May 17th, 2021

ACTION Innovation Network is happy to welcome BLUE Institute Labs, a public benefit corporation with locations in New Bedford, MA and Newport, RI, as its newest member. Blue Institute Labs is an international BlueTech & Blue Economy hub for scaling startups through programming such as its BLUE Excelerator & BLUE Incubator and bringing startups together with academia, industry, and government in an ocean access, location with shared resources, labs, in a broad, robust, collaborative ecosystem. Blue Institute Labs participated as a mentor in ACTION's February/March international Pre-Landing cohort in bluetech, and provided an incubation award to the top international startup in the Pre-Landing program. The organization aligns well with the goals of ACTION, being dedicated to bringing disparate groups together (in this case to create climate, water, and ocean innovations) through collaborative efforts. As CEO of BLUE Institute Labs, Judith Underwood is a believer in the phrase "a rising tide lifts all boats" and that the most agile and sustainable innovation comes through collaboration.