Samudra Oceans

Everyone thinks the Amazon is Earth’s lungs. It’s not. The oceans produce more than 50% of the oxygen we breathe. At Climate Tech Time, my good friend Joyeeta Das from SamudraOceans came back to the stage to give a mind-blowing talk on why our blue planet needs more attention. And one of the most scalable ways to draw down carbon and build climate resilience is seaweed farming! Here’s what you need to know about seaweed: 🌱 Seaweed is a zero-input crop that captures up to 50x more carbon than an equivalent patch of rainforest 👩🌾 It can generate green jobs across coastal communities and small island nations 🤖 Samudra Oceans has created container-sized, AI-driven ocean farms that monitor and optimise themselves. Kind of like “baby monitors for seaweed” 👶🏻 Her question was simple but unforgettable: “Why are we farming seaweed like it’s the 1800s?” If you care about blue carbon, biodiversity, or just want to fall in love with the ocean again, you need to watch her talk. 🎥 Watch Joyeeta’s full session here: https://lnkd.in/dZ4Kk7sR P.S. If you want to see talks like this in person, you can still nab a ticket for tonight’s climate tech time! Join us by signing up here: https://lnkd.in/dXG4Kv56 #BlueCarbon #ClimateTech #Ocean

In addition to the 7 finalists for the 2025 Wilkes Climate Launch Prize, we are recognizing 8 semi-finalists who received a $1,000 scholarship to join the unique Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the U’s David Eccles School of Business, an accredited, one-year degree program for serious entrepreneurs committed to growing their startup company. The Semi-finalists are: 🌍 CarbonIn Earth 🌎 Mati Carbon 🌏 NovFeed 🌍 Palki Motors Limited 🌎 SamudraOceans 🌏 SorbiForce 🌍 ThermoTerra 🌎 Anonymous Learn more about the prize on our website https://lnkd.in/dBGH-U_m University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business University of Utah College of Science

I am at the United Nations #Geneva I have been given the floor for #BlueFinance Section where I am inputting into the report for #financing into the #Blue sector ( or lack there of ) and adding concrete recommendations for change at various levels in members states and #private sector. A ' just energy transition is a balanced transition ' -I spoke about lack of right asset classes to invest in #blue #economy , the poor performance of the few ineffective ones . How many blue bonds have we seen? What is the % of #coinvestment private sector has done along with pilot-public #grants and others as a fraction of what they invest in non-carbon tracked investments and should this not be incentivised ( or penalised?) How can we create notional and legal maturity models for cover ratios in asset backed ocean financing that will have a wide range of variability given the nature of the work? Can we marry #space with #agritech and learn? This is my second time at Palais De Nations and the continued engagement gives me much hope at depressing times for the #climatetech sector. The crisis is real but the solutions are not backing down.. we are fighting for the planet and our children and our own future. Thanks UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Zarja Vojta and Carmen for the continue support in providing me the platform Hamish Stewart Deepak Shakya

With thanks 🙏 to the #GSTCE organisers in Singapore this week, to the kindness of #ESA to showcase SamudraOceans along as one of their prizewinning startups, I had a fantastic few days in #Singapore with a high level of engagement on the topic of seaweed farming and carbon markets. If you were there and we missed a chance to connect, please feel free to do so. More details of why Samudra Oceans were there in my earlier post : https://lnkd.in/eNAvWfY5

Igniting Change: A Fireside Chat with SFSD Entrepreneurs that Sparked Inspiration 🎇 This week in London, we had the privilege of hosting a captivating fireside chat with remarkable social entrepreneurs participating in our SFSD program: Andy Wilton, Louise Parlons Bentata, Jade Bouhmouch, Joyeeta Das, Paul Coker. Their stories of courage, innovation, and unwavering dedication to creating positive change resonated deeply with everyone present, including our dedicated Google volunteers. We heard firsthand about the hurdles they've faced, the creative solutions they've developed, and the profound impact they're making in their communities. Their insights illuminated the true meaning of social entrepreneurship: building a business AND building a better world is a challenge for few daring teams! “Picking your fights”, “handling impact investors with the assumption they would look at your business as any other investor", “making hard decisions on people to migrate from building to scaling” are few of the quotes we’ll bring home and will inspire new ways to support our exceptional startup cohort. We're incredibly proud to support these extraordinary individuals on their journey, and we're grateful to our Google volunteers for their invaluable contributions to this program. Together, we're building a future where business is a force for good. Thanks a million Bluemethane, CUR8, FarmSmarterApp, Revalue, SamudraOceans for your contributions, and thanks a lot to all our UK-based SFSD startups and our Google volunteers for making the discussion so engaging. #GoogleStartupsForSustainableDevelopment #SFSD

Really enjoyed representing Revalue in a fireside chat at Google yesterday, alongside some brilliant climate entrepreneurs, to talk about some of the challenges and opportunities of innovating in this space. Beyond the challenges of building a startup in a space that pushes for impact while also demanding commercial (and sometimes more than commercial) returns, one of the overriding take-aways for me was the need to build trust and overcome in-built biases. We as a climate community need to drive mass trust in innovations like methane solutions that can deliver exceptional impact and hardware solutions to develop blue carbon at scale, rebuild confidence in carbon markets, and overcome colonial biases preventing us from unlocking Africa's potential. Each piece is a critical part of the wider puzzle of tackling climate change. Knowing that we can play a pivotal role in this wider puzzle is a big driver for the work that we're doing at Revalue , building the most scientifically rigorous credits in the market. We're proving what is possible when exceptional multi-disciplinary teams come together around a common goal, and are excited to partner with this wider ecosystem to move mountains. Thank you for organizing this Irwin Boutboul , excited for the next one.