Deadline Date: March 31, 2026
The AquaScale BIM Innovation Studio is currently accepting applications to help established aquatech companies sharpen their market position and execute with confidence.
The programme focuses on helping established aquatech companies that are active in the market and preparing for expansion, scaling, or sharper market focus, selling into aquaculture, seeking strategic clarity, commercial refinement, and peer-level pressure-testing of assumptions.
AquaScale BIM Innovation Studio+ has a strong track record, with participants having collectively raised €28M+ in total funding, demonstrating its impact in scaling aquatech companies. Following the in-person intensive, companies continue with targeted follow-up engagement to refine execution, pressure-test assumptions, and prepare for next-stage growth.
Hosted by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, and Hatch Blue, the three-day in-person intensive takes place in Galway from 26-28 May. It brings together a small cohort of scaling aquatech enterprises for strategic compression, commercial pressure-testing, and execution planning. Participants receive deep market and positioning work tailored to salmon or shrimp, strategic decision-making workshops focused on real trade-offs, go-to-market and competitive analysis with Hatch Blue Consulting, direct access to the full Hatch Blue and BIM team, and tailored post-program one-to-one support.
The programme features individualized mentorship with industry leaders, connection to the global aquatech network, in-depth market assessment for the first product, and support in company formation, business strategy, product commercialization, and fundraising strategy. Participants also join a collaborative community of 161+ ventures from previous accelerators and innovation studios and gain insights from subject matter experts.
For more information, visit HATCH Blue.
