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Grants

BlueInvest (EMFAF blue economy investment readiness)

BlueInvest

Status

Status not published

Readiness assistance runs in cohorts with periodic application windows; EMFAF blue economy grant calls are published annually by CINEA.

Open now

Amount

Not published

Two components: the BlueInvest readiness assistance programme (free coaching and investor matchmaking, no cash) and the BlueInvest Fund, an EIF equity mandate investing in VC funds that back blue economy companies. Separate EMFAF grant calls fund blue economy innovation projects with budgets set per call.

Funder

European Commission (DG MARE / CINEA) with the European Investment Fund

ppp · supranational

Deadline: rolling — Readiness assistance runs in cohorts with periodic application windows; EMFAF blue economy grant calls are published annually by CINEA.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Sectors: climate, agri, energy
Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a
Locally registered entity required

Blue economy companies (aquaculture, ocean energy, marine biotech, maritime digitalisation, coastal resilience) established in the EU.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://blueinvest-community.ec.europa.eu/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked