First-of-a-kind AI driven platform linking blue economy projects and investors unveiled  

First-of-a-kind AI driven platform linking blue economy projects and investors unveiled  

• Octopus Platform showcased on eve of Blue Economy and Finance Forum 

• Salesforce Agentforce AI technology baked into platform’s “brain” 

• Projects through ORRAA’s members and project pipeline; investors through investment firm 2050; also backed by AXA 

Monaco, 6 June 2025 — The Octopus Platform is being unveiled for the first time today matching regenerative and sustainable blue economy projects to investors and market intelligence, with groundbreaking technology at its core. 

The Platform is being showcased in Monaco on the eve of the Blue Economy and Finance Forum, which is being held in the Principality, a Special Event of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference which starts in Nice on Sunday. The first of its kind platform will link brilliant entrepreneurs with investors in the regenerative and sustainable blue economy. 

Salesforce’s agentic AI technology is being embedded within the Platform so that projects and investors from around the world can be linked in a way which was previously not possible. 

Sunya Norman, SVP of Impact at Salesforce: “AI can be a powerful tool to solve critical sustainability challenges. Agentforce is helping scale innovative solutions like the Octopus Platform, which uses AI to connect investors with high-impact coastal resilience projects – quickly and at scale. We’re proud to support this work through our Salesforce Accelerator – Agents for Impact, and to back pioneering organisations like ORRAA that are using AI to create positive change for people and the planet.” 

The Octopus Platform has been under development by the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a global multi-sector alliance focused on developing finance and insurance products to regenerate marine life and build the resilience of coastal communities that are vulnerable to climate change. It is one of six instruments that are part of ORRAA’s Sea Change Impact and Financing Facility (SCIFF). 

The SCIFF is a collaborative effort to develop an open ocean financing architecture designed to drive at least USD$1 billion of private investment into coastal and ocean ecosystems, with a focus on the Global South, by 2030. This will provide a springboard from which to mobilise at least USD$2.5 billion of broader finance capital.  

It was announced today that AXA is investing into the development of the Octopus Platform over the next three years through ORRAA, as part of its efforts to reduce the risk exposure of Small and Medium Sized Businesses working in this space.  

Ulrike Decoene, Group Chief Communication, Brand and Sustainability Officer, AXA said: “For AXA, as ORRAA’s lead global insurance partner, investing in innovation that reduces coastal and ocean risk and builds the resilience of businesses in this sector, is in our collective interest.  We are thrilled to be working with ORRAA on this effort.”  

Karen Sack, Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, said: “The Octopus Platform is a critical bridge connecting project developers working at the ‘beachfront’ to boardroom-based investors.  ORRAA is thrilled to have partners like Salesforce, AXA, investment firm 2050, and the brilliant entrepreneurs in our product pipeline and those of our members, to supercharge investment into a regenerative and sustainable blue economy. The Platform will be crucial to enabling investments into planetary health – both on land and at sea – second nature.” 

2050 and Waves of Change have joined the co-design of the Octopus Platform, bringing their expertise in bringing investors to the table. Vibrant Data Lab is also providing a market dynamics tool to drive more capital towards a regenerative and sustainable blue economy. With the Stockholm Resilience Center, University of British Columbia and Paris-Dauphine University, prominent ocean researchers are also inputting into the scientific framework embedded into the platform. 

Marie Ekeland, Founder and CEO of 2050 said: “The Octopus Platform’s first match is bringing 2050 and ORRAA together. We look forward to bringing our financial expertise to the Platform as we have already been developing solutions to meet this challenge. As part of this we are embedding science and knowledge tools as well as an Ocean Finance Tracker, and mapping ocean finance flows to identify market gaps and highlighting pioneering innovations and business models, and investment opportunities to support a resilient ocean economy. This really is the bringing together of both worlds.”