Startups

Entrepreneurs across Ireland with new aquatech business ideas are being encouraged to apply for the Innovation Studio programme from Hatch Blue and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM).

Zack Dinh, co-founder of Sea Warden*, is on a mission to create the world’s first Global Atlas of Aquaculture, in order to enhance the profile of this crucial food production sector and the people who work in it.

A startup developing alternatives to Asparagopsis seaweed that can reduce methane emissions from livestock such as cattle has been launched in Western Australia.

Irish food startup Sea and Believe is expected to raise $3 million as it progresses towards its goal of producing a plant-based cod alternative that flakes and tastes like the real thing.

Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engineer in the oil and gas sector for starting up his own aquaculture venture, RAS Aquaculture.

Biotech startup NewFish, which is fermenting New Zealand microalgae and underutilised seafood to create new sustainable food sources, has come out of stealth mode this month with an oversubscribed pre-seed round of $1.3 …

A Scottish research collaboration has learned that green LEDs could be crucial in extracting a valuable ingredient for health and wellbeing supplements from microalgae.

Cell culture and alternative seafood pioneer Finless Foods will unveil its pokè-style plant-based tuna to delegates at the National Restaurant Association trade show.

In a market announcement, land-based salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire said that it plans to put its insurance pay-out from a fire at its Danish facility towards its new RAS in Florida.

A range of emerging technologies offers aquaculture practitioners vital help to improve both their productivity and profitability, as well as ramp up the overall sustainability of the industry.

The inaugural Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on 14 to 15 June presents 23 innovators from across the globe who are pioneering breakthrough technologies in aquaculture and blue food, and seeking opportunities to sc…

R3-IoT has launched its new Connected Seafarm system at this week's Aquaculture UK exhibition.

Eleven startups are taking part in Hatch’s latest Aquaculture Innovation Studio, which recently kicked off in Hawaii

Mercedes Wanguemert, one of Europe’s foremost sea cucumber experts, explains her role in the formation of the continent’s fledgling sea cucumber aquaculture sector and why she believes that the echinoderms have huge unta…

Lisaqua has been granted the use thermal energy from household waste to heat the water in France’s first large-scale shrimp farm.

Aquasend has announced its participation in the Xylem Innovation Incubator Program, which aims to develop innovative ways to solve the world’s greatest water challenges – including those related to aquaculture.

Husqvarna Group's venture capital arm has invested $7.5 million into Moleaer, a global leader in nanobubble technology, for sectors including aquaculture.

Aqua-spark has released its second edition of the Aqua Insights report and focuses its analysis on the investment landscape for digital aquatech.

The ocean has enormous – and largely untapped – potential to cycle and sequester excess atmospheric carbon through processes like seaweed cultivation. So how can stakeholders tap into this potential to scale CO₂ removal …

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is collaborating with the Good Food Institute on the Alt Protein Project, helping to curate an ecosystem of students, scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs and investors t…