Iceland Ocean Cluster -- a group connecting companies, entrepreneurs, investors and academics in the marine industry -- has seen such success that the group has slowly been expanding into the United States.

The New England Ocean Cluster was set up a couple of years ago and the Cluster House -- a physical space for the entities to collaborate, which will include an Incubation Center to help start-ups kick start their plans -- will officially open in Portland, Maine, next month.

Now, former Icelandic Minister of Industry and Commerce Ragga Arnadottir is working on setting up a similar cluster for the Seattle industry.

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