The Ocean Startup Project has named three winners – including Lillianah Technologies of Nova Scotia – in the latest round of its Amplify competition for early-stage oceantech companies.
The second round of Amplify funding supports startups working in clean energy, ocean data collection and waterway restoration. Each company can receive up to $25,000 to support pilot projects, customer demonstrations and early deployments.
The program is designed help startups validate their solutions with early customers and progress toward revenue, procurement and scale.
“Amplify is built for this pivotal stage, when breakthrough ocean technologies need more than capital alone,” said Executive Director Paula Mendonça in a statement. “By pairing targeted funding with a deeply connected national ecosystem, we help founders move from pilots to procurement, from validation to revenue, and from innovation to real-world impact.”
The new Amplify winners are:
· Lillianah Technologies – This company is focused on restoring polluted waterways using a proprietary biofiltration system based on diatoms, a type of microalgae. The system is designed to remove excess nitrogen, carbon and organic pollutants through a nature-based approach that requires relatively low capital investment and can be scaled for different environments.
· REPWR – Incorporated as Waabaag Energy Corp. in Ontario, REPWR is developing a modular solar energy system designed to be installed on shipping containers. The company’s container-based units are intended to provide renewable power for marine transportation and port logistics, offering a standardized system that can be rapidly deployed.
· Sailbotix – The British Columbia company is building compact autonomous vessels for offshore and nearshore ocean data collection. The company aims to make long-duration data gathering more accessible by reducing the cost and complexity associated with traditional ocean monitoring platforms.
With the addition of the three new companies, the Ocean Startup Project and its partners have now distributed $100,000 through the Amplify program, supporting a total of six Canadian ocean technology startups, the group said.
Amplify is structured to help companies move from research and development into early commercialization. In addition to funding, participating startups work with the Ocean Startup Project’s network of delivery partners to define and meet commercialization milestones, such as executing pilot projects, validating solutions with customers and preparing for deployment.
The Ocean Startup Project is a national organization that supports the growth of Canada’s ocean innovation sector by connecting startups with industry, government and academic partners.
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