January 2023 Newsletter

 BlueImpact - Review of 2022 

 

BlueImpact Platform, 

managed by Ocean Assets Group, 

presents impact deals to investors

in Asia-Pacific’s Blue Economy.

 BlueImpact platform was launched with the support of Asian Development Bank (ADB), UN Development Program (UNDP) and UN Environmental Program (UNEP) in January 2022. Our mission is to support Asia’s blue economy by engaging with global investors on behalf of curated deals raising $100K -$10M for growth and impact.
 

During 2022, we saw progress in all aspects of the BlueImpact mission:

 

Deal Pipeline: Over 40 deals are under review from all blue economy sectors

Investment Readiness: 7 deals are benefiting from expert advice 

Investor Engagement: Over 100 investors review our deals for growth and impact

Policy Support: 4 Asia-Pacific governments joined webinars hosted by UNDP

 

Looking ahead, we invite stakeholders in finance and industry to contact us as we continue to build our deal pipeline, industry and investor partnerships. 

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7 commercial enterprises 

in 6 growing countries 

across several Blue sectors

SCALING SEAWEED PRODUCTION

Company HQ: Indonesia

Project Countries: Indonesia

Primary Sector: Seafood/BioTech

Segments: Seaweed

Tech Readiness Level: 9

Capital Goal: $4M

Series: Series A

Asset Class: Debt, Equity & Grants

 
SEA-01

EMPOWERING SEAWEED FARMERS

Company HQ: Singapore

Project Countries: Indonesia, India, Philippines

Primary Sector: Digital Technology

Segments: Seaweed & Aquaculture

Tech Readiness Level: 6

Capital Goal: $3M

Series: Seed

Asset Class: Equity

 
SEA-02

RECYCLING WASTE

Company HQ: Indonesia

Project Countries: Indonesia

Primary Sector: Waste Management

Segments: Recycling

Tech Readiness Level: 9

Capital Goal: $1M

Series: Series A

Asset Class: Equity & Debt

 
SEA-05

MANAGING WASTE

Company HQ: Indonesia

Project Countries: Indonesia

Primary Sector: Digital Technology

Segments: Waste Management

Tech Readiness Level: 9

Capital Goal: $1.5M

Series: Series A

Asset Class: Equity or Debt

 
SEA-17

FREEZING SUSTAINABLY-CAUGHT TUNA

Company HQ: Maldives

Project Countries: Maldives

Primary Sector: Seafood

Segments: Processing, Fishing & Energy

Tech Readiness Level: 9

Capital Goal: $6M

Series: Series B

Asset Class: Debt

 
SA-01

GROWING SUSTAINABLE AQUATIC FEEDS

Company HQ: Bangladesh

Project Countries: Bangladesh

Primary Sector: Seafood, Waste Management & Ecotourism

Segments: Seaweed & Shrimp, Waste, Ecotourism

Tech Readiness Level: 5

Capital Goal: $5M

Series: Seed

Asset Class: Debt & Equity

 
SA-05

PROTECTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Company HQ: France

Project Countries: Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines

Primary Sector: Marine Ecosystems

Segments: MPAs & Resilience

Tech Readiness Level: 9

Capital Goal: $4M

Series: Series A

Asset Class: Debt

 
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Webinar Series: Lessons Learned

Our sponsor, UNDP, hosted a BlueImpact webinar series in 2022 with policy makers, project managers and investors. Valuable lessons learned from this series encourage us to: 

 

Reduce the financing gap for impactful blue economy SMEs

Encourage enabling conditions by countries to facilitate private capital investment 

Engage with industry to support scalable solutions in all maritime sectors

Manage expectations of the financiers regarding impact investing and SMEs

Help create blended finance vehicles to speed SME solutions to the SDGs

Upcoming Events

AspBAN Bootcamp, Lisbon, Portugal

23-26 January 2023

Ocean Assets Institute is actively engaged with this EC consortium to create blue economy growth around the ports on the EU’s Atlantic coast. The first Bootcamp for 30 startups selected and groomed by the AspBAN mentor network (ports, companies, R&D entities, and investment funds). Joan Fulton represented OAI at this event.

OECD Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference

31 January - 1 February 2023

“Time to step up Private Finance for the SDGs.” Annual virtual event for all stakeholders.

High-Level Investor Forum on The New Ocean Energy Economy

7 February 2023

Hosted by Asian Development Bank. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Joan Fulton will speak on the panel: Financing the New Ocean Energy and Blue Economies.

10th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo

27 February - 1 March 2023

Michael Adams will speak on the panel: Scaling Private Sector Blue Finance.

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