The Mississippi Gulf Coast is the Innovation Gateway to the Gulf of Mexico
Mythos AI Inc.
Developing advanced automation and self-driving for vessels to increase the resiliency of our waterways and solve the workforce shortage. (HQ: Florida)
Levanta Tech
Developing a versatile drone that can float on the ocean, collect data, and fly swiftly on demand. (HQ: Missouri)
Creating dual-use passive acoustic sensing to protect biodiversity, reduce effects of anthropogenic noise on marine life, and enhance ocean safety and security. (HQ: Massachusetts)
SeaSats, Inc.
Developing high endurance, modular construction, and portability combine with a user-driven UI and easy payload integrations to create a uniquely powerful uncrewed surface vessel package. (HQ: California)
V2 Forensics
Developing innovations to access, extract, decrypt and parse data logs with high detail. The results are a single platform to reduce complexity and time when investigating uncrewed vessel activity as well as advance cybersecurity. (HQ: Mississippi)
Oscilla Power Inc.
Developing an advanced wave energy converter that can power an uncrewed vessel and unlock the tremendous renewable energy potential of the world’s oceans. (HQ: Washington)
COHORT – 1
DEMO DAY
Application to Cohort II
4 Months
Application Portal EXTENDED To
October 11, 2024
Post-Pilot Startups
Launching Concepts into Scalable Coastal Impact.
Startups who have a prototype and are ready to scale, are welcome to apply! Diverse applicants encouraged.
Driving economic growth with world-class coastal assets and expertise
The Gulf Blue Navigator is the Gulf of Mexico’s premier blue-tech accelerator program. It is the innovation gateway to the Gulf of Mexico, bringing startups, people, and jobs, to the Gulf Coast.
After Katrina and other events that significantly impacted the Gulf, USM asked what role they could play to drive economic development for the community and leverage the existing Coastal assets and expertise. USM, working with key regional stakeholders launched the Gulf Blue Initiative fulfilling the state’s Ocean Taskforce plan. As a key element of this initiative, the Gulf Blue Navigator provides programming for startup companies that can benefit from the Gulf Coast ecosystem.