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Blue economy
Smart ports, maritime logistics, ocean resources.
Accelerator & Fund
Backing the companies
that make seafront
cities economy work better.
Source, Select, Implement, Scale, Invest, the best tech startups for a better economic and life alignment, in seafront cities worldwide.
Nice Paris Hong Kong Shenzhen
≈ €100M
Target fund size
10
Investments / 3 years
4
Hubs, Med & Asia
6
Sectors
< 10 yrs
Exit horizon
What we do
One batch. Nine months. Five companies. Every year.
Coastal and port cities are huge markets — most of the world's people and trade. They need to modernize. Bluegreen Capital sources, selects, implements, scales and invests in the founders who will build that future.
01 / How it works
From deal flow to exit.
AStep 01
Source
Deal flow from private network, partner cities and tech hubs.
BStep 02
Select & Implement
Pick the best teams; give them market access.
CStep 03
Scale
Grow them across the Med & Asia, then exit via IPO or sale.
DStep 04
Invest
The fund backs the companies that prove themselves in the accelerator.
02 / What we back
Six sectors, one coastline.
From smart ports to seawater cooled data centers, the infrastructure that lets coastal cities host more people, more trade and more compute, sustainably.
02
Water & Energy
Treatment, reuse, renewables, storage, efficiency, grids.
03
Smart city & Robotics
Data, sensors, mobility, robotics, citizen services.
04
AI & data centers
Coastal compute: energy & water efficient data centers, seawater cooling, edge AI.
05
Healthtech
Medical innovation, digital health, longevity, care delivery.
06
Tourism & culture
Heritage, attractions, visitor experience.
04 / The fund
≈ €100M to back the coastal century.
≈ €100M
Target size, invests in the accelerator's best companies.
10 investments
Deployed over the first 3 years.
10–20% / deal
Diversified, no single bet too big.
3 + 3 + 3
3 years to deploy, 3 to grow, 3 to exit.
IPO or M&A
Exits within a 10 year horizon.
03 / Track record
Christian Estrosi, 18 years transforming Nice.
Former Mayor of Nice, Vice President of Region Sud, Minister. A ready network, from Mediterranean ports to Asia.
Milestone
Nice turnaround
UNESCO World Heritage (2021), tramway, pedestrian centre, smart city services.
Milestone
Haliotis 2
Delivered France's largest next-gen water plant, a €700M project.
Milestone
Backed Free early
As Minister, supported France's 4th mobile carrier, now iliad, €10.35Bn revenue.
Milestone
A ready network
Connected to coastal & port cities worldwide (host of the UN Ocean Conference, Nice 2025).
05 / What we bring
A unique advantage, by design.
01
Talents Hub ecosystem
Cities and corporates take the meeting.
02
Strategic partnerships
Partner cities already in reach.
03
Global investor network
The accelerator vets deals before the fund invests.
Contact
Let's build the coastal century.
Founders, investors, cities, reach out to the team directly.
Nice · Coolwork Paris Hong Kong Shenzhen