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Blue Ocean Gear’s team of world-class submarine and rocket scientists designs and builds GPS tracking buoys capable of surviving the brutal operational demands of the modern fixed gear fisher. Our patented SmartBuoy product suite allows fishers to track and monitor data from their gear anytime and anywhere, enhancing operational efficiency and profitability by reducing both fuel costs and lost gear. Our products also directly address the environmental impacts of lost gear and entanglements.

Sublime Energie specializes in the transportation and liquefaction of biogas, offering innovative solutions aimed at reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The company utilizes proprietary technology combined with a refrigeration recycling system to enhance the processes of biogas collection, purification, and conditioning. By providing these services, Sublime Energie supports its clients in improving agricultural resilience and energy sovereignty, contributing to a more sustainable energy landscape.

Orbital EOS S.L. is a company based in Valencia, Spain, that specializes in earth observation solutions through satellite-based technologies. Founded in 2019, the company focuses on addressing challenges in the maritime domain, including oil spill detection, ship monitoring, coastal surveillance, wildfire detection, logistics, and air quality assessment. Its platform employs artificial intelligence and utilizes multispectral and hyperspectral sensors for continuous monitoring and analysis of oceanic areas, enabling effective detection and classification of marine pollution events. Orbital EOS aims to provide valuable insights and support to various industries reliant on maritime environments.

e-Zn Inc., trading as e-Zinc, is an energy storage technology company that develops electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metals. Its Zn reactor products have applications in residential houses, islands, remote communities, third world countries, military bases, mining sites, mobile communities, telecommunication sites, emergency responses, and electric vehicle charging stations. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

M1neral LLC, based in Houston, Texas, offers a mineral intelligence platform that streamlines the transaction process for buyers, operators, and sellers of mineral assets. The platform integrates data collection, artificial intelligence, and transaction automation to provide actionable insights and enhance decision-making. It features a robust spatial search tool that facilitates collaboration among all parties involved in transactions, including service providers and financial institutions. By focusing on efficiency, M1neral's platform aims to significantly reduce transaction cycle times, enabling users to complete deals more quickly and effectively. Additionally, the marketplace allows mineral buyers and owners to easily research and filter asset information, promoting a more informed and convenient transaction experience.

Developer of a wine barrel management technology designed to enhance production and analysis. The company's system allows barrel topping, sampling, sulfating and chemical analysis to occur in one interaction, all without ever opening the barrel, enabling wineries to simplify the process of barrel management and increase operational efficiencies.

Developer of cryopreservation system designed to preserve small molecules used in clinical research and studies. The company designs and manufactures patented ice recrystallization inhibitors for use in the cryopreservation of cells, and tissues that maintain cellular function after extended frozen storage, thereby enabling physicians to use less costly storage and transportation systems for cell therapeutics.

Developer of an AI-powered prediction and optimization platform intended to cater to the energy sector by producing and commercializing disruptive research. The company's platform enables full reservoir faster simulation, solving the representative differential equations to provide pressure, saturation, velocity, and more at every location, enabling clients with real-time optimization and increasing project NPV.

Developer of a data management platform designed to help the energy industry optimize its emission reduction strategies. The company's platform focuses on enterprise management of methane data, collating and synthesizing data from any emissions sensor, automatically generating regulatory compliance reports, and suggesting steps to reduce pollution, enabling energy firms to gain insights into methane measurement data, and emissions reductions at lower costs.

M1neral LLC, based in Houston, Texas, offers a mineral intelligence platform that streamlines the transaction process for buyers, operators, and sellers of mineral assets. The platform integrates data collection, artificial intelligence, and transaction automation to provide actionable insights and enhance decision-making. It features a robust spatial search tool that facilitates collaboration among all parties involved in transactions, including service providers and financial institutions. By focusing on efficiency, M1neral's platform aims to significantly reduce transaction cycle times, enabling users to complete deals more quickly and effectively. Additionally, the marketplace allows mineral buyers and owners to easily research and filter asset information, promoting a more informed and convenient transaction experience.

Convrg is a company focused on providing remote power generation services aimed at enhancing environmental sustainability in the Canadian upstream oil and gas sector. By developing innovative power generation and air compression packages, Convrg eliminates methane venting and complies with stringent methane regulations. Their technology offers an efficient solution for power and instrument air, which helps operators reduce both capital and operating costs. Through its services, Convrg addresses the challenges faced by businesses in remote locations while promoting a more sustainable approach to energy generation.

Yotta Energy Inc. is a manufacturer of innovative solar storage solutions based in Austin, Texas, established in 2016. The company specializes in the SolarLEAF, a modular energy storage device that integrates seamlessly with photovoltaic panels, designed to lower costs and enhance the development of energy storage and grid resiliency. The SolarLEAF features passive thermal regulation, providing efficiency and ease of installation compared to traditional centralized systems. Additionally, Yotta Energy offers SolarPLEXUS, a gateway that streamlines information flow within the storage system, allowing for automated management and optimization of individual SolarLEAF units. The company also provides a software platform that aggregates energy potential from various systems, aiding utilities in grid management and enabling system owners to optimize their energy usage and reduce costs. Yotta Energy serves a diverse clientele, including commercial businesses, remote sites, and emerging economies, focusing on enhancing energy solutions and sustainability.

Infinite Composites Technologies (ICT) specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced composite pressure vessels and structures. Founded in 2010, the company aims to transform composite pressure vessel technology to facilitate its widespread adoption, particularly in the aerospace and transportation sectors. ICT's innovative gas storage systems are designed to hold more fuel weight than their own cylinder weight, making them especially suitable for weight-sensitive applications such as launch vehicles, satellites, and spacecraft. The company is committed to continuous improvement, striving to meet and exceed customer and industry quality standards while delivering fault-free products. Through its advanced technologies, ICT plays a crucial role in supporting space exploration and promoting sustainable transport solutions.

Provider of sealing technology intended to eliminate the need for field welding during metal pipeline installation. The company's technology is a fully automated, cold-formed pipe connection system which requires significantly fewer personnel than field welding and brings assets online faster and more economically, enabling industries to reduce the environmental impact of pipeline construction via reducing the need for heavy machinery, personnel, and required transportation miles.

Developer of downhole tools designed for multistage completions in unconventional oil and gas wells. The company's tools enable oil and gas producers to access multiple well sections from a single wellbore, enabling businesses to reduce drilling costs and environmental impact by minimizing the surface footprint required for well development.

CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies is set to change the heating industry. In 2007, the founders of CleanO2 CCT began developing technology that would have a positive impact in the industry. Now, 9 years later, the company have deployed the residential carbon capture device in Alberta, Canada and have expanded the technology on a global scale. The company has developed an aggregated commercial carbon capture device called CARBiNX, a sleek, carbon munching addition to businesses. Reducing energy demands through heat recovery and using the carbon capture process to create a valuable by-product. CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Element 16 Technologies, founded in 2016 and based in Glendale, California, specializes in high-temperature heat energy storage systems aimed at enhancing energy efficiency for commercial and industrial facilities. The company has developed an innovative thermal energy storage technology that utilizes a molten sulfur mixture, replacing traditional molten salts and thermal oils. This advancement allows customers to minimize wasted heat in cogeneration plants, thereby improving overall efficiency and significantly reducing their carbon footprint. Through its solutions, Element 16 Technologies seeks to provide cost-effective energy management options that contribute to sustainability in the energy sector.

Ondaka, founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, specializes in creating interactive, high-resolution 3D visualizations for the oil and gas sector, as well as heavy equipment industries. The company has developed a platform designed to provide facilities engineers and project stakeholders with enhanced visual understanding and contextualized data. This platform allows clients in heavy industry and critical infrastructure to access essential information quickly and efficiently. By focusing on intensely visual data management tools, Ondaka enables its customers to save man-hours and improve safety in their operations.

Eavor Technologies Inc. is a geothermal technology company based in Calgary, Canada, founded in 2017. It focuses on creating a clean and reliable energy future through its innovative Eavor-Loop™ system, which extracts heat from deep within the Earth for commercial heating and electricity generation. This system employs advanced drilling techniques and integrates existing commercial components in a novel configuration, allowing for scalable and steady green power production. Eavor's technology circulates a benign working fluid in a closed loop, isolating it from the environment while harvesting heat from geologically accessible rock temperatures. The company also operates the Eavor-Lite™ Demonstration Project as a prototype for its technology suite, addressing challenges traditionally associated with geothermal energy.

EnerSoft Inc. develops and offers real optimization software that automates well placement and scenario planning directly in petrel. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Hygge Power, Inc. develops and sells smart power storage device for homes. It offers Orchestrated Power Outlet (OPO) Plug, a power storage product that optimizes household power consumption and ensures the continuity of essential electronics during blackouts and storms; supports devices, such as voice assistants, security cameras, and routers. The company also provides OPO Hub, a power storage device that supports devices, including entertainment systems, computers, and refrigerators. Hygge Power, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Eosense (formerly Forerunner Research Inc., ) is a product company that designs and builds weatherproof gas monitoring devices for soil gas flux research. They are dedicated to equipping research and industry with accurate, go-anywhere tools. Their products capture concentration and flux data for greenhouses gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, and perform exceptionally well in soil, mud, shallow water, and snow.

Salient Energy is focused on the commercialization of a novel zinc-ion battery developed from research at the University of Waterloo. This innovative battery technology is designed for electricity storage in the grid, offering a safer and more sustainable alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. Salient Energy's proprietary cathode materials uniquely incorporate zinc into their crystal lattice, resulting in a relatively high energy density. This advancement allows for the use of traditional battery designs compatible with existing manufacturing processes, making it feasible to produce these batteries in current facilities worldwide. Consequently, Salient Energy's products provide a cost-effective, long-lasting solution for energy storage, catering to the needs of electric industry stakeholders.

Unsist is a predictive analytics company creating technology for the oil & gas industry that never stops. It is composed of a team of international scientists and engineers, part of the NextAI Program, a global innovation hub for artificial intelligence. The program is partnered with Next Canada, Google Canada, IBM Canada, and NVIDIA to leverage Canada's leadership position in artificial intelligence.

Mangrove Water Technologies Ltd. specializes in the development of a wastewater desalination system that effectively treats and purifies contaminated well water. The company's innovative technology converts saline wastewater and waste gases into desalinated water and value-added chemicals, which can be utilized on-site, specifically for oil and gas field applications. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Mangrove has successfully advanced its technology from a laboratory concept to a commercial-scale field pilot over the past four years. The technology was initially developed by the Wilkinson research group at the University of British Columbia, with support from various Canadian funding organizations. Its modular and mobile design allows for versatile applications, making it a significant player in the field of water treatment and resource recovery.

Interface Fluidics is an international technology company that specializes in reservoir fluid analysis services. Utilizing a proprietary nanofluidic technology platform, the company provides innovative solutions for oil and gas producers to enhance their understanding of reservoir properties. By focusing on microfluidic reservoir modeling and fluid characterization, Interface Fluidics evaluates the effectiveness of new processes and fluid interactions. This comprehensive analysis helps clients make informed production decisions and ultimately aims to optimize oil production and increase overall productivity in the industry.

Swirltex Inc. specializes in the design and supply of custom wastewater treatment systems for various applications, including wastewater treatment, produced water treatment, dairy processing, mining wastewater, and beverage clarification. Founded in 2015 and located in Calgary, Canada, Swirltex utilizes a patented membrane technology that separates solids and liquids based on buoyancy. This innovative approach enables the treatment of water that would otherwise be deemed unusable, allowing for enhanced production while minimizing environmental pollution. By effectively manipulating the buoyancy of different contaminants, Swirltex provides efficient solutions for complex water treatment challenges.

Whitecap Scientific helps offshore oil and gas companies make faster, more informed decisions about the integrity of their subsea assets.

Terrapin Geothermics focuses on harnessing heat to create profitable energy solutions, specifically targeting industrial waste heat and deep geothermal resources. By employing advanced technology and expertise, the company maps available waste heat and aligns it with state-of-the-art technologies to generate emission-free energy. Terrapin's approach not only helps industries optimize their processes but also supports their transition to a net-zero world. The company builds robust financial models to facilitate sound investment decisions, enabling clients to leverage renewable energy sources effectively while enhancing their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments. Through these initiatives, Terrapin aims to drive value for its clients and partners in an increasingly challenging economic landscape.

Ingu Solutions Inc., based in Calgary, Canada, specializes in the development of miniaturized mobile sensors designed for pipeline inspection. The company has introduced Pipers, an innovative screening tool that identifies risks and performance issues in pipelines. This technology is capable of detecting and locating leaks, geometric defects, magnetic anomalies, and deposits in pipelines as small as 2 inches in diameter. By facilitating inline inspections that can occur more frequently and at a lower cost, Ingu Solutions addresses the challenges posed by aging pipeline infrastructure and the limitations of traditional inspection methods. Their self-serve inspection model significantly reduces engineering and downtime costs, making pipeline integrity programs more accessible for a diverse range of clients. Ingu Solutions' approach enables continuous access to real-time condition-critical data, empowering clients to enhance their planning and decision-making processes.

Validere Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing critical information about liquids to large markets, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Founded in 2015, Validere develops portable devices such as the Validere Identifier, which assesses liquid safety by comparing samples against a comprehensive library, and EDGE Connect, which facilitates secure connections between buyers and sellers to identify arbitrage opportunities. The company's solutions enable industry participants to optimize their operational and trading decisions by delivering real-time quality intelligence and actionable testing data. This innovation allows oil and gas companies to accurately monitor product quality, streamline logistics, and enhance trading strategies, resulting in significant cost savings and increased revenue. Validere's technology supports transparency and accountability in liquid measurement, making it a valuable resource for producers and midstream organizations.

Validere Technologies Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in providing critical information about liquids to large markets, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Founded in 2015, Validere develops portable devices such as the Validere Identifier, which assesses liquid safety by comparing samples against a comprehensive library, and EDGE Connect, which facilitates secure connections between buyers and sellers to identify arbitrage opportunities. The company's solutions enable industry participants to optimize their operational and trading decisions by delivering real-time quality intelligence and actionable testing data. This innovation allows oil and gas companies to accurately monitor product quality, streamline logistics, and enhance trading strategies, resulting in significant cost savings and increased revenue. Validere's technology supports transparency and accountability in liquid measurement, making it a valuable resource for producers and midstream organizations.