Startups

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.

Eight alt-seafood producers, including Wildtype and Blue Nalu, have made the semi-finals of a competition that aims to help feed the growing global population using alternative protein sources.

Sea6 Energy, a vertically integrated seaweed producer, processor and developer headquartered in India with a subsidiary in Indonesia, has secured $9 million in funding.

Indian startup Aquaconnect, which bills itself as “South Asia's largest aqua farmers’ network”, announced today that it has raised $4 million (INR 29.7 Crores) in a pre-series A round.

A new project that is creating a new range of snacks made from and with kelp has reported good progress, although there are still some hurdles to overcome before seaweed is more widely consumed in the West.

Seafarms Group has successfully raised $92.5 million – to help it build the largest shrimp farming operation in Australia.

Scoot Science, which produces ocean monitoring dashboards for the aquaculture sector, has set up its first business outside of the US.

Four aquaculture startups are among the beneficiaries of an inaugural raft of blue economy investments by S2G Ventures.

The buzz around cell-cultured seafood has been growing steadily, and as Lou Cooperhouse, CEO and co-founder of cell-based seafood company BlueNalu explains, it's only a matter of time before these companies reach commerc…

Moleaer, which is developing nanobubble technology that has been reported to improve water quality in the salmon aquaculture sector, has secured $9 million in funding.

Mia Moseng has recently been hired as general manager of Sedna Technologies Norway – a startup that has developed innovative devices that monitor water quality and fish welfare.

S2G Ventures, Thai Union and Agriline have invested $4.3 million in ViAqua Therapeutics to help develop its RNA-based shrimp health platform and bring other health and nutrition projects closer to commercialisation.