Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities 2025

12 Making Waves in the Regenerative & Sustainable Ocean Economy: Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities Financial tools providing new opportunities for investors to engage in impact-driven work in the ocean sector are being developed, including the following: Nautilus, the Blue Guarantee Company is the first guarantee facility focused on the regenerative and sustainable blue economy which is designed to derisk investments by providing a ‘promise to pay’ to generate certainty for new entrants and encourage others to dive in. Guarantees play a transformational role for new entrants to learn about the sustainable blue economy as an asset class and build their confidence to invest without guarantees in the future. With an investment grade rating from global credit rating agencies, Nautilus will de-risk and mobilize sustainable blue investments, thereby empowering ocean-positive projects that protect marine ecosystems, enhance community resilience and drive socio-economic growth in vulnerable coastal regions. Offering an initial guarantee capacity of up to USD$250 million, Nautilus can provide hard or local currency guarantees for SMEs and infrastructure projects for up to 15 years. LINK TO FACILITY Blue Finance Facility is a groundbreaking impact loan facility to regenerate marine biodiversity and implement bankable reef-positive enterprises within large marine protected areas (MPAs). These aim to enhance the protection of over two million hectares of high-biodiverse coral reefs and have a positive impact on the local blue economy, especially in coastal fishing communities. The initial phase is focusing on working in Indonesia, Philippines, and Tanzania to manage ‘bankable’ MPAs on behalf of governments and invest in a portfolio of businesses in community-based aquaculture, sustainable fishery, and ecotourism. The program also aims to replicate this model in new large-scale MPAs across these three countries, as well as in Belize, the Bahamas, Cabo Verde, Fiji, and Mozambique - ultimately targeting the sustainable management of up to nine million hectares of marine ecosystems. LINK TO FACILITY SCALING UP: UNLOCKING INVESTMENT IN THE REGENERATIVE & SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY @Unsplash Image: Kristin Hoel