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17 Dec

San Diego-Based StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator Awarded $13.5M Grant

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsaccelerator, grants, noaa, startblue

The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator, a business accelerator at the UC San Diego-Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Rady School of Management, is receiving $13.5 million in federal funding to help grow the Blue Economy, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced Dec. 9. The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator is one of four such programs in the nation to receive the funding. The others are located in Chicago, Florida and Massachusetts. “This program is the first of its kind at NOAA,” NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said. “We are bringing the public and private sectors together to create sustainable business models, for…

12 Sep

Applications Open for Upcoming Blue Economy Accelerator Program

Mark Edward NeroNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsaccelerator, startblue, ucsd

Entrepreneurs with startups that are tackling an ocean-related challenge with a science-and- engineering-based solution now have a new opportunity to gain knowledge and support. Applications are currently being accepted for free participation in the upcoming cohort of StartBlue, a blue-tech-focused program that’s offered by a University of California, San Diego accelerator program, in partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Rady School of Management. Applications for the upcoming cohort opened Sept.1 and are being accepted through Oct. 31. The program is scheduled to run January-June 2024. StartBlue focuses on company formation, bringing Scripps science and Rady entrepreneurship curriculum to teams…