Let’s dive into the possibilities.
Your gateway to a world of Blue
innovation and opportunity
Innofuse Blue brings together global best practices from the blue economy and entrepreneur supporting innovation programs, connecting with the blue business community providing opportunities to scale. We are committed to engaging the global ecosystem to lead blue and sustainable innovation projects in Portugal and beyond.
Aligned with an ocean of opportunities
Our innovation programs span across all sustainable Blue Economy categories, covering the full cycle from ideas to scalable solutions.
Aquaculture
Blue Biotechnology
Blue Renewable Energy
Blue Tech & Ocean Observation
Coastal & Maritime Tourism
Environmental Protection & Regeneration
Fisheries
Shipbuilding & Refit
Shipping & Ports
Water Management
Innofuse Blue programs
Together with expert partners, Innofuse Blue connects the Blue Business Community and bring the world’s best practices and acceleration programs to Portugal, scaling out sustainable solutions.
Incubator
The space and incubation services relevant for entrepreneurs participating in our programs, and for companies looking for a landing pad when entering the Portuguese and European Blue Economy.
Acelerator
90 day accelerator for startups working on solutions across all areas of the Sustainable Blue Economy including ocean, fresh water and coastal regions. Applications open Sep 2024 for program launch in January 2025.
Projects
Pilots and solution implementation.
Community
Platform and network that connects and empowers individuals, university partners and businesses to collaborate and create, fostering ocean literacy and ocean action.
Founded by pioneers in the Sustainable Blue Economy
Our mission is to embrace and infuse the Blue Economy in Portugal with global best practice innovation programs and practices to further scale sustainable blue solutions and business value to Portugal and beyond.
Susanne Wedin-Schildt
Susanne is an accomplished business leader with an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and a +30 years background from building, operating, and transforming multi-market businesses, particularly within transportation, logistics, telecommunications, energy, and financial services sectors.
She is a passionate advocate for sustainable and regenerative business evolution and leveraging IT to drive positive change. Her experience includes mentoring and advising startups, and seven years of expertise as a senior partner and trusted advisor to CxOs in digital strategy and transformation. Susanne is the founder and president of Ocean Community, a coalition member of 1000OceanStartUps, member of BlueBioAlliance, and she serves on the boards of WeDontHaveTime and Oceanovation.
Ann Lee Carpenter
Ann is a strategic and market-focused leader dedicated to fostering the global blue economy entrepreneur ecosystem with domain expertise in ocean tech/bluetech and adjacencies, together with extensive experience deploying projects in the ports/shipping industry.
Ann is also Founder and CEO of Braid Theory, a venture advisory and accelerator firm headquartered in Los Angeles. To further initiatives addressing global challenges and a more sustainable future, she also serves on the boards of Smart Freight Centre, Ocean Exchange, and Ocean Communit
Anchored in Portugal
Innofuse Blue Incubator and Accelerator is located in open and bright office space in Santos near the Tejo riverbank, only 20 minutes from Lisbon International Airport.
Our expansion is planned to be steps away with opportunities both on the Lisbon side, near the Port of Lisbon, as well as on the opposite side of the river, in Porto Brandão.
Interested in partnering with us? Let us know!
