The ARKHAUS x Seaworthy Collective partnership turns a lifestyle club into a marine regeneration facility.
This post was originally written for investors of the ARKHAUS crowdfunding campaign. To learn more, visit the campaign page here.
While ARKHAUS members celebrate atop their floating private members club, they’ll feel even better knowing that same club is powering marine regeneration efforts right under their feet. Anytime you place a boat, structure, or other item in water or anywhere in nature, the immediate question will be what environmental impact it will have and how it can be minimized. With ARKHAUS, our goal was never to minimize or offset this impact-it was to create a positive impact to the waters and community around it.
Regeneration > Sustainability
Sustainability is only an incremental step towards mitigating, rather than solving, the effects of anthropogenic impacts on the oceans. The blue economy needs to be regenerative, with a tangible, solutions-based focus that reverses detrimental anthropogenic impacts.
-Seaworthy Collective
A Gift Falls Into Our Lap
Soon after we announced ARKHAUS in June ’21, we met Daniel Kleinman and learned about Seaworthy. As CEO of this startup community and venture studio driving regenerative ocean and climate impact, Daniel wanted to know if there was a partnership here.
It took Nathalie and I less than a split second to say yes. At first, we weren’t even sure what we were saying yes to. But we knew this was the exact partnership we were looking for.
Becoming a Lynchpin in the Regeneration of Biscayne Bay
With a view that Miami and South Florida can become one of the world’s leading Blue Tech and Climate Tech hubs, Seaworthy currently operates one (and soon, two) cohorts of startups per year. These organizations focus on a variety of verticals in marine regeneration, and Daniel stated there is an opportunity for ARKHAUS to “power or empower” a few of them. Some of these startups use underwater drones to carry out activities like measuring the water’s temperature, salinity, oxygen, toxicity, while others carry out mangrove restoration or trash cleanup.
What these drones all need is a place to dock, recharge, and in some cases, upload data. In a mind-blowing moment, Daniel demonstrated the underside of ARKHAUS could become that facility. This was, of course, a no-brainer.
Regeneration > Sustainability
Sustainability is only an incremental step towards mitigating, rather than solving, the effects of anthropogenic impacts on the oceans. The blue economy needs to be regenerative, with a tangible, solutions-based focus that reverses detrimental anthropogenic impacts.
-Seaworthy Collective
Harnessing Solar Energy, Transferring it for Regeneration Activity
One of the tremendous structural features of ARKHAUS is the 4 solar canopies that will provide 48kW of pure power — more than the club needs for its daily activity. This purest form of energy shouldn’t go to waste. Instead ARKHAUS will capture and store it by day, and recharge these underwater drones by night. The next day ARKHAUS will start the cycle again, capturing and storing energy in a truly regenerative cycle.
A Plunge for the Win
Back on top, ARKHAUS members will enjoy the club and a variety of exceptional programming. While there will be plenty of traditional ‘fun’ programming with renowned DJs, entertainers and more….ARKHAUS will also host a variety of startup focused events. The first of these may be Seaworthy Collective’s Pitch & Demo Days — where startups aspiring to join their cohort pitch to a panel of judges and ARKHAUS members. To announce the winners, the founders can all stand on the edge of the pool, and the judges will announce the winner by pushing them into the pool for a celebratory dip.
Members Decide
Seaworthy’s venture studio model creates another amazing opportunity for ARKHAUS: an ability to co-create a venture that matters to its member base. While seagrass regeneration and plastics cleanup will remain top of mind, our members will ultimately decide what they care for the most. To boot, we may have an investment vehicle where our members can vote with their dollars, and invest directly into these startups.
Party Up Top, Research On Bottom
More than just a lifestyle club, ARKHAUS proves you can have fun and improve your environment in the process. If you’re going to be “a lifestyle club for the world’s disruptors”, you have to walk the walk.
