"The ocean provides half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs 30% of our carbon emissions, and helps control the planet's climate. By 2030, it's expected to support a $3.2 trillion Blue Economy. Yet 70% of proven ocean solutions, such as coastal resilience, coral restoration, and marine pollution cleanup, never move past the pilot stage. These projects often win awards and get media attention, but then stall because funding systems don't connect working ideas with the cities, ports, and coastal areas that need them."
"The first Okhtapus Global Replicator will launch in 2026. It will bring groups of proven innovators to work on important projects in specific places, such as a single port city like Barcelona, where Okhtapus already has strong partnerships, or a group of Caribbean islands facing similar problems. The aim is to have enough successful projects that funders stop asking 'where are the deals?' and start saying 'we've got enough.'"
The ocean supplies half of human oxygen, absorbs 30% of carbon emissions, and helps regulate global climate while supporting a projected $3.2 trillion Blue Economy by 2030. Seventy percent of proven ocean solutions do not progress beyond pilot stage because funding systems fail to connect working solutions with cities, ports, and coastal areas that need them. Okhtapus links innovators with proven solutions, implementer cities and ports, and funders seeking reliable projects. The first Global Replicator will launch in 2026 to place groups of proven innovators into defined locations. The platform targets late-stage startups and scale-ups in a replication-ready Goldilocks zone, packaging multiple solutions into investor portfolios for measurable urban, port, and island resilience impact. The Okhtapus co-founder brings two decades of experience at the intersection of climate resilience and policy and participated in the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force.
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