Yachting Ventures has renewed its strategic partnership with M3 Monaco to scout, support, and showcase innovations shaping the future of global marina infrastructure at the 6th edition of the Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Rendezvous. The event takes place Sept. 20–21, 2026, at the Yacht Club de Monaco, right before the Monaco Yacht Show. It brings together marina operators, startups, investors, engineers, architects, and industry stakeholders focused on advancing smarter and more sustainable waterfront development. “This event brings together the exact stakeholders founders need to meet – marina operators, investors and infrastructure partners – and we’re very happy to support an initiative that creates focused conversations leading to real pilots and commercial adoption,” said Gabriella Richardson, Founder of Yachting Ventures. “As waterfronts become smarter and more connected, marinas are emerging as testing grounds for technologies, many adapted from adjacent sectors.” The Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Rendezvous combines startup pitches, expert panels, networking sessions, and curated one-to-one meetings designed to facilitate collaboration between infrastructure developer and operators and technology providers. The 2026 edition will introduce a revised program structure aimed to better support startups at different stages of maturity. Yachting Ventures will continue to lead the international scouting process and identify startups developing solutions across key areas of marina innovation. Startups will now be allowed to self-identify as either pre-revenue or post-revenue companies during the application process. The identification will allow startups to receive different perks, like exposure to angel investors for pre-revenue and commercial partnerships for post-revenue. “At M3 Monaco, our ambition is to accelerate the integration of innovation into waterfront projects and daily marina operations,” said Jose Marco Casellini, CEO of M3 Monaco. “Guided by our motto, sustainability is the goal, innovation is the tool, and Smart Marina Rendezvous is the accelerator, we bring together the marina and yachting ecosystem to move solutions from discussion to real-world deployment.” Interested startups and scale-ups have until March 18th to apply for participation.