Blue economy startups in San Diego
San Diego's distinctive blue-tech edge off Point Loma and the harbor: ocean tech, aquaculture, autonomous marine and ocean conservation.
6 companies building in Blue economy here.
Christophe Schilling & Bernhard Palsson
Founded 1998 in San Diego; biomanufacturing company that engineers fermentation processes to convert renewable plant feedstocks into sustainable chemicals and materials (bio-BDO, plant-based nylon). Has rais...
Lou Cooperhouse
Founded 2018; cell-cultivated seafood company growing premium seafood directly from fish cells, with a lead product of cultivated bluefin tuna toro for sushi/fine dining pending regulatory approval. Operates...
Brandon Leibel, Steven Ford & Bruno Aschidamini
San Diego D2C brand selling Turkish-cotton beach towels and beach-lifestyle goods, launched off a Shark Tank appearance, with a marine-conservation mission (donates a share of profits to ocean causes). ~100+...
Costas Soler & Graeme Rae
Founded 2021 in Encinitas; builds instrumented 'smart buoy' platforms that capture real-time ocean data (pH, salinity, underwater noise, atmospheric carbon). Contracts with the DoD, Port of San Diego, NOAA a...
Port of San Diego Blue Economy Incubator shellfish startup testing a FLUPSY (Floating Upweller System) nursery barge to grow oyster (and abalone/seaweed) seed and help address a coast-wide shellfish seed sho...
Leslie Booher & Torre Polizzi
Marine-ecologist-led aquaculture startup cultivating native Southern California seaweed species in San Diego Bay, assessing carbon sequestration and water-quality benefits. A Port of San Diego Blue Economy I...
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