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30UNDER^30 BY^ ALEXANDRAWILSONILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL HOEWELERSEAFARERS
Into the briny deep with the Forbes 30 Under 30, in 30 words or less.
30 Under 30
Robert Kirstiuk, Joseph Lee
COFOUNDERS, COASTLINE MARKET | 24, 24
Predictive marketplace built by these
Techstars graduates has raised $2.5 million,
enabling fi shermen to presell 500,000
pounds of food to restaurants including
Pokéworks and Hard Rock Casinos—
before their boats dock.Gator Halpern, Sam Teicher
COFOUNDERS, CORAL VITA | 29, 29
To fi ght reef devastation, Yale grads
created a land-based coral farm in
Grand Bahama, cultivating micro-
colonies, then assembling them
undersea. Their coral grows at nearly
50 times the natural rate.Bryton Shang
FOUNDER, AQUABYTE | 27
Princeton alum has raised $14 million from New Enterprise
Associates and others to develop AI-enabled algorithms
that detect fi shes’ weight to within 0.8%, saving fi sh farms
big money on feed.Amber Sparks, Emily Hazelwood
COFOUNDERS, BLUE LATITUDES | 29, 30
This marine-biologist team has helped the
U.S. State Department conserve more
than 24 acres of habitat, saving oil
companies maintenance costs of some
$2 million per rig per year.Alex Schulze, Andrew Cooper
COFOUNDERS, 4OCEAN | 28, 27
Surfer duo from Boca Raton have
removed 4.4 million pounds of ocean
trash by selling $57 million of recycled-
plastic bracelets, cleaning up a pound
of garbage for every bracelet sold.VSCO’s popularity
stems from its more
technologically advanced
editing tools: It’s a bit like
having Adobe Photoshop
on your phone rather than
just a simple fi lter or two.
Having switched from
in-app purchases to a paid
$19.99 annual subscription
in 2017, Flory and Lutze
are adding even more to
the app. They’re improving
the exclusive membership
features (off ering tutorials,
for example) and mulling
how they can add graphic
design and illustration
elements. Lutze, 40, has
heard from VSCO users—
particularly the teenage
ones—that they don’t want
to be thought of as just
photographers: “We want
to help them create.”JUNE 30, 20 19CARY ON
Forbes’ FindsNone of us will ever be as
elegant as Cary Grant,
but now we can see the
world through his eyes—
or at least his glasses.
Oliver Peoples recently
launched an eyewear
collection ($380–$635)
inspired by Grant’s
tortoise shell shades in
North by Northwest,
the fi rst authorized
collaboration with his
estate.