Katapult & OCTAVE Asian Ocean Fund

Singapore

Seed

About Katapult & OCTAVE Asian Ocean Fund

Ocean Tech, Maritime Decarbonization, Renewable Ocean Energy, Biodiversity, Sustainable Aquaculture

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSingapore

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Climate Sustainability

Energy Tech

Water Tech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Ocean-tech founder scaling systems solutions across transportation, data, energy

maritime decarbonization

ocean data & intelligence

circular economy tech

blue energy

food/water security

transportation

ocean regeneration

Bullish Signals

IMO mandates creating forced demandexternal

80% global trade volume = massive marketexternal

Carbon pricing accelerating adoptionexternal

Climate50 Top 5 — 326 public voteslinkedin

Strong community brand in blue economylinkedin

90 portfolio companies, €300M+ catalyzedwebsite

123k t CO2e reduced; 660k t seaweed producedwebsite

Global offices: Oslo, Singapore, Cape Townwebsite

$2T shipping + $300B offshore renewables TAMwebsite

Seed-Series B, €150k-€4M tickets globallywebsite

Co-created Asia Ocean Fund with OCTAVE Capitalwebsite

Publishing 2025 Impact Report + portfolio deep diveslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Slow-moving buyers = long sales cyclesexternal

Niche sector limits deal flowexternal

Far behind top Climate50 vote leaderslinkedin

Top 2 funds pulling far ahead in brandlinkedin

Founder Do's

Deep maritime operations knowledge

Sell to large slow-moving buyers

Turn regulation into competitive advantage

Build emission reduction tech

Target IMO 2030/2050 compliance

Scale modular tech across geographies

Partner with coastal stakeholders

Solve food/water/energy security globally

Enable cradle-to-cradle supply chains

Founder Don'ts

No maritime domain expertise

Can't navigate enterprise/industrial sales

Ignore regulatory tailwinds

Key GPs & Partners

Unknown

Fund

ocean-focusedimpact-drivensystems-thinking

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$75M

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Key People

Jonas Skattum Svegaarden, Alison Fort

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