In the last 60 years, natural disasters, driven by climate change, are punishing coastlines at a far greater rate than inland disasters (see graph). Furthermore, the extremes of these events will worsen and may likely increase in frequency. Not to mention the fact that 40% of the world’s population lives in, commutes through, works around, and is otherwise part of this impact zone.

Rewind is accelerating the natural process of taking terrestrial waste from the field or forest, to the bottom of the ocean.

Circle Seafoods is rethinking the Alaskan salmon supply chain with ocean-going, blast-freezing barges. Location: Aberdeen, WA, USA How we met: Through mutual friends in our network. Propeller theme: Ocean Organics Propeller investment stage: Seed

Aquatic Labs is making ocean sensing capabilities scalable for marine carbon dioxide removal. Location: Cambridge, MA, USA How we met: Aquatic knew us through a mutual acquaintance, and attended our first OceanMBA. Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon Propeller investment stage: Seed

Hum.ai builds foundation models for vision. Location: Waterloo, Canada How we met: We originally met at a conference, and encouraged them to attend our Ocean MBA. Propeller theme: Ocean Carbon, Organics, Industrials Propeller investment stage: Pre-seed