Startups

Although India is the world's second largest aquaculture producer, harvesting 15 million tonnes a year, post-harvest chains are plagued by a lack of transparency and inefficient value chains.

Ireland’s fourth entrepreneurial aquaculture and alternative seafood programme is currently open to applications from researchers, inventors, startups, entrepreneurs and established companies in these sectors or adjacent…

Green Stream Farms, a New Mexican company that grows algae for use in omega-3 nutrition products, has been awarded economic assistance to increase production to over 700 tons a year.

XpertSea, a Canadian startup that aims to transform how shrimp are farmed and traded, has closed a $20 million Series B funding round.

Proteon Pharmaceuticals has secured an investment of €21 million to accelerate the commercialisation of its bacteriophage products, which aim to reduce the reliance on antibiotics within aquaculture and livestock farming…

Singapore Aquaculture Technologies (SAT), a pioneer of tank-based closed containment aquaculture systems on floating structures, has finalised a Series A financing round totalling S$9.2 million.

Five aquaculture projects have been pledged a share of a new $7.9 million funding round from the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF).

Jon Parker, development lead for Aquaculture Industry Wales (AIW), explains how the organisation - which is backed by a growing number of startups - aims to improve the industry’s reputation among the public and politici…

Royal Caridea is poised to harvest its first cohort of shrimp from an RAS facility in Arizona, where Dr Maurice C Kemp, the startup's founder and president, aims to continue to develop a unique, hyper-intensive farming s…

NovoNutrients, which creates proteins for applications including aquafeeds using industrial carbon dioxide emissions, cheap hydrogen and naturally occurring microbes, has raised $4.7 million.

SmartOysters has secured fresh investment of more than $655,000, over half of which came from a crowdfunding campaign, to further develop its software.

A startup that has helped improve the connectivity of remote salmon farming sites has closed a £3.1million ($4.3m) seed funding round.

Bosch has opened a new hub for developing startups, in fields including aquaculture, in Singapore this week.

Cell-cultured and plant-based seafood company Finless Foods has promoted Shannon Cosentino-Roush to chief strategy officer (CSO).

Kate Dempsey began her career as a law graduate but quickly found her calling in Ireland's aquaculture sector as founder of the Irish Mussel Seed Company, the Wicklow Seaweed Company and the CEO of Aqualicense.

Four Irish aqua-tech entrepreneurs will discuss how they capitalised on opportunities in the aquaculture sector and why Ireland is emerging as a new hotspot in aquaculture innovation and technology in a webinar on 27 Jul…

Today ANB Sensors (ANB) has announced completion of a £997,000 Series A investment round to drive commercialisation and manufacturing of its innovative calibration-free pH measuring technologies.

Though many leading cell-cultured seafood companies are based in Asia, Dr Sebastian Rakers, co-founder of Bluu Biosciences, believes that European consumers will embrace cell-based seafood due to its enhanced sustainabil…

The Yield Lab has announced the eight startups selected to participate in its Global Aquaculture Challenge (GAC) 2021 – a non-profit accelerator programme and competition.

Captain Fresh, which has developed a unique platform for selling fisheries and aquaculture products, has raised $12 million to develop its tech-enabled, business-to-business seafood marketplace.