--- title: Propeller Blog | Founders description: Founders | Propeller's blog includes updates from our portfolio, new investments, and thought leadership from Propeller's perspective investing at the ocean's edge. image: https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Waves%20Banner%202x1-1.png --- [![Propeller Logo](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/PRO-HubUI-CHAD%20EDIT/images/logo_propeller.svg) PROPELLER](https://propellervc.com/) [Portfolio](https://propellervc.com/portfolio) [Team](https://propellervc.com/about) More [Press](https://propellervc.com/press-room) [Blog](https://propellervc.com/blog) [Ocean MBA](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean-mba) MENU [PITCH US](https://propellervc.com/pitch) [![Propeller Logo](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/PRO-HubUI-CHAD%20EDIT/images/logo_propeller.svg) PROPELLER](https://propellervc.com/) CLOSE [Portfolio](https://propellervc.com/portfolio) [Team](https://propellervc.com/about) [Press](https://propellervc.com/press-room) [Blog](https://propellervc.com/blog) [Ocean MBA](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean-mba) [PITCH US](https://propellervc.com/pitch) ![Background Logo](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/PRO-HubUI-CHAD%20EDIT/images/logo_propeller.svg) # Founders Posts filed under this topic. 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[Technology](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/technology) [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [The Weighing Machine: earth’s physical shifting realities are shifting markets](https://propellervc.com/blog/the-weighing-machine) When I was 13, my dad gave me Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor (nerd alert in the Fox household). Ostensibly this is one of Warren Buffet’s favorite books and was to be the undergirding for sound financial... ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/b9b3482ecf341e32013a53cee5f60693) Steven Fox Oct 14, 2025 [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Investing](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/investing) ## [Ocean Innovation is All Over the Climate Market Map](https://propellervc.com/blog/the-climate-market-map) Each year, our friends at CTVC release the iconic “climate market map”—a crisp snapshot of where innovation and capital are flowing across seven key sectors: Energy, Transportation, Food and Ag, Industry, Built... ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Eliza%20Headshot%20(1).png) Eliza Harrison Jun 24, 2025 [Technology](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/technology) [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [Rethinking Ocean Energy, Part 2: Where the Energy Goes](https://propellervc.com/blog/energy-demand) In part one of this series, I explored how we're rethinking sources of ocean energy — from thermal gradients to nuclear SMRs to currents. But understanding energy in the ocean means looking at both sides of the... ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/b9b3482ecf341e32013a53cee5f60693) Steven Fox Jun 2, 2025 [Technology](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/technology) [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [Rethinking Ocean Energy, Part 1: A New Way of Looking at How the Energy Transition will be Powered](https://propellervc.com/blog/coastal-climate-adaption-0) When most people think of energy from the ocean, four primary sources typically come to mind: offshore wind, offshore oil and gas, wave, and tidal power. And for good reason — these are the legacy sectors that have... ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/b9b3482ecf341e32013a53cee5f60693) Steven Fox May 14, 2025 [Propeller](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/propeller) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) ## [Propeller at SFCW 2025 "What does it mean to lead in this climate?"](https://propellervc.com/blog/sfcw2025) “In the ocean, no two waves are the same, and no two days are the same.” Wise words from professional big-wave surfer Greg Long and that was just one of many lessons learned from a life in the ocean that are extremely... ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Compressed%20by%20Shira/Reece%20Pacheco.jpg) Reece Pacheco Apr 28, 2025 [Ocean MBA](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean-mba) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) ## [2024 Ocean MBA Wrap Up](https://propellervc.com/blog/2024-ocean-mba) 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. ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Compressed%20by%20Shira/Reece%20Pacheco.jpg) Reece Pacheco Jun 4, 2024 [Technology](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/technology) [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [Coastal Climate Adaptation is a Market, Too!](https://propellervc.com/blog/coastal-climate-adaption) 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... ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/b9b3482ecf341e32013a53cee5f60693) Steven Fox Feb 8, 2024 [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Investing](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/investing) ## [How We Invest](https://propellervc.com/blog/how-we-invest) Here’s a quick profile on how we invest at Propeller for founders seeking funding or for investors seeking to syndicate with us. Note: We’re speaking generally here. We sometimes draw outside the lines. ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Compressed%20by%20Shira/Reece%20Pacheco.jpg) Reece Pacheco Jan 23, 2024 [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Founders](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders) [WHOI](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/whoi) [science](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/science) [hackathon](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/hackathon) [CDR](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/cdr) ## [Five key considerations for advancing ocean CDR from top ocean scientists](https://propellervc.com/blog/ocean_cdr_hackathon) Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has been a hot topic lately, as many sustainability experts look beyond reducing greenhouse gas emissions for mitigating climate change. ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/IMG_2732%20copy.jpeg) Senna Ohlsson May 23, 2023 [All posts](https://propellervc.com/blog/all) [Next](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/founders/page/2) [![Propeller Logo](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/PRO-HubUI-CHAD%20EDIT/images/logo_propeller.svg) PROPELLER](https://propellervc.com/) © 2026 Propeller All Rights Reserved. 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