The ProtoAtlantic project has today launched a bespoke online stakeholder platform, which provides an environment for discussion through an online forum specifically aimed at stakeholders in the marine sector, and an area for sharing relevant project and blue economy documentation. In addition to this, the platform also provides exclusive training content for marine start-ups and links related to funding. The ProtoAtlantic Platform provides a repository for documents to be shared and downloaded by marine stakeholders, and a collaborative space for communication and interaction. This activity is focused on providing SMEs, entrepreneurs, researchers and innovation community members (investors etc.) with a reference point to have quick and unified access to a high value set of resources.

ProtoAtlantic partner INESC TEC hosted the third regional ProtoAtlantic Blue Growth Policy Round Table on 11th - 13th November at the 9th edition of Business2Sea. Business2Sea is an event dedicated to the sea cluster, and was held at the Alfândega Porto Congress Centre. At the 9th edition of the event, INESC TEC highlighted the importance and the potential of TEC4SEA infrastructure, a unique and pioneering platform in Europe, which was designed to support research, development and testing of maritime robotics, telecommunications and detection technologies for monitoring and operations in the marine environment.

Following the Campus Mondial de la Mer Assembly on the 12th December 2019, Technopôle Brest-Iroise hosted a demo-day/investment workshop dedicated to securing funds for entrepreneurs from the maritime sector. Raising capital is a key factor influencing the success of start-ups. ProtoAtlantic, through Technopôle Brest-Iroise, hosted a specialised investment workshop aimed at maritime start-ups, to address these concerns. The workshop was run by Mer Invest, an investment fund launched by the Crédit Maritime bank.