Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities 2025

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11 Making Waves in the Regenerative & Sustainable Ocean Economy: Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities Oceans 14 Capital Fund I closed at €201 million in March 2024. This impact fund is dedicated exclusively to the sustainable and regenerative blue economy, targeting sectors such as sustainable seafood, marine biodiversity, circular economy solutions, and ocean health technologies. Ocean 14 Capital Ltd plans to launch a Fund II at the end of 2025. LINK TO FUND Circulate Capital is the leading circular economy investment management firm in high-growth markets. Circulate partners with global brands and institutional investors to invest in solutions that catalyze systems change across the globe. Circulate’s financing transforms circular plastic supply chains at scale, delivering competitive financial returns and positive impact. After launching its first fund with a focus on Southeast Asia in 2018, it then launched a Latin America Fund in 2023 and is currently raising funds for SE Asia Fund II. LINK TO FUND Aqua Spark , which launched in 2014, is the world’s first fund focused exclusively on the sustainable aquaculture sector. Aqua Spark has an evergreen structure, so it will continue to allow new investors to come in, even though it has secured more than USD$300 million from more than 350 investors to date. Aqua Spark’s mission is to move the aquaculture industry towards healthy, sustainable, affordable production with comparable or better financial returns. LINK TO FUND Regeneration.VC is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in early-stage consumer climate tech innovation. Regeneration.VC recently acquired Sky Ocean Ventures portfolio, one of the first ocean funds with a focus on ocean plastics and circular resources. LINK TO FUND Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund is one of the leading aquaculture focused funds, having successfully closed in late 2024 at €92 million. The Nature Conservancy serves as a Conservation Manager in Blue Revolution Fund, helping to ensure the investment portfolio has a strong conservation and impact orientation. Hatch Blue is planning to launch follow-on investment platforms in 2026 and beyond. LINK TO FUND 2050 Fund is an innovative, regenerative fund model combining best practice VC with next practice evergreen structure and an ecosystem and value-chain alignment approach to ocean investing. While 2050’s investment thesis is broader than just oceans and is focused on a regenerative, low-carbon economy including food and health, the ocean sector is a key investment theme. LINK TO FUND ReOcean Fund is a VC fund focused on scaling innovative solutions for ocean health and sustainability, launched by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and managed by Monaco Asset Management. The fund invests in early- and growth-stage companies (Series B and late seed/ Series A for promising early pipeline) addressing critical challenges such as plastic pollution, sustainable seafood, green shipping, ocean data, and restoration and protection of the ocean. The mission of the fund is to invest €100m in high impact, innovative companies that enable the transition to a regenerative blue economy. LINK TO FUNDSCALING UP: UNLOCKING INVESTMENT IN THE REGENERATIVE & SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY
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