Four early stage teams have won a total of $22,500 in the first-ever Ocean Communities Climate Challenge, presented by the Ocean Startup Project ― a national organization making Canada the best place in the world to start and grow an ocean company.

During Ocean Week Canada and on the heels of World Oceans Day, the Ocean Startup Project with the support of its partners launched a call for applications for its fourth cohort of Lab2Market Oceans.

In alignment with other Lab2Market Validate programs, Lab2Market Oceans is a 16-week program (8 weeks fulltime) that welcomes virtual participation by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and recent graduates from any Canadian university, nationwide.

CANADA, (March 28, 2023) – The Ocean Communities Climate Challenge is a new competition to find promising ideas that may only be a ripple in an innovator or entrepreneur’s mind. The Ocean Startup Project and its partners want to transform strong ideas into massively scalable companies that will improve the health of our oceans and help solve some of the most pressing climate challenges.

Thirty ocean technology startups will make significant contributions to the health of our oceans and the Blue Economy as part of the 2022 Ocean Startup Challenge, presented by the Ocean Startup Project.

Six-hundred-forty-thousand dollars will be distributed to winners to support the development of their sustainable ocean solutions. They will also undergo ocean-focused training and workshops, receive feedback and guidance from industry experts like our  Executives-In-Residence, participate in networking opportunities, and so much more.  

The Ocean Startup Project, a national organization making Canada one of the best places in the world to start and grow an ocean venture, has selected 60 idea and early stage ocean technology startups for the shortlist of the Ocean Startup Challenge, with up to $750,000 being distributed to the winners. Additional program benefits include valuable business support such as mentorship, networking opportunities, events, expert-led workshops, and so much more. 

CANADA, (September 12, 2022) – The Ocean Startup Project is thrilled to welcome 20 teams to the third cohort of its Lab2Market Oceans program. The seven-week program fosters an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset in postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and faculty, inspiring teams to explore their ocean research ideas in a new way and identify commercialization opportunities. 

The Ocean Startup Project, a national organization working to make Canada one of the best places in the world to start and grow an ocean venture, has opened applications for the third intake of its Ocean Startup Challenge. Idea and early stage ocean technology startups can apply to be part of the third Ocean Startup Project cohort with awards up to $40,000 for winning teams, along with valuable business supports, such as mentorship, networking opportunities, events, expert-led workshops, and more. The Challenge intake occurs once per year to foster the growth and development of new ocean technology startups in Canada’s booming Blue Economy.

Four early stage ocean technology startups have won the first-ever Ocean Idea Challenge, presented by the Ocean Startup Project – a national organization working to make Canada one of the best places in the world to start and grow an ocean venture. British Columbia-based OnDeck Fisheries AI and a British Columbia/Prince Edward Island-based team, PhyCo, – will each receive the top prize of $10,000. Newfoundland-based Seathru Technologies and Nova Scotia-based Sustainable Sea Products will also receive $2,500 each, after an immersive, four-week customer discovery process that helped prove market interest for their sustainable ocean ideas.