Inspired. That’s the feeling we get from working closely with a room full of ambitious, climate-tech entrepreneurs during our most recent Ocean MBA.

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

Today, Propeller pushed an update to our website, revealing for the first time the portfolio we’ve been busy building. It’s an exciting day for us because what makes our work so satisfying is backing founders and the important work they’re doing.

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.