Learn about offshore renewable energy innovations from the winners of Startup Alley!
For the fourth year, Oceantic Network has partnered with SeaAhead, a bluetech open innovation platform that helps to build and catalyze startups in ocean industries and ocean sustainability.
SeaAhead has selected seven (7) startup companies to deliver five-minute pitches to IPF attendees. Congratulations to the following companies who have been selected to present their business innovations at 2025 IPF! Companies will present their pitches during two “Pitch and Brew” sessions on Tuesday, April 29 and Wednesday, April 30, at 3 p.m. each day. View the full IPF agenda.
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2025 Startup Alley Pitches
Coastal Measures
CUMULUS replaces the old paradigm where every sensor sends data in proprietary formats to siloed data repositories. Instead, an innovative plugin architecture lets sensor vendors integrate directly into CUMULUS to reduce their data management costs by more than 30% while staying focused on creating state-of-the-art hardware. CUMULUS delivers a unified data stream from any sensor, private or public, that is immediately ready for AI or other analytics to support decision-making. Whether it is to enable our renewable energy industry or mitigating risk for coastal communities, Coastal Measures is making ocean data work better right now.
Crewless Marine
Crewless Marine equips unmanned platforms with underwatering monitoring capabilities for maritime security. We provide affordable and scalable hydrophone arrays and software to detect and localize sources of underwater noise across multiple platforms.
Deep Anchor Solutions
Deep Anchor Solutions accelerates floating renewables with the Deeply Embedded Ring Anchor (DERA) – a compact, cost-effective, and sustainable anchoring system. DERA reduces costs by up to 75%, eliminates the need for port upgrades, protects marine life, and supports local economies, making floating renewables more scalable and viable.
Equinox Ocean Turbines
Ocean currents offer a consistent, round-the-clock energy source, providing robust and predictable baseload power. Our proprietary two-stage turbine technology concentrates energy before harvesting, maximizing efficiency and scalability. By leveraging proven materials and designs from other renewable sectors, we ensure a cost-effective and sustainable solution. The first commercial turbine will be launched in 2027 with a power production of up to 3 megawatts.
MMSeas
MM-SEAS USCG Licensing Software simplifies the process of obtaining and maintaining U.S. Coast Guard licenses for both mariners and maritime employers. Mariners benefit from clear guidance, document tracking, and sea service calculations, while employers can ensure crew MMC compliance. Offering “Stress-Free MMC submissions,” the MM-SEAS team provides a unique advantage by double-checking applications for common errors, paying correct federal fees, submitting the MMC application to the Coast Guard, and proactively tracking it. Should any issues arise, the MM-SEAS team actively works with the USCG to resolve them, ensuring a smooth and efficient process for its customers.
Orpheus Ocean
Orpheus Ocean is enabling ultra-scalable access to seafloor environments. Powered by a constellation of unique autonomous vehicles, we streamline the acquisition of critical environmental, biological, and geotechnical data with high-resolution benthic surveys, seabed sample collection, and long-duration monitoring.
Sperra
Inadequate port infrastructure and supply chain capacity for foundation manufacturing and turbine assembly are some of the most critical impediments to floating offshore wind. U.S. ports need affordable and fast infrastructure upgrade solutions. This pitch will describe a versatile, Jones-Act-compliant, modular, floating concrete dock that can be used to manufacture, launch, and retrieve concrete floating wind foundations. It sidesteps dredging, infilling, and constructing the wharves conventionally needed to manufacture and deploy foundations, accelerating floating wind deployments by up to 10 years and reducing infrastructure costs up to 90%.
