Everblue Impact Investing in Ocean Health |
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The Current Quarterly Newsletter May 2024 |
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We have been busy this quarter! Read on to learn more about our latest investments, the exciting new partners we’re collaborating with, our upcoming event on May 22 with powerful women leaders in ocean impact, and other ways we are working to support ocean health. Thanks for reading!
Laura Francis, Sea Forward Director P.S. I love growing our ocean impact network. Connect with me on LinkedIn. |
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Announcing Sea Forward’s Most Recent Investments |
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Blue Action Lab supports innovations in environmental sustainability across key sectors like ocean innovation, sustainable infrastructure, and carbon technologies. They offer investment, networking, and developmental support to businesses and foster community and government engagement through workforce and economic development in the blue and green economies. | | |
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Superorganism is the first venture firm specifically dedicated to promoting biodiversity. They concentrate on disrupting industries that significantly contribute to biodiversity loss by investing in startups offering innovative solutions. Their investment interests span across areas like agriculture, circular economy, cities, and pollution, with a keen focus on technologies that foster biodiversity and climate solutions. Their investments in Sway – which makes plastic replacement from seaweed – and Inversa, which makes luxury leather from invasive species, demonstrate their commitment to supporting biodiversity in the ocean space. | | |
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Sea Forward Match Opportunity Invest by June 1 |
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Sea Forward is collaborating with the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR)––a large-scale coalition of partners, including the United Nations and multiple governments––to aggregate tax-deductible contributions into the fund that will then be invested alongside private capital for the benefit of coastal ecosystems and communities in the developing tropics. In celebration of World Reef Awareness Day, Sea Forward will match the first 250K of investments made by June 1, 2024 that come into GFCR through Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund at ImpactAssets. Contact seaforwardfund@gmail.com to invest today. |
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Laura Joins Ocean Conservancy Board of Directors |
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Laura is thrilled to join the Ocean Conservancy Board of Directors. In this role, she will support efforts to mobilize ocean advocates around the world to create sound scientific policies, conduct critically needed scientific research, and develop impactful solutions that promote a healthier ocean, protected by a more just world. Over the past 50 years, Ocean Conservancy has made measurable progress in addressing significant threats facing our ocean––plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Laura is looking forward to working with the Ocean Conservancy team to amplify this impact and help secure a vibrant and thriving ocean for generations to come. |
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1000 Ocean Startups Impact Navigator Framework |
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Sea Forward is a member of 1000 Ocean Startups Coalition. Their Ocean Impact Navigator (OIN) digital tool streamlines the use and adoption of the established OIN Key Performance Indicator (KPI) framework and harmonizes impact reporting in the ocean innovation ecosystem with broader impact reporting standards. It will increase transparency, visibility and understanding of our collective work to sustain and regenerate ocean health. Sea Forward is committed to integrating the OIN digital tool as it fits into our unique impact measurement and management processes over time, and to actively support our partners' use of the tool as relevant to their impact strategies. We look forward to seeing how the adoption of the tool further contributes to the growth of the ocean impact innovation ecosystem. |
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Mark Your Calendar! May 22 Sea Forward Webinar |
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Become a Sea Forward Donor Today |
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Our global community of changemakers is creating a meaningful difference in the health of our ocean and the billions of people who depend on it. We would be thrilled to have you join! |
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Sea Forward invests in a healthy, sustainable ocean and climate. Each investment is sourced and recommended by thought leaders with deep expertise in ocean policy, research, philanthropy, investing and entrepreneurship. We focus on sustainable aquaculture, science-based monitoring tools, biodiversity, climate, and regenerative nature-based solutions. The Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund at Impact Assets (a 501(c)3) provides impact investors and philanthropists with a regenerative “everblue” charitable structure to contribute tax-deductible dollars into a collaborative, multi-donor advised fund. |
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