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Adam de Sola Pool - Ocean Tech Rises

Feb 16, 202240 minSeason 6Ep. 7
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Episode description

Why Sal Is Bullish on Biotech: Click Here

Adam de Sola Pool, a highly successful pioneer in green tech investing in the 1990s, now sees huge opportunities in blue tech.  Don’t miss this fascinating tour of ocean technologies conducted by an engaging investor/guide.

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish & Richardson

Highlights:

  • Sal Daher Welcomes Back Fellow Angel Investor Adam Pool
  • “...he finds the kind of opportunities [in ocean tech] today that he saw in cleantech back in the 1990s.”
  • The Surge in Aquaculture Creates Massive Opportunities for Investors, including Angel Investors
  • Adam Pool Recently Invested in BioFeyn Which Is Making the Feeding of Farmed Fish More Efficient
  • “...we're transforming the food part of the $3 trillion business that is the ocean economy.”
  • Sal Sees Parallels Between the Explosion of Opportunities in Biotech and in Blue Tech.
  • Cool: Seatrec and its Ocean-going Electric Charging Stations
  • Cool: Making Fish Food Out of Mealworms and Black Soldier Fly Larvae
  • Cool: Ocean Rainforest Produces Kelp Used to Control Bovine Flatulence
  • Cool: Reel Data Uses Facial Recognition for Salmon. IKYN!
  • Interested Angel Investors Can Contact Blue Angels
  • https://sea-ahead.com/blue-angels
  • Cool: Oyster Tracker Offers Digital Tracking of Oysters from the Sea Bed to the Dinner Plate
  • Cool: Fish in Fashion – You Won’t Believe This!
  • “I'm so glad that I violated my format and went blue instead of bio.”
  • Many Exits in Blue Tech
  • Interesting Companies Protecting the Oceans but also Creating Work Opportunities for Displaced Workers
  • Several VC Funds Being Raised – Investable by Angels
  • Sal Daher Sees Adam de Sola Pool as a Visionary Who Is Also Practical

Topics: product, exits, portfolio, venture capital

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