Calcarea captures and stores emissions from maritime shipping by harnessing the Earth’s natural response to excess CO2. Location: Los Angeles, CA How we met: A friend asked Reece if he'd "heard what Jess is working on?" Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon Propeller investment stage: Seed

Fleet Robotics is creating a new generation of autonomous mobile robots that go where humans can’t, starting with the maritime industry. Location: Boston, MA, USA How we met: We met Sidney at a virtual event and had an intro call just as he was starting up. Propeller theme: Ocean Industrials Propeller investment stage: Seed

Ebb Carbon is pioneering a new method of ocean-based carbon removal by enhancing the ocean’s natural ability to safely store CO2, while reducing ocean acidity. Location: San Francisco, CA, USA How we met: We met through our network of ocean partner orgs. Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon Propeller investment stage: A Prime

Banyu Carbon uses a novel photochemical process that harnesses light to capture carbon dioxide that can then be stored permanently. Location: Seattle, WA How we met: Banyu reached us at Propellervc.com , and was selected to attend our Ocean MBA. Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon Propeller investment stage: Seed

Navier is America’s next generation maritime company. Location: San Francisco, CA, USA How we met: One of our LP’s introduced Reece. He took one ride on the N30 and was hooked. Propeller theme: Ocean Industrials Propeller investment stage: Seed

CarbonRun uses river restoration techniques to perform carbon dioxide removal. Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada How we met: CarbonRun was introduced to us through our network and participated in our Ocean MBA. Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon Propeller investment stage: Pre-Seed

Propeller's Ocean MBA - a three day mini MBA for ocean-entrepreneurs - kicked off in June 2022 with a stellar cohort of founders, and daily guest speakers on startups, and scaling innovation.