The company was co-founded in 2011 by Max Marty and Dario Mutabdzija, who had worked together at the Seast eadi ng Institu te, which prom otes the concept of floating cities and con- tends “the ocean is the next frontier of human civilization.” “It is a first-of-its-kind concept that will basically house companies,” Mutabdzija said. The location will allow startup entre- preneurs from anywhere in the world to start or grow their company near Silicon V alley, without the need for a U.S. It proposes to station a ship in interna- tional waters off the coast of Half Moon Bay and have residents commute to Pillar Point Harbor via ferry. Blueseed has just secured $300,000 in venture capital funding to help get the project off the ground although the com- pany anticipates needing up to $35 mil- lion to make the offshore community a reality. The country’s antiquated work visa restrictions has sent a Sunnyvale-based company on a radical mission to host entrepreneurs from around the world in international waters on either a convert- ed cruise ship or barge by as early as the first quarter of 2014.
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