Founders Gallery

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Gallery

Everyone in the network, clustered into their Loop. Follow a colour through the Loop Bar — blue with blue, green with green — or search by keyword, product or ask.

2 founders across 1 Loop · see them on the map

Sea & Water Loop

2 founders in this Loop

Oceans, reefs, wetlands, waterways, water conservation and marine life.

F4F02Danny O'Brien

The work

Reef Fibre Co.

What I'm fixing

Nutrient going into the reef instead of into something useful.

How I'm fixing it

Farming the water column so the runoff becomes a crop.

The innovation

Nearshore seaweed lines that strip nutrient and produce two saleable outputs: cattle feed additive and a raw fibre for materials.

SeaweedAquacultureReef restorationNew materials

Stage

Pilot

Current focus

Second pilot line and a fibre trial with a manufacturing partner.

Looking for

  • Materials partner
  • Processing capacity
  • Offtake buyers

Can offer

Raw seaweed fibre · Water quality data · Marine permitting experience

F4F09Hannah Boyd

The work

Catchment Collective

What I'm fixing

A water argument with no shared evidence.

How I'm fixing it

Putting the measuring in the hands of the people being measured.

The innovation

Landholder-owned sensor network plus a repair program the community actually designs.

Catchment healthWater captureMonitoring & sensingCommunity

Stage

Pilot

Current focus

Twenty sensor sites and a public dashboard.

Looking for

  • Low-cost sensors
  • Data platform
  • Multi-year funders

Can offer

Landholder network · Field sites · Community engagement