Deep Dive I – AI powered Matchmaking for the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea region is home to world-class marine and blue economy research, innovative startups, public initiatives, investors, and community-led projects working to address some of the most pressing ocean and environmental challenges of our time.

Yet despite strong expertise and growing investment, many opportunities for collaboration, funding, innovation, and impact remain untapped. Valuable knowledge is often fragmented across organizations, sectors, and countries, making it difficult for the right people, solutions, and resources to find each other.

How can AI powered matchmaking help us better understand and navigate complex innovation ecosystems? How can ecosystem mapping and data-driven intelligence reveal new opportunities for collaboration? And how can we accelerate impact by connecting funders, researchers, innovators, businesses, and local actors more effectively?

This interactive deep dive explores how the Baltic Sea region can move from fragmented initiatives toward more coordinated ocean action through AI-driven intelligence, ecosystem mapping, and strategic matchmaking.

Whether you are building new technologies, funding innovation, conducting research, supporting regional development, or looking for partners and finances to scale your impact, this session offers practical insights into the future of ecosystem collaboration.

Why Join?

• Discover how AI can support ecosystem intelligence, collaboration, and decision-making.
• Learn how ecosystem mapping can reveal hidden opportunities, partners, and funding pathways.
• Explore new approaches for connecting innovators, researchers, investors, policymakers, and industry.
• Understand how strategic matchmaking can accelerate innovation adoption and project development.
• Gain insights into emerging collaboration models across the Baltic Sea region.
• Connect with stakeholders working to strengthen ocean innovation and regional impact.

Who Should Attend?

• Blue economy startups and scaleups
• Investors, foundations, and funding organizations
• Researchers and universities
• Innovation agencies and ecosystem builders
• Public sector organizations and policymakers
• NGOs and regional development organizations
• Corporates seeking innovation partnerships
• Anyone interested in strengthening collaboration and impact across the Baltic Sea region

A'Pelago Initiative 2026 AI Intelligence and Matchmaking Track created in partnership with Ocean Matcher, Voice for the Ocean and NOA Ignite brings together innovators, researchers, investors, ecosystem builders, and decision-makers working to shape the future of Baltic Sea collaboration. Join the discussion and explore how AI-powered intelligence and strategic matchmaking can unlock new partnerships, accelerate innovation, and drive greater impact for the Baltic Sea region.

Ocean Matcher is an AI-powered platform that helps connect high-impact ocean projects with funders, philanthropists, investors, and partners. By matching organizations and initiatives with relevant funding opportunities and collaborators, the platform aims to accelerate solutions that support ocean health, and the goals of the UN Ocean Decade. Ocean Matcher makes it easier for ocean innovators and changemakers to find the resources and connections needed to scale their impact.