By ocean innovators we mean someone developing a solution in, with or for the ocean. What unites our innovators are the context, domains, skills, challenges, customers and impact. People in our community include startup founders, CTOs, researchers, experts within small and large businesses and people who are simply great a spotting opportunities or solving problems. Most people in our community have a product, service or tool that’s at least at prototype stage. Some are commercial, others are charitable and they are a mix of hardware, software, services and social innovations.

You can choose a subscription duration and recurrence that suits you. For Australian individuals and ventures the costs are:

• (Lite) $150 + GST annually
• $150 + GST monthly
• $250 + GST quarterly
• $850 + GST annually

Discounts may be offered to charities, participants in some initiatives, incubators and accelerators, For Blue clients and international community members. Email [email protected] for further information on those offers.

A Standard membership of chamber of commerce or industry association would usually cost you $500 and enable you to receive representation, access to events and an email once a month. We offer that for $150 year.

For our regular tiers we super-charge membership with additional value:

• 1:1 support to grow your venture via Office Hours and email,
• Access to the current information on hundreds of sources of funding, partnerships, grants and support,
• 20% off events like Engineering Ocean Solutions, BioInnovation Festival, State of the Blue Economy and more,
• Up to 50% subsidies for your export market development activities (with conditions, and while available).

Any one of these things would cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars in a single instance or single month of effort:

• Finding, filtering, vetting, understanding and matching hundreds of potential sources of funding, support and investment,
• Identifying, contacting, meeting and building trust with the right handful amongst thousands of potential customers, collaborators or suppliers,
• Getting advice and mentoring from people with understanding of your technology, market, circumstances, and who have good judgement based on lived experience.

‘Lite’ membership only includes access to the email list, LinkedIn group and Salons. Lite excludes access to:

• Monthly 1:1 support
• Databases of resources, events and members
• Event discounts
• Subsidies for Missions and Export Market Development

Yes, we offer trials with access limited to specific features. You can select a 7-day trial of the monthly membership. Contact us if you have other queries: [email protected]

Yes. You can pay up to 75% of the costs of subscription with a redeemable SAFE note. This is a standard template, used with many of our and other investors portfolio companies already and only takes a few minutes to set up. A redeemable SAFE enables you to: defer payment until your next raise, pay when have revenue, pay with equity. Contact us if you want to use that option: [email protected]

The Monthly, Quarterly and Annual subscriptions include up to three people from the same organisation. After subscribing with one primary contact the other two can be added, and changed if needed. The Lite subscription is for one organisation and limited to one person.