--- title: Propeller Blog | Startups description: Startups | 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) # Startups Posts filed under this topic. 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[Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Investing](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/investing) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [Dual-Use, Ocean Innovation, and the Climate Transition](https://propellervc.com/blog/dual-use-ocean-innovation-and-the-climate-transition) It is difficult to miss the proliferation of companies building new autonomous surface and underwater vessels (ASVs and AUVs), and associated robotics. This cohort of startups raised approximately $3Bn over the last... ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Rodrigo.webp) Rodrigo Prudencio Sep 3, 2026 [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Investing](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/investing) [Climate](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/climate) ## [Can the ocean still beat the heat?](https://propellervc.com/blog/can-the-ocean-still-beat-the-heat) The dog days of summer have new meaning. The heatwaves we're living through aren't weather anymore — they're a signal. And the signal correlates, directly and unforgivingly, with global warming, which correlates,... ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/b9b3482ecf341e32013a53cee5f60693) Steven Fox Aug 13, 2026 [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 [Ocean MBA](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean-mba) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [Investing](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/investing) ## [Diving In - What A Summer in Climate Venture Really Teaches](https://propellervc.com/blog/what-a-summer-in-climate-venture-really-teaches) Venture-backable climate startups span everything from alternative plastics and water filtration to building materials and green chemicals. Over the past few months, I’ve helped Propeller recruit and screen founders for... ![](https://propellervc.com/hubfs/Eliza%20Headshot%20(1).png) Eliza Harrison Aug 22, 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 [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 [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) ## [Gotham's Next Tech Wave](https://propellervc.com/blog/nyc-oceantech-summit) If I asked you to pick three US cities with the strongest “ocean” vibes, you would probably name San Diego, Miami, LA, maybe even Boston. New York likely wouldn’t cross your mind - but that may be changing. In the past... Jake Russell Jun 3, 2024 [Technology](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/technology) [Ocean](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/ocean) [WHOI](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/whoi) [Startups](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups) [science](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/science) ## [Final Frontier? Space tech demonstrates how to unleash the Blue Economy](https://propellervc.com/blog/final-frontier-space-tech-demonstrates-how-to-unleash-the-blue-economy) Reducing “launch costs” for ocean tech will unlock the blue economy, the same way the private space sector led to a boom in orbital observation and communications. Jake Russell Feb 28, 2024 [All posts](https://propellervc.com/blog/all) [Next](https://propellervc.com/blog/tag/startups/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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