows Seaworthy Collective to spotlight its fifth cohort of innovative startups and its partners by leveraging Ballyhoo Media’s platforms to promote key initiatives and events. Ballyhoo Media is an ideal partner for Seaworthy Collective, given its shared mission to protect and regenerate the ocean through innovation, education, and advocacy. Our combined efforts will drive awareness, inspire action, and support the development of sustainable solutions.

We are so excited to see the campaign live!

Also, a reminder that the Seaworthy Collective Fall Showcase is just two days away! Click the link in the bio for tickets!

#seaworthycollective #ballyhoomedia #bluetech #innovation #regenerative

We are just a few days away from our biggest event of the year. Don’t miss your chance to attend our Fall Showcase at the @frostscience. Link in bio!

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #startupshowcase #fallevent #frostscience

You don’t want to miss this! It’s the most eventful time of year for Seaworthy Collective and our Miami Community!

Our Startup Showcase is NEXT WEEK! Join us at the Frost Science Museum for our signature event, featuring startups from our 5th cohort, an inspiring keynote speaker, and so much more! Visit the link in the bio to get your tickets.

#seaworthycollective #fallshowcase #bluetech

We are excited to share that @seaworthydaniel will host a fireside chat with Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Overstory, at @booksandbooks in Coral Gables tomorrow night, October 16, 2024. They will discuss his new book Playground, that brings together our oceans, technology, and society in a way that challenges readers to think bigger about our planet; a commonality we are thrilled to share in our work at Seaworthy. For tickets click our story.

Also, our Fall Showcase is less than 2 week away. Get your tickets before they are gone!

#seaworthycollective #booksandbooks #coralgables

We are excited to share that we recently earned a Candid Gold Seal of Transparency! Visit our website to learn more about our work and our impact. We also invite you to attend our Fall Showcase on October 26, 2024, to meet BlueTech innovators from past & present cohorts, get inspired by our keynote speaker, Millicent Pitts, see pitches from our latest wave of founders, & commemorate 4 years of making (sea) change with our community!

Click the link in the bio to purchase tickets today.

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #startups

Happy World Animal Day!

We understand the critical connection between protecting marine life and preserving our planet. BlueTech innovation plays a key role in addressing ocean pollution, safeguarding habitats, and fostering a healthier ecosystem for all creatures, great and small.

Today, we celebrate the incredible species that inhabit our oceans and coastal ecosystems. Through our Sea Change Makers, we’re supporting solutions that ensure marine wildlife can thrive in the face of climate change and human impact.

Join us at our Fall Showcase on October 26th to meet the innovators driving change for our oceans. Get your tickets now and be inspired by the groundbreaking work being done to protect marine life and the planet!

#SeaworthyCollective #WorldAnimalDay #OceanConservation #BlueTech #SaveOurOceans #ProtectWildlife #SeaChangeMakers #SeaworthyCollective #fallshowcase2024

Angela and Tamara talk about the Fall startup showcase, the Shoreline, and so much more on this fun IG live.

#seaworthycollective #bluetech

Today!! Join us for a conversation about our upcoming Fall Showcase!

#seaworthycollective #bluetech #fallshowcase

Our Fall 2024 Startup Showcase & Celebration is on Oct 26, 2024, and we are honored to have Millicent Pitts as our keynote speaker.

Milly is the executive director of the international non-profit, OceanExchange.org, that gives non-dilutive funding to innovative start-ups that support healthy oceans and a sustainable Blue Economy. She previously was an executive in the chemical/materials industry for 30 years, living in Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Valencia (Spain).

In addition to her role at Ocean Exchange, she is a mentor with Creative Destruction Labs (Oceans) in Halifax, is on the Leadership Team of OceansVisions.org, and has previously mentored or judged in collaboration with other partners such as Clean Tech Open and NREL.

She leads the Ocean Exchange efforts to grow and communicate with the community of ocean and blue tech innovators. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tickets are available now! Early bird sales are about to end!

#seaworthycolletive #startupshowcase #bluetech
#oceanexchange

Our #ClimateWeekNYC event was a big success, and we had a great turnout!

A huge thank you to our partners at {CODENAME: E-LIXR}:, Washington Maritime Blue, and 1000Ocean Startups for an incredible morning in New York!

Tamara Kahn, Seaworthy Collective’s Startup Programs Director, led an exciting fireside chat with Ted Janulis, Founder & CEO of Investable Oceans, to kick off the event!

Attendees enjoyed a classic New York-style brunch while building meaningful connections with fellow innovators. It was the perfect blend of networking, inspiration, and collaboration.

We’re already excited to bring the event back even bigger and better in 202! Thank you to all who joined us and contributed to the momentum for positive change in the ocean and climate space. #seaworthycollective

“4 years ago today, Seaworthy Collective launched with our first panel event. Since then, we’ve supported 5 cohorts, 40 startups, and 78 entrepreneurs, while hosting over 50 additional events from our Sea Change Makers Panel Series to the Miami Climate Happy Hour, and more collaborative events from the Miami International Boat Show to New York Climate Week. We’ve engaged almost 5,000 people with BlueTech and seen our community and ecosystem grow year over year, from only 10% regional representation in our first 2 cohorts to 50%+ across cohorts 3, 4, and now 5. From the 1000 Ocean Startups Coalition to Prince Albert II of Monaco, we’ve received global recognition and made waves in making BlueTech more accessible and inclusive, with now more than 70% of Seaworthy entrepreneurs coming from underrepresented backgrounds. The path ahead has never been clearer, and we couldn’t me more confident in the depth of systemic change we’re driving for a regenerative future for the Blue Economy!”- @seaworthydaniel

Price update alert! Get your early bird tickets for Seaworthy Collective’s biggest event yet! Join us in celebrating 5 cohorts of BlueTech innovators, hear from industry leaders, and see live startup pitches tackling ocean & climate impact. Early bird pricing ends Sept. 30 – don’t miss out! 🌊 Click the link in the bio.

#seaworthycollective #SeaChangeMakers #BlueTech #ClimateAction #oceanconservation

Attending #nyclimateweek? Then don’t miss our Climate Week NYC- Blue Tech “Startupshere” event hosted alongside, 1000 Ocean Startups, @codename_elixr , and Washington Maritime Blue. Click the link in the bio to get your ticket!

#climateweeknyc #nyclimateweek #seaworthcollective

Join us on September 25th for our second Fall panel of The Sea Change Makers Series - featuring founders Seaworthy Collective has supported in its startup programs! Our fourth panel of 2024 will focus on AI Data & Robotics in the Ocean. Join us at our new home at the @miamiyachtclub1927 @alexharrisonparker

Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s premier panel of our fall Sea Change Makers Series! We hosted a dynamic panel discussion about Blue Biotech and Bioscience at the @miamiyachtclub1927 with three of Seaworthy’s cohort 5 startups @mudratsurf , @prosperwatertech and Cordelia Biosciences.

Here are some of the pictures! Stay tuned for video!

#seaworthycollective #seachangemakers #bluebiotech #bluetech #oceanconservation #paneldiscussion #bioscience #startups #entreprenuers

What is Blue Biotech?

Join us this Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at our new event home, the @miamiyachtclub1927 , for a panel discussion about this very topic with three of our cohort 5 startups.

#seaworthycollective #bluebiotech #bioscience #bluebiotechnology #oceanconservation #cohort5 #seachangemaker #panel

As our climate changes, coastal communities and ecosystems face increasing challenges like rising sea levels and stronger storms. Coastal resilience and adaptation are part of Seaworthy Collective’s mission, helping startups developing strategies that help our coastlines withstand impacts, recover, and thrive.

To date, we have supported 11 innovative solutions in environmental restoration—like mangroves and coral reefs—and infrastructure to combat sea level rise and storm surge. Together, we’re protecting and preserving our shores for future generations. 🏖️💪

#CoastalResilience #ClimateAdaptation #Sustainability #ProtectOurCoasts #SeaworthyCollective #ClimateAction

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All Hands On Deck For BlueTech

We Empower

Sea Change Makers

Who

We Are:

Our Vision:

Programs

Startup Programs

Community Programs

Impact Focus Areas

Coastal Resilience & Adaptation

Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Removal

Pollution

Social & Economic Outcomes To Date

78

40

70

5000+

$14 Mil

Founder Testimonials

Nicholas KeeCo-Founder & CEO

Kee Farms

Our Community & Network

Proud Member Of

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Latest News & Events

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Nicholas Kee
Co-Founder & CEO