June 2023 Sea Forward Fund Quarterly Newsletter Impact Investing in Ocean Health |
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Happy World Oceans Week! Thank you for your interest in the Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund at ImpactAssets. Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund (SFOH) is a collaborative multi-donor advised impact fund that is deploying 100% philanthropic dollars to invest in companies, funds and nonprofits that sustain a vibrant and healthy ocean, the life support system for our planet. Through the fund, we are engaging a network of scientists, educators, philanthropists, and investors to include more people in collaborative decision-making, investing, and grant making for greater collective impact.
We are excited to share some of our current impact investments and grants.
Find out how to join us below! |
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What is Impact Investing? Impact Investing is Investing with the specific objective of achieving positive social and/or environmental impact as well as financial return. We see this as an opportunity to invest in well being of people, the health of our planet, and prosperity to create an "everblue" endowment for the ocean. |
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Aiim Partners invests in technology-enabled companies addressing climate change, while prioritizing equity and access. They take a systems level approach to finding high impact solutions in traditionally overlooked sectors. Aiim is invested in exciting new technologies such as energy transition, alternative materials, and agricultural & food systems. |
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Aquaspark is a Netherlands based investment fund focused on moving the aquaculture industry towards healthy, sustainable and affordable production with comparable financial returns. They invest globally and across the value chain. Their diverse portfolio supports companies and projects in seafood alternatives, disease mitigation, feed ingredients, waste energy conversion, and more. |
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Hatch Blue Revolution Fund focuses on investing in impactful sectors, such as next-generation farming systems, regenerative farms, alternative seafood, aquaculture ingredients, nutrition, farm software/hardware, health and genetics. They are working with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as a third party to assess the environmental impacts and social relevance of investments. |
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Scoot Science is an ocean data analytics startup investing in aquaculture solutions. Scoot uses their team of oceanographers, data scientists, and software engineers to help fish farmers protect assets, operate sustainably, and increase profits. Their new platform, SeaState, puts environmental, inventory, and operations data into site-specific ocean forecasts that have reduced some farms' daily mortality by 35%! |
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Our First GrantMisool Foundation |
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We are happy to announce our first matching grant to support reef health and fish biomass studies in Misool Marine Reserve in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Misool Resort and Misool Foundation, are protecting the world's richest coral reefs and this grant will help to support that important work. |
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Research on Future InvestmentsBren School & 1,000 Oceans KPI Framework |
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Intern and SFOH team member Virginia Pan from the UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management is working hard to make your investments even more robust and impactful across diversified sectors of the Blue Economy. |
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Make a gift to the Ocean for World Oceans Day! |
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Please join our community as a donor investor New contributions made by June 15th, 2023 will be matched up to $25,000! Complete an ImpactAssets contribution form and Include the following: Account Name Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund, Account Number 433454. You may donate via ACH, check, or securities. ImpactAssets (a 501c3) will send a tax deduction confirmation letter for donations of $250 or more. Credit card donations can me made here For donation questions, email: clientservice@impactassets.org More information on donor levels can be found in our 2-pager We would be thrilled to have you join our global community of changemakers who are creating a meaningful difference in the health of our ocean and the millions of people who depend on it. |
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