Startups

Asia’s Nutrition Technologies, one of the first industrial insect companies in the region, has closed a $20 million equity round as it prepares to launch new insect-based feed and fertiliser products into new markets.

Taiwan’s Nocera Inc, an emerging recirculating aquaculture and land-based production company, has entered an agreement to purchase 229 acres of agricultural land in Montgomery, Alabama for its first land-based fish farm …

Gas fermentation startup String Bio has its protein ingredient PRO-DG validated by BioMar after successful feed trials with farmed salmon.

Israeli food tech startup Forsea Foods has developed an innovative method for creating cell-cultured eel meat that relies on fewer growth factors.

The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) is diving into aquaculture research as it launches a new funding opportunity to help the sector continue on its sustainable growth trajectory.

Hatch and Conservation International Ventures are bringing back the world's first business programme for female aquaculture entrepreneurs in East and Southeast Asia – via the Women in Ocean Food Innovation Studio 2022.

The Ocean 14 Capital fund, which focuses exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar blue economy, has received a commitment for €10 million from the Constitutional Reserve Fund of Monaco to support its mission of funding s…

Though Asia already leads the world in the traditional seafood trade, it is poised to gain global dominance in the nascent alternative seafood segment.

Aquasend is playing an instrumental role in restocking and reviving the Waikalua Loko I’a native fish pond in Hawai’I by leveraging its Aquasend Beacons to track water quality and fish biomass.

Oban-based Tritonia Scientific, an underwater 3D imaging firm, is partnering with researchers at Heriot-Watt University’s Lyell Centre, SAIC and Mowi to create 3D digital models for seafood producers to map and monitor c…

Aquaticode, a Norway-based tech developer that identifies performance traits across multiple farmed fish species to boost production, has raised $6 million in its first external funding round.

Red seaweed supplement company CH4 Global is moving forward on its path to globalisation after announcing the company’s first integrated EcoPark for sustainable aquaculture in New Zealand.

Olaisen Blue and BioFeyn are co-hosting the first Lovund Days showcase of investors, experts and startups in a bid to highlight the sustainable future of salmon aquaculture on 21-22 September.

StringBio, a startup that manufactures sustainable products from captured methane, is validating its sustainable protein ingredient Pro-DG in fish feeding trials with Skretting Australia.

Ireland's Pure Ocean Algae plans to double its staff after it raised €1.5 million in seed funding.

The ocean-focussed equity impact investment fund has backed MITO SrL, a clam breeding and farming venture, as part of its European bivalves platform strategy.

Thai Union and Chicken of the Sea have announced a partnership with plant-based seafood innovator The ISH Food Company, as industry watchers predict a surge in the plant-based market over the next ten years.

Norway’s Probotic says that its Probot – an underwater aquaculture drone – can revolutionise clean aquaculture by automating the inspection and cleaning of net pens.

Insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 million in seed funding as it plans its first factory to scale production on insect-based aquafeed and other circular economy applications.

R3-IoT – now named Krucial – is helping the aquaculture industry make the digital transformation as it launches its Krucial Connected Seafarm trial package.