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Scaling Solutions for Marine Protected Areas

Braid Theory Impact is building a scalable platform that connects the innovation potential of startups with the grounded needs of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) through bundled, co-designed, and locally adapted solutions.

This purpose-driven platform will work with existing accelerator programs to build a pipeline of relevant startups and technologies. By aggregating commercialization-ready technologies into deployable solutions, we are designing and building impact-oriented models that support the monitoring, governance, enforcement, and restoration capabilities of MPAs globally and at scale. We catalyze complementary technologies that can work together.

Additionally, Braid Theory Impact will work directly with MPAs, conservation organizations, and communities to identify pain points and challenges. Through aggregating technology solutions as well as the market demand, Braid Theory Impact will scale solution development, deployment, and adoption.

Are you a tech entrepreneur focused on the blue economy? Do you think your solution is relevant for marine protected areas?

Does your organization work with MPAs? Are you looking for relevant solutions to monitor, govern, or restore MPAs at scale?

The Sectors

Environmental Monitoring
  • AI/ML for species detection, habitat mapping
  • eDNA tools for biodiversity assessment
Enforcement and Surveillance
  • Remote sensing
  • Smart buoys and marine IoT
  • Technologies for illegal fishing detection
Citizen Science, Community Engagement
  • Apps for reporting, monitoring, or education
  • Digital platforms that activate stakeholders
Restoration and Regeneration
  • Nature-based or bioengineering solutions
  • Low-impact aquaculture
Governance and Decision Support
  • Platforms for stakeholder governance
  • Data visualization for MPA management
Blue Economy Services
  • Impact tourism linked to MPAs
  • Traceability tech for local fisheries

Braid Theory Impact aligns scalable technologies with urgent conservation needs to unlock synergies that turn innovation into impact.