A program called the Ocean Solutions Accelerator has chosen to help a handful of new startups which aim to benefit ocean health. The five were announced by the youth-led nonprofit Sustainable Ocean Alliance and have become the inaugural class for the Accelerator. When it's over, each startup will showcase its ideas on stage for a Demo Day at a Sept. 11 Ocean Solutions Gala at the California Academy of Sciences. The five startups will receive initial funding to help cover the costs of relocation to San Francisco for the eight-week accelerator program. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance was founded in 2014 by Georgetown student Daniela Fernandez and recognized in 2017 by the United Nations.

Source: Forbes July 23, 2018 19:59 UTC