Create, manage and expose your project to a whole community of funders and investors.

Ocean Matcher currently has a wide range of investors, philanthropists and potential donors using the platform.

Manage your project with ease from one place

Ocean Matcher is a platform powered by cutting-edge language models and algorithms, designed to understand human writing with precision.

When you upload your project, Ocean Matcher identifies its unique “DNA” and matches it with a broad network of funders who have expressed what they’re looking to support.

This approach helps guide both sides toward more meaningful and fruitful conversations.

Shaped and trusted by industry leaders;

Propeller logo with a stylized propeller icon and the word "PROPELLER" in capital letters.
Logo for Voice of the Ocean, featuring a stylized play button and wave, with the text 'VOTO' and 'Voice of the Ocean' underneath.
Lloyd's Register Foundation logo with a stylized R and the organization name in black and white.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation logo in black and white with the words 'Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation' arranged in a square pattern.
Large white text spelling 'Pew' on a black background.
Logo of the International Foundation for AIDS to Navigation (IFAN) featuring a circular design with a target and concentric circles, alongside the text 'IFAN'

And in close collaboration with;

UNESCO logo with titles about intergovernmental oceanographic commission and United Nations decade of ocean science for sustainable development, 2021-2030.

Frequently asked questions.

  • To create a complete project page, you need to complete four steps: project formalities, description, team, and useful links and/or attachments. Throughout these steps, you will provide all the necessary details to ensure a comprehensive and well-structured project page.

  • No, but your project will be visible to a broad community of donors, program managers, philanthropists, and other interested parties who may want to collaborate with you. They can also discuss your project among themselves before reaching out to you.

  • Someone in your network has recognized your project as highly relevant to the Ocean Matcher platform. Sponsored and funded by a diverse range of philanthropic institutions, Ocean Matcher aims to enhance the impact of ocean funding.

    You decide wether you want to upload or not.

  • No, potential donors will initiate contact with projects that interest them.

  • We don’t require you to share nor disclose about any business-sensitive. Intellectual property nor sensitive data about your project. In order to create good matches,

  • As soon as we can. We’re aiming to build an self-service platform for you to manage your own account and project within the end of 2025.

    Reach out to us if you’d like to be involved shaping this and join a focus-group.

  • Funders that get a certain score on how well you match will be notified, and they’ll start getting to know your project better.

    They can either contact you directly, or mark themselves as “interested for collaboration” for other Funders to see.