Blue Innovation Fund is a Founder to Pre-Seed fund investing in innovations re-imagining and transforming the Blue Economy. We work across both industry and climate, believing they need to work together to achieve shared environmental goals and prosperity.

Re-imagining The Blue Economy

Our Why

Blue Innovation Fund came from our deep belief that the Blue Economy represents a massive, global industrial transformation, creating both venture scale investment opportunities and opportunities to positively change our relationship with our natural environments.

Today….

Each of these sector challenges presents the chance to re-imagine the Blue Economy, one where economic needs can be balanced with the needs of the natural ecosystems we require to thrive as a society and as a species.

At Blue Innovation Fund, our foundational ethos is to “Replace where we can, Transition where we must, and Mitigate where we cannot do one of the first two.” This means a future where maritime transportation is decarbonized, where healthy, productive fisheries exist both in the ocean and on land, where our ocean ecosystems and the species that rely on the ocean are healthy and in balance, and where we can harvest energy from the ocean without disturbing the fragile ecosystems that surround them.

Our Focus Areas

Our Team

Brock Mansfield, Managing Partner

Brock has made first round investments in multiple emerging environmental market leaders across such sectors as Waste To Value (Tidal Vision, Bloom Labs) Cell-based Seafood (Blue Nalu), New Materials (Algenesis, Tom Tex), E-Commerce (Public Goods), Circular Economy Brands (Hilos, Simplifyber, Oddli) and Industrial Solutions (Matter, Blumen Systems) .

He is also founder of EnVest, a collaborative global community of early stage environmental funds committed to working together to accelerate capital behind compelling innovations. As Chairman of EnVest, Brock identifies and selects the companies for the annual EnVest EnVision cohort, which collectively have gone to raise more than $2.0 billion in follow on financing. These selections include market leaders such as Gradient, Carbon Upcycling, Lingrove, Lilac Solutions, Cruz Foam, Terviva, and Moleaer.

Jean-Noel Poirier, Managing Partner

Jean-Noel has played a pivotal role in investing in early-stage ventures within the climate and sustainability space initially as the Executive Managing Director of the Clean Energy Venture Group (CEVG) and later at E8 Ventures. He focuses on a broad spectrum of sectors, including clean energy, and aims to drive positive environmental impact through strategic investments.

Previously, he held leadership positions in various global companies involved in clean energy, solar technology, and corporate strategy. Actively engaged in the climate technology and innovation ecosystem, he has contributed as an Entrepreneur in Residence for the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) and participated in organizations like the Cleantech Open and E8 Angels.

Jean-Noel obtained his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, has a lifelong passion for oceans and sailing, and currently resides in Seattle with his family.