# Ocean Tech Investors Map 2026: 95 Investors Backing Ocean Tech Startups > The 95 investors that have backed two or more ocean tech startups worldwide, by kind: VC firms, accelerators and government funds and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-investors-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## VC firms 55 - [Katapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/katapult) - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) - [*E* EISMEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea) - [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) - [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) - [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) - [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) - [Future Planet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital) - [Go Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/go-capital) - [Seventure Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventure-partners) - [Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) - [TMV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tmv) - [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) - [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) - [*AC* Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic-canada-opportunities-agency) - [AgFunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder) - [Oceans](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oceans) - [Faber](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faber) - [The FSE Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-fse-group) - [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) - [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) - [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) - [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) - [Potato Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/potato-impact-partners) +31 more ## Accelerators 15 - [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) - [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) - [Indico Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indico-capital-partners) - [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) - [Beyond Next Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beyond-next-ventures-inc) - [Venture Kick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick) - [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) - [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) - [Hatch Blue Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hatch-blue) - [EIT Food RisingFoodstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eit-food-risingfoo) - [Parallel18](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parallel18) - [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) - [Bluepoint Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bluepoint) - [Cleantech Open](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleantech-open) ## Government funds 13 - [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) - [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) - [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) - [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) - [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) - [Innovation Norway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-norway) - [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) - [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) - [Development Bank of Wales](https://millionrounds.com/fund/development-bank-of-wales) - [EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/easme-eu-executi) - [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) - [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) - [National Wealth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-wealth-fund) ## Private equity and asset managers 7 - [Swen Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/swen-capital-partners) - [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) - [Business Growth Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) - [Mirova](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mirova) - [Maven Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-capital-partners) - [*SI* SL Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sl-investment) - [*SC* Standard Chartered Private Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-chartered-private-equity) ## Corporate investors 5 - [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) - [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) - [*VS* Valor Siren Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-siren-ventures) - [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) - [*IC* IBK Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibk-capital) ## Segment by segment ### VC firms 55 investors - [**Katapult**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/katapult) VC firm Norway 12 backed - [**Techstars**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm United States 7 backed - [*E* **EISMEA**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eismea) Investment firm - 6 backed - [**Innovate UK**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) VC firm United Kingdom 6 backed - [**Callaghan Innovation**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Investment firm New Zealand 5 backed - [**Bossa Invest**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm Brazil 4 backed - [**The Yield Lab**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) VC firm United States 4 backed - [**Future Planet Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/future-planet-capital) VC firm United Kingdom 4 backed ### Accelerators 15 investors - [**MassChallenge**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) Accelerator United States 7 backed - [**Y Combinator**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator United States 6 backed - [**Creative Destruction Lab**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator Canada 5 backed - [**Indico Capital Partners**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indico-capital-partners) Accelerator Portugal 4 backed - [**Plug and Play**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator United States 4 backed - [**Beyond Next Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beyond-next-ventures-inc) Accelerator Japan 3 backed - [**Venture Kick**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick) Accelerator Switzerland 3 backed - [**Neo**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) Accelerator United States 2 backed ### Government funds 13 investors - [**EIC Accelerator**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) Government fund European Union 11 backed - [**National Science Foundation**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government fund United States 7 backed - [**Bpifrance**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Government fund France 7 backed - [**US Department of Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) Government fund United States 4 backed - [**European Investment Bank**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) Government fund Luxembourg 3 backed - [**Innovation Norway**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-norway) Government fund Norway 3 backed - [**Scottish Enterprise**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) Government fund United Kingdom 3 backed - [**Export Development Canada**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government fund Canada 2 backed ### Private equity and asset managers 7 investors - [**Swen Capital Partners**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/swen-capital-partners) Asset manager France 4 backed - [**Gaingels**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity United States 4 backed - [**Business Growth Fund**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bgf) Private equity United Kingdom 3 backed - [**Mirova**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mirova) Private equity France 2 backed - [**Maven Capital Partners**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maven-capital-partners) Private equity United Kingdom 2 backed - [*SI* **SL Investment**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sl-investment) Private equity United States 2 backed - [*SC* **Standard Chartered Private Equity**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-chartered-private-equity) Private equity - 2 backed ### Corporate investors 5 investors - [**Rabobank**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) Corporate investor Netherlands 3 backed - [**Endeavor Catalyst**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) Corporate investor United States 3 backed - [*VS* **Valor Siren Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-siren-ventures) Corporate investor United States 2 backed - [**Chevron Technology Ventures**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chevron-technology-ventures) Corporate investor United States 2 backed - [*IC* **IBK Capital**](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ibk-capital) Corporate investor South Korea 2 backed **How this map is made.** Every investor here has backed two or more startups on our ocean tech map, in rounds we track. Grouped by the kind of investor, each ranked by how many of these companies it has backed. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Ocean tech market map** 331 startups · 6 segments · $8.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-market-map)[New wave **New ocean tech startups, founded 2020 on** 105 startups · 6 segments · $3.9B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-ocean-tech-startups-market-map)[Raised in 2026 **Ocean tech startups that raised in 2026** 56 startups · 6 segments · $3.0B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-raised-2026-market-map)[Market map · Europe **Ocean tech market map: Europe** 167 startups · 6 segments · $2.4B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-europe-market-map)[Market map · United States **Ocean tech market map: United States** 89 startups · 6 segments · $4.0B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-united-states-market-map)[Market map · United Kingdom **Ocean tech market map: United Kingdom** 55 startups · 6 segments · $830M](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ocean-tech-united-kingdom-market-map) ## Who backs ocean tech? 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