Katapult Ocean

We believe in a world where a thriving ocean is in harmony with economic development. That is why we invest in and support startups that have a positive impact on our ocean.

Katapult Ocean is the world’s most active ocean impact venture fund manager. We invest in and accelerate impact companies that restore ocean health, combat climate and biodiversity loss, and ensure access to sustainable food and clean water.

Impactful Innovations Day

Bringing together changemakers, global leaders, and investors to focus on transformative ocean solutions during the 2025 UN Ocean Conference.
Join us aboard the legendary tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, docked at the harbor in Nice for a full day of collaborative sessions and networking.

Come aboard morning, lunch, afternoon, or evening. Sessions and activities happening throughout the day.

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Discover the future of ocean innovation

Watch the 2024 Katapult Ocean Investor Day recording and meet our cohort of promising companies, all with solutions for positive ocean impact.

Selected portfolio companies

A thriving ocean in harmony with economic development

From sustainable seaweed production to combating microplastic pollution to offshore wind power infrastructure, Katapult Ocean’s portfolio companies simultaneously represent the vanguard of impact ocean tech and the greatest opportunity for investment. Learn more about our portfolio companies, get in touch with our investment team or apply to join our accelerator program.

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    Application

    Are you a for profit startup with a positive impact on the ocean looking for funding? Our Ocean Accelerator Program is now open for applications. The program is designed for ocean startups working in the fields of food, transport, energy, natural assets, infrastructure and new frontiers.

    Apply

  • Screening

    Our investment decision process includes several interviews where you will get to present yourself and your company and get to know our team. Interviews will contribute to our insight and assessment to team quality, impact potential, your product, business model, scalability & accelerator fit.

  • Due diligence

    Due diligence means understanding your organisation’s current situation and what is required in order to reach both business and technological milestones. The global potential of your company is also assessed.

    We additionally conduct a deep dive impact screening to assess the overall impact of your operations and how aligned and integrated it is with the company strategy.

  • Investment

    We invest in all the companies that take part in our accelerator program. The ticket size varies from € 150 000 – 500 000, which we invest in your company in return for equity. We do charge a program fee which covers the cost of running the accelerator, but this can be deducted from our investment.

  • Accelerator

    In addition to investment into your company, you will take part in a comprehensive accelerator program tailored to ocean startups.

    During the program you will get hands-on mentorship from top global subject matter experts, serial entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors as well as access to pilot customers, test environments and real data.

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  • Investor day

    The program runs for 3 months and ends with an exclusive event for active and ocean relevant investors, where where you will get the opportunity to pitch to impact investors from all over the world.

  • Follow-on investment

    Katapult is raising a follow-on fund to increase our post-program capabilities and support our best performers. We plan to make investments in companies together with another lead investor, in Series A or similar sized rounds with a ticket size of €1.5-4.0M.

Application

Are you a for profit startup with a positive impact on the ocean looking for funding? Our Ocean Accelerator Program is now open for applications. The program is designed for ocean startups working in the fields of food, transport, energy, natural assets, infrastructure and new frontiers.

Apply
Mountains behind ocean

Invest, Catalyse and Steward

We invest in startups that build profitable businesses with a positive impact on our ocean.

We catalyse capital, talent, companies and startups to accelerate the blue shift in the ocean industries.

We steward ocean tech startups to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals with a main focus on SDG 14, Life Below Water.

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Founding partner

We are proud to be working with our founding partner WWF-Norway.

Ocean team