ECOncrete Raises $14 Million to Scale Biodiversity-Enhancing Marine Infrastructure Technology

New York-based ECOncrete has raised $14 million in new funding to scale its technology for improving the ecological sustainability of marine infrastructure, having deployed its solutions across more than 20 global projects in the past 18 months and achieving 3.4 times revenue growth. The funding round was led by Builders Vision with participation from Barclays Climate Ventures and new investors including the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

Founded in 2012, ECOncrete develops nature-inclusive concrete solutions that enhance biodiversity and climate resilience in coastal and offshore infrastructure projects including seawalls, breakwaters, ports, offshore wind foundations, bridges, and subsea infrastructure. The company's technology is designed to be integrated into concrete-based marine infrastructure projects to improve ecological outcomes while meeting standard construction performance requirements. Over the past 18 months, ECOncrete has deployed solutions creating more than 90,000 square metres of marine habitat.

Current deployments include the Port of Rotterdam's quay walls, coastline preservation in New York, Denmark, and New Zealand, subsea cable infrastructure reinforcement in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, pipeline protection in the Adriatic, and biodiversity projects in the Ports of San Diego and San Francisco. These projects demonstrate the technology's applicability across a range of marine infrastructure categories in different regulatory and ecological contexts. The company noted that its approach embeds ecology into the structure rather than treating it as an add-on.

Growing investment in coastal protection, offshore wind, undersea cables, and port infrastructure globally is expanding the market for materials and technologies that can meet both performance and ecological standards. For India's rapidly expanding port and coastal infrastructure sector — including offshore wind development targets and major port modernisation programmes — nature-inclusive construction technologies like ECOncrete's could support compliance with biodiversity requirements increasingly embedded in environmental impact assessment and financing frameworks.

Key figure — $14 million raised, following 3.4 times revenue growth and deployment across 20-plus global projects