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🌊 A few days ago, I had the opportunity to make a presentation to the WA4STEAM Business Angels Association about the Blue Economy. I underlined its main sectors, key players (both national and international), and the emerging innovation trends driving growth across the industry. 💸 In this session, I explored the most promising investment opportunities, especially in blue biotechnology and marine renewable energy. My focus was on innovation and investment, where I highlighted the latest trends, spotlighted the most innovative sectors and companies (marine renewable energy, blue biotechnologies, sustainable aquaculture, ocean observation, marine robotics and desalinisation), and reviewed the top investment funds making an impact in the Blue Economy (VC, BA, PE...). We discussed where these funds are allocating their resources (primarily in M&A and early-stage investments) and the reason for that kind of allocation and it possibilities. Funds like Katapult Ocean, PortXL, Norrsken VC, BlueBioValue, B2E Blue Bioeconomy CoLAB and Faber portfolio and investments patterns where evaluated. 📊 Additionally, we broke down insights from critical industry reports like the Blue Economy Report and the Blue Invest Investors Report, offering a detailed and critical view of what’s driving this exciting sector forward. I would like to thank WA4STEAM for the invitation to share my insights with such an amazing group of investors! #BlueEconomy #Innovation #Investment #Sustainability #MarineEnergy #BlueBiotechnology

We are extremely proud of Sonja Andrén, our Innovatum AB partner, who presented the work of #BlueBioClusters to support coastal communities across the EU in their transition to a #BlueBioEconomy at the latest Sea and Society Talks at the University of Gothenburg. She also talked about our #BlueBioMatch, our online community where researchers, students, companies, and technology providers can share their knowledge and experiences. During her speech, Sonja highlighted the various obstacles that blue bio-#enterprises and #SMEs face, such as navigating the complexities of market access for innovative food products and pioneering new technologies for marine biomass. These challenges are a call to action for all of us to amplify the growth and development of the #bluebioeconomy 🌊 Don't miss out on Sonja's insightful presentation—watch it here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCHydWxt 🙌 A massive shoutout also goes to the Centrum för hav och samhälle, Göteborgs universitet for organising the Sea and Society Talks—an invaluable platform fostering discussions among researchers and ocean professionals committed to sustainable coastal and marine development 💙🌊🚀 👀 Keep an eye out for their upcoming events!  BlueBioClusters Project 🇪🇺 European Research Executive Agency (REA) Mission Ocean Blue Mission Banos Project #bluemissionbanos Blue Bio Techpreneurs #BlueMissionBANOS #HorizonEU #REA_research #BlueBioMatch #MissionOcean #BlueEconomyEU #BlueEconomy #Startups #Innovation #BlueBioTech #BlueStartupsEurope #Entrepreneurship 

Pinovo is honoured and super excited to have been chosen as one of the Finalists to pitch our solution at the #BlueInvest Day on 7th March. #BlueInvest Day has been organised by the #EuropeanCommission each year since 2018, to bring together entrepreneurs and investors committed to fostering innovation and sustainability in the EU Blue Economy. Pinovo will be in great company, pitching alongside our friends Finsulate BV, who are also fighting paint microplastic pollution, as well as Hefring Marine, ICODOS, and PRONOE. You should check out all of their impressive solutions! This will be a great opportunity for Pinovo to tell a new audience about the problem of Ocean Paint Microplastic Pollution, and Pinovo's solution, and of course, to remind everyone that #PaintIsPlastic! One of the objectives of the EU #GreenDeal is to reduce Microplastic Emissions to the Environment by 30% by 2030. Last October, the #EuropeanCommission published a brochure confirming that #Paint is in fact the biggest source of those #Microplastic Emissions. Pinovo's solution is playing its part in helping achieve the #GreenDeal objective. #SDG14  #PaintMicroplastics  #SaveOurOcean #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Biz4PlasticsTreaty

🌱 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬! 🌍 📢 We need your voice to shape the future of bioeconomy financing in Europe! 💬 ShapingBio invites you to participate in our pan-European survey, designed to gather insights from key stakeholders like you. This is your chance to influence the development of innovative financing strategies that will drive progress in the bioeconomy sector. ⏱️ Take just 5-10 minutes to complete this survey and you will help us explore the link between diverse financing instruments and innovation levels across the EU. Your input will be vital in identifying gaps, assessing the effectiveness of current initiatives, and ensuring they align with your needs. 🌟 Together, let's make an impact on the future of bioeconomy policy! 💡 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: https://lnkd.in/dDPibSYr This survey is conducted by Tech Tour, a partner in ShapingBio, and the lead entity responsible for analysing bioeconomy financing. #Bioeconomy #Sustainability #Innovation #EU #ShapingBio #Survey #Stakeholders #Financing #PolicyMaking #FutureOfBioeconomy #GreenEconomy #TechTour

What pays you to aim longterm? 🌳 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 🤔🌳🤓 This is the reality of current stock prices: The more longterm an organization is estimated to create value, the more it is perceived worth. 💦🔥 What if the work of humans right now is rewarded based on too shortterm value? 🌀✨ What if the work of humans (and ecosystem services) need to be intentionally and strategically rewarded instead based on estimations of longterm created value? 🫘🌳 Might it be necessary for us to get paid to intentionally make choices that do not grow our possible fortunes right now? 🥇♟️ Do our financial reward systems need to transition certain perceptions of value added from shortterm to longterm? 💰🔮 What pays humanity to aim longterm? Bioregional Financing Facilities may be one way to rewild the rivers of our resources. A way to transition to a regenerative economy at the bioregional scale. What is valuable? 🤔🌳🤓 More in this executive summary below of the full report by The BioFi Project supported by Dark Matter Labs, Buckminster Fuller Institute and driven by Samantha Power and Leon Seefeld along with their brilliant friends. Thank you! #BioregionalFinancingFacilities #SocietalInnovation #RegenerativeEconomy #SocietalLearning #FinanceSystems #FuturesOfFinance #FuturesOfWork #FuturesOfValue #RegenerativeLeadership

🌳 The habitat helps us COLLABORATE on societal innovation by facilitating innovation processes, in that way coordinating collective efforts. The habitat facilitates dialogue and partnerships among various stakeholders, such as local governments, businesses, NGOs, and community groups. By doing so, it helps to bridge gaps, reduce silos, and enhance the COHESION of the bioregional ecosystem. The habitat helps different groups within the bioregion to understand complex issues, share insights, and develop visions. This includes collecting data, documenting practices, and sharing insights. This LEARNING is essential for building local resilience, enabling communities to approach locally unique challenges. The habitat unblocks FLOW towards regeneration by rewilding the streams of resources, including funding, knowledge, and other forms of support, across the ecosystem. This includes identifying and connecting funding sources with needs. The habitat keeps PURPOSE at the core of work as intended consequence of its organizational design. 🌳🌳🌳 The habitat is a societal learning concept and an entrepreneurship innovation research project.

Probably one of the most exciting and holistic approach re regeneration !!! The BioFi Project (BioFi for BIOregional FInance for Planetary Regeneration) is a collective supporting bioregions to design, build, and implement Bioregional Financing Facilities (BFFs) that connect financial resources and regenerators. In other words, connecting the flows of capital to the flows of life. Their goal is to ensure that every bioregion on Earth gets a BFF to support its transition to a regenerative economy – so that finance can serve life. BFFs - true decentralized autonomous organizations aka DAOs - drive the decentralisation of financial resource governance, the design of project portfolios for systemic change, and the transition to a regenerative economy at the bioregional scale. A BFF is based on 4 elements : - a Bioregional Trust acting is a catalytic grant fund that raises philanthropic and public grant capital as well as receive individual donations (including crowdfunding) - a Bioregional Venture Studio is a public benefit corporation, co-operative, steward-owned entity that supports the development of a cohort of synergistic regeneration Initiatives by investing in and incubating cohorts of early-stage organizations that work together to change a specific system - a Bioregional Investment Company is a public benefit corporation, co-operative, steward-owned entity that develops a portfolio of Systemic Investment Funds and Bioregional Regeneration Bonds. - a Bioregional Bank provides low-interest loans, microloans, lines of credit, and technical assistance to aligned organizations. It can also provide retail banking services to individuals and can develop and issue a complementary or nature-based currency Want to know more ? https://lnkd.in/eq4GuPMs The BioFi Project also published a free e-book, "Bioregional Financing Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet" that lays out the rationale behind this approach and related templates. A must read !

### EVENT ### We are delighted to share that PRONOE was selected as one of the 5 finalists for the #BlueInvest Days competition in Category 1: Net Zero, Ocean Pollution, and Water Management Solutions! Have a look at our fellow ocean startup finalists: Finsulate BV, Hefring Marine, ICODOS, and Pinovo. Beyond the opportunity to showcase our project and get feedback from some of the most ocean-savvy investors in Europe 🌊 (including the EU 🇪🇺, and our friends from Norway 🇳🇴 and the UK 🇬🇧), this selection shows two things in our opinion: 🎯 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT AT EU LEVEL Selection by the committee signals profound alignment with the EU strategic objectives linked to the oceans, the blue economy, Net Zero Goals, and water management solutions. The representation will include #DGMare executives. 💸 INVESTMENT APPETITE On top of the 50+ private investors, VCs, and funds represented at the event, EU institutional investors and Financiers will have representation, including the European Investment Fund (EIF) and European Investment Bank (EIB). The #EIB is actively looking to scale up technologies, projects, and infrastructures across Europe. We are looking forward to meaningful connections in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels! 📚🇧🇪 #blueeconomy #BlueInvestDays #EUGreenDeal #BeGreenGoBlue #ocean #cdr

Pinovo is honoured and super excited to have been chosen as one of the Finalists to pitch our solution at the #BlueInvest Day on 7th March. #BlueInvest Day has been organised by the #EuropeanCommission each year since 2018, to bring together entrepreneurs and investors committed to fostering innovation and sustainability in the EU Blue Economy. Pinovo will be in great company, pitching alongside our friends Finsulate BV, who are also fighting paint microplastic pollution, as well as Hefring Marine, ICODOS, and PRONOE. You should check out all of their impressive solutions! This will be a great opportunity for Pinovo to tell a new audience about the problem of Ocean Paint Microplastic Pollution, and Pinovo's solution, and of course, to remind everyone there that #PaintIsPlastic! One of the objectives of the EU #GreenDeal is to reduce Microplastic Emissions to the Environment by 30% by 2030. Last October, the #EuropeanCommission published a brochure confirming that #Paint is in fact the biggest source of those #Microplastic Emissions. Pinovo's solution is playing its part in helping achieve the #GreenDeal objective. #SDG14  #PaintMicroplastics  #SaveOurOcean #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Biz4PlasticsTreaty UpLink - World Economic Forum Global Plastic Action Partnership  Katapult Ocean  Ocean Impact Organisation  Solar Impulse Foundation  REV Ocean  Minderoo Foundation  OCEANOVATION Ocean Conservancy RespectOcean Sustainable Ocean Alliance

On this summer Solstice and Strawberry Moon, I could not be more excited to share the launch of the book 'Bioregional Financing Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet' that I have been working on for the past 9 months with my amazing co-author Leon Seefeld of Dark Matter Labs and incredible support from Tyler Wakefield, Nick Paul, and our team of advisors (tagged in comments). In this publication, we make the case for a new layer in the global financial architecture of Bioregional Financing Facilities (BFFs) to serve every bioregion on Earth. BFFs are a new type of financial institution that has 3 objectives: drive the decentralization of financial resource governance, catalyze the design of project portfolios for systemic change, and support the transition to a regenerative economy. BFFs have 12 attributes, the first of which is that they aim to align financial flows with living systems principles and Indigenous wisdom. We believe BFFs can become the connective tissue between increasingly concentrated pools of financial resources, locked in the extractive economy, and the mycelial web of regenerative projects and organizations around the world. BFFs can enable integrated capital raised from a variety of sources to flow to aggregated portfolios of systemically coordinated regenerative projects in bioregions. Through BFFs, we believe we can put finance in service to life. Today, my incredible co-founder Edward West and I are also launching the The BioFi Project with our epic team (see comments). The BioFi Project is a collective dedicated to supporting bioregional organizing teams around the world to turn the recommendations in the book into action through designing, building, and implementing BFFs. Next steps: If you are a bioregion that believes your place is ready for a BFF and wants our support, please fill out the expression of interest form on our website. If you would like to learn more about BFFs and engage in peer-to-peer learning and collaboration, sign up for the BioFi Community of Practice on Hylo. It will be stewarded by Tyler Wakefield. You can also sign up for our newsletter. BFFs were born out of and aim to support the web of interdependent efforts of the broader bioregional and regenerative movement, which is decentralized, fractal, and emergent. This effort took a village and will in its next stage too! I could not be more grateful for the overwhelming support I have received (acknowledgements in comments). We believe that everyone has a role to play in catalyzing bioregional regeneration and hope that you will join us on this journey. Read the e-book and learn more at: www.biofi.earth (paperback and Kindle versions will be available for purchase next week). Press release and press kit linked in the comments. #bioregionalism #biofi #regeneration #biodiversity #regenerativeeconomy #decentralization #financeinservicetolife