Seaweed Companies
Agricultural Products
CH4 Global
A global company, based in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, working with Asparagopsis armata to work toward zero methane agriculture.
FutureFeed
FutureFeed exists to support the growth of the use of Asparagopsis as a natural ingredient for livestock to significantly reduce carbon emissions. FutureFeed was born out of a IP partnership between CSIRO, Meat and Livestock Australia, and James Cook University.
Greener Grazing
Greener Grazing is a project of Australis Aquaculture. They are focused on large-scale Asparagopsis taxiformis seaweed farming to build a circular blue economy.
NUQO
NUQO‘s teams develop and promote natural ingredients and feed additives to improve the performance and health of animals.
Symbrosia
A Hawaiian based company working with Asparagopsis taxiformis seaweed to reduce methane emissions from livestock burps.
Environmental Services and Carbon Offsets
Blue Bio Value
Blue Bio Value is a business acceleration program based in Portugal dedicated to the blue bioeconomy, and we want you to be a part of it.
BlueCs
At BlueCs, our mission is to integrate ecosystem services into our global ocean economy. We enable sustainable ocean players to be paid for their positive impact on ocean ecosystems, while helping industries to grow and consumers to live sustainably. Based in Norway.
Carbon Kapture
A UK-based company that is building a global network of kelp farms that remove CO2 from our oceans. They plan to make animal feed supplements as well as offer “ocean carer bonds” where individuals can help offset their carbon footprints.
Kelp Blue
We plant kelp forests around the globe to boost the health of the oceans and lock away CO2 forever. We harvest the kelp canopy for sustainable agri-foods, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals and textiles. Based in Namibia.
Lloyd’s Register
Lloyd’s Register is an international company and has been working with businesses throughout the aquaculture supply chain for more than 20 years, helping them cut through the complexity and manage the challenges more effectively.
Running Tide
At Running Tide, we build technologies to accelerate and scale the naturally restorative benefits of shellfish and kelp. We want to harness the power of the ocean to build a climate positive future. Our focus is on rebuilding food systems, removing excess carbon and restoring our coasts. Based in Maine, USA.
Human food
12 Tides
A Californian based company sourcing seaweed from small farmers in Maine to make ocean-friendly, organic kelp snacks.
Akua
AKUA creates foods that can feed the planet sustainably while reversing climate change, and restoring health to our world's oceans. All of our products are made from ocean-farmed kelp, which is one of the most healing and healthy forms of food on the planet. Currently selling kelp jerky, kelp pasta and kelp burgers. Based in the USA.
Algama
Algama is a food tech start-up that harvests the potential of algae to create food that's good for both people and the planet. Algama’s goal is to feed 10 billion people by 2050, while preserving the planet and offering consumers additional and better choices in foods. Based in France.
Atlantic Sea Farms
A Maine based company producing fermented seaweed salad, kelp smoothie cubes, kelp sauerkraut and kelp kimchi.
Amarea
A Chilean company founded in 2019 selling seaweed snacks made from cochayuyo, an indigenous southern species of bull kelp.
Blue Evolution
A California based company cultivating seaweed along the Pacific Coast to make pastas, popcorn, purees and more.
bord à bord
A French company producing a wide range of seaweed-based products, such as tartare, vegan mayonnaise, mustard, pesto, crackers, chips, spices, pasta and more.
gimMe
A California-based company growing Red Porphyra in Korea to make into snacks and sushi nori. Their website offers information on seaweed, recipes and a Parents Corner.
Nora Seaweed Snacks
A California-based company sourcing red seaweed from Korea who has partnered with Thai snack food company Taokaenoi to produce a variety of seaweed snacks.
Nordic Oceanfruit
We develop high-quality, maritime salads, toppings, snacks and other products made from seaweed. All products are herbal. The seaweed is sustainably grown in the North Atlantic and has a positive impact on local ecosystems and the global climate. Based in Germany.
Ocean's Balance
A Maine based company selling dulse, kombu, wakame, seaweed sprinkle seasoning and pasta sauces.
seagreen
Seagreen is a kelp-based functional beverage combining the world's finest organic Maine kelp with cacao and adaptogenic mushrooms. The ingredients are kelp, cacao, ginger, tumeric, reishi and ashwagandha. Every seagreen blend helps to plant 10 more kelp seedlings at the farm it was harvested from.
Shore Seaweed
A Scottish company using local seaweed to produce chips, clusters, pestos and tapenades. They’re growing, harvesting and processing the seaweed themselves.
Springtide Seaweed
A Maine based company selling seasonings and bulk seaweed. They also offer seaweed nursery kits and supplies and classes for farmers.
Investors and Accelerators
Alliga
Alliga is a BioMarine Organization spin-off and French start-up that aims to harness the powers of seaweed in order to ensure a healthier and more durable ocean economy. They want to innovate supply chains with seaweed and are working with selected seaweed farms all over the world.
Aqua-Spark
Aqua-Spark is a global investment fund based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, that is developing this optimal aquaculture food system by investing in companies all along the aquaculture value chain working to solve industry challenges, with a shared vision of a sustainable future.
Blue Oceans Partners
Blue Oceans Partners is a venture capital firm investing in innovations that regenerate ocean health and achieve sustainable development goals identified by The United Nations. Our focus is on solutions to overfishing, ocean pollution and climate change. Based in France.
Creative Destruction Lab
The Oceans Stream at CDL-Atlantic operates at the forefront of the Ocean industry in Canada and brings together experienced entrepreneurs and investors, and leading scientists active worldwide in this sector. CDL startups work with these mentors to sharpen objectives, prioritize time and resources, raise capital, and engage with experts working on the frontiers of research.
Hatch
A global catalyst for aquaculture and alternative seafood innovation. After two years in operation, HATCH has invested in more than 30 companies, run three successful cohorts, raised its first US $8M fund and established offices in Hawaii, Norway and Singapore. The team has grown to 10 full-time members spread across the globe, who run the three business units of Hatch – our accelerator program, our fund and our innovation services offering.
Investable Oceans
Our mission is to simplify and accelerate market-based sustainable ocean investing across all asset classes and all sectors of the Blue Economy by centralizing research, commentary, inspiration, and access to blue enterprise in one place. Based in New York.
Katapult Ocean
Katapult Ocean invests in and supports startups that have a positive impact on our ocean. Since 2018, Katapult Ocean has made 32 investments in exciting ocean impact companies from all over the world (17 countries, 4 continents). Based in Norway.
The Meloy Fund
The Meloy Fund for Sustainable Community Fisheries is an impact investment fund that incentivizes the development and adoption of sustainable fisheries by making debt and equity investments in fishing-related enterprises that support the recovery of coastal fisheries in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Ocean Hub Africa
Accelerate innovative impact-driven start-ups in Africa to protect our Oceans. Ocean Hub’s goal is to provide a platform – digitally, physically and emotionally – where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, businesses and other stakeholders can connect, inspire, collaborate and access the resources they need to succeed
Ocean Impact Organisation
Australia’s ocean impact ecosystem and start up accelerator. They provide a range of startup programs, mentoring, and support to help people to start, grow and invest in businesses that positively impact the ocean.
SeaAhead
SeaAhead is a bluetech startup platform, founded in Boston. We help build companies, run an incubator, facilitate investments and are catalyzing a bluetech cluster in the Northeast. Our ecosystem includes technologists, scientists, startups, corporations, governments and other ocean stakeholders that are coming together to create impact in areas including greener shipping and ports, aquaculture and fishery processes, offshore alternative energy, plastics and smart, resilient cities.
Women Power our Planet
A group of women offering events and information related to financial empowerment, shifting assets away from banks and investments that support fossil fuels and supporting women-owned businesses.
Seaweed Cultivation
Alga+
ALGAplus has been dedicated since 2012 to controlled and sustainable farming of seaweed species from the Atlantic coast, in an innovative land-based system with organic certification. Located in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, we are pioneers of a circular and blue bio-economy in Europe.
Algaia
The ALGAIA team offers sustainably-produced natural seaweed and other algal extracts and solutions for the Agro-Nutrition, Personal Care & Nutraceutical Industries. Based in France.
Algamar
Algamar is the first Spanish company specialized in seaweed since 1996 in the collection, drying and processing of seaweed for food use, with an ecological certificate .
Alginor
Alginor ASA was established 24 March 2014 in Haugesund, Norway to develop a technology for total utilisation of seaweeds to be integrated in a multifunctional biorefinery for seaweeds. The focus is on areas such as food, feed, pharma, agri, chemicals and materials.
Arctic Seaweed
Arctic Seaweed is a Norwegian company who has grown-up alongside the arctic ocean. A collection of innovators and inventors from the marine engineering, aquaculture, restaurant and marine biology industries, we are breaking new ground toward growing and supplying the highest quality, ecologically cultivated seaweed in the world.
AtSeaNova
AtSeaNova is a Belgian company offering different solutions for brown, red and green algae and a full range for seaweed farm business: products, consultancy, installation and training.
Biome Algae
Biome Algae is an aquaculture business, sustainably farming native UK seaweed species offshore. We produce a range of brown and red seaweeds of high quality from clean, energetic, south coast waters. Seaweeds are available whole (fresh/dried) and are suitable for bio-refining for extracts that serve a wide range of purposes across a range of markets.
Cascadia Seaweed
This British Columbia based company is looking to become the largest North American provider of cultivated seaweed. They’re working on seaweed as an animal feed additive and are also launching a line of consumer food products in 2021.
Green Marine Farming
Seaweed is THE sustainable marine ingredient that will change many industries. That's why we cultivate and process in a circular way. We cultivate seaweed for Food (nutrition, health, and technology), Aqua-feed, Cosmetics and Pharma. Based in the Netherlands.
Green Ocean Farming
Green Ocean Farming specializes in growing nutritious seaweed on ropes, promoting seaweed and alternative aquaculture in the UK and around the world. They have also started making artificial seaweed reefs to offer a food source and cover to marine life.
Green Wave
GreenWave trains and supports regenerative ocean farmers in the era of climate change. We work with coastal communities throughout North America to create a blue green economy—built and led by ocean farmers—that ensures we all make a living on a living planet. Check out their processing and wholesale company, The Crop Project.
Hortimare
Hortimare is a company with activities and products through the complete production chain of seaweeds. We advise, support and collaborate closely with seaweed farmers in order for them to expand and scale up to essential volumes to make seaweed a competitive alternative for land-based products. Based in the Netherlands.
Nordic Algae
Nordic Algae envision a future where seaweed is the most produced natural resource to solve our global challenges, including feeding 9 billion people by 2030. We are building an eco-system that can support seaweed farmers through every step of becoming successful and at the same time provide the food industry with a stable supply of biomass. Based in Denmark.
Ocean Rainforest
A Nordic company that seeds, grows, harvests, and processes seaweed. They offer a collection of premium, fully-traceable seaweed products mostly for food and cosmetics producers.
Primary Ocean
Primary Ocean will develop the first commercial offshore seaweed farm in U.S. history, 7 miles off shore Los Angeles. Their strategies include using large-scale seaweed farms to draw down carbon, restore oxygen, and create habitat in our oceans, and to refine and distribute organic seaweed by-products such as food, fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, bioplastics, and biofuels for the replacement of agrichemicals, plastics, and fossil fuels.
Pure Algae
Denmark’s first land-based cultivation facility, producing seaweed for medical, food and feed companies year-round.
Sea6Energy
Headquartered in Bangalore, Sea6 was founded in 2010 to develop innovative solutions to key global problems. Over the last decade, it has become a pioneer of innovative technologies for sustainable, large-scale and mechanized ocean farming. The company envisions a future powered by the endless potential of the oceans.
Seadling
A Malaysian company that specializes in Kappaphycus alvarezii, a valuable seaweed in tropical countries. Their mission is to realize the full potential of seaweed cultivation for a more sustainable future. They’re creating technology to mass produce seaweed seedlings with higher yields, faster growth, temperature tolerance and disease resistance.
Sea Forest
An Australian company that is cultivating asparagopsis at a commercial scale to help combat climate change.
SeaGrown
A UK based company establishing a seaweed farm in the North Sea. They also produce a range of seaweed flavorings and are available for consulting on starting a seaweed farm.
Seakura - Sea of Life
Seakura was established in 2007 for the purpose of growing macro-algae on land-based pools, in a clean environment and in compliance with strict international quality and safety standards. The company is active in producing nutraceuticals, cosmetics, and provides seaweed products to the culinary field. Based in Israel and Canada.
The Seaweed Company
An Irish company using unique biological & technological expertise to efficiently grow, harvest and process seaweed at commercial scale from open water facilities in Ireland, Morocco, India, and The Netherlands.
The Seaweed Farmers
The Seaweed Farmers is a foundation based in The Netherlands. They grow seaweed for use as an organic fertiliser and bioplastics. They offer opportunities to offset your Co2 and to sponsor a seaweed farm.
Seaweed Solutions
Seaweed Solutions (SES) was founded in 2009 with a vision to enable large-scale ocean farming of seaweed. We are seaweed cultivators and use our technology, know-how, and experience to seize business opportunities for seaweed worldwide. Based in Norway.
Selt Marine Group
Founded in Tunis in 1996, Selt Marine Group manufactures and supplies a large range of texturing agents of high quality agar-agar and carrageenan.
Springtide Innovations
Our core business is Springtide Seaweed, LLC, the largest USDA Organic Certified seaweed farm in Maine. We provide nursery and farm technology and services to cultivate over five species of seaweed. Our products include organic and conventional seaweed ingredients. for the food, nutraceutical, and agricultural industries. Springtide Organics, LLC is leading the industry in developing extracts, pellets, and gels for the food, nutraceutical, and agricultural industries. Acadia Market is the only fully integrated CRM/ERP and marketplace for the seafood, CSA/CSF, and food industry. We are also a founder of the Maine Seaweed Exchange, a non-profit devoted to seaweed aquaculture education and research.
Tango Seaweed
Tango Seaweed is a Norwegian company committed to producing high quality kelps and other macroalgae for human food and other applications. From the selection of cultivation sites, growth and production technology, to harvesting and processing, we operate according to high standards and with a goal to delivering delicious seaweeds from clean environments.
Textiles and Bioplastics
Eranova
Eranova is transforming green algae into bio-based resins. Our technology, called Upcycling, uses green macroalgae stranded on beaches, a pollutant, as a resource for the production of bio-based, recyclable, compostable resins. Based in France.
Evo & Co.
Evo & Co.’s mission is to reduce plastic pollution. Their brands include Evoware, Evoworld and Rethink. The Evoware line uses seaweed to offer biodegradable alternatives to singleware-use plastic products, while increasing the livelihood of seaweed farmers in Indonesia. Based in Indonesia.
Futuralga
A Spanish company making primary and secondary packaging primarily out of seaweed. The products are 100% natural, biodegradable and compostable. Their mission is to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean.
Notpla
Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up. We use a revolutionary material made from seaweed and plants that biodegrades in weeks, naturally. We have created unique machines and materials to package your products in the most sustainable way. Based in the UK.
Oceanium
Oceanium is developing food & nutrition products and home compostable bio-packaging materials from sustainably farmed seaweed. Our impact mission is to enable a sustainable seaweed farming industry to mitigate climate change, ensure food security and create jobs across the value chain. Based in Scotland.
PlantSea
PlantSea focuses on the development of sustainable and low carbon bioplastics, with the aim to be national pioneers in the development and production of sustainable and affordable seaweed derived plastic alternatives. They are based in the UK and plan to support seaweed aquaculture in Wales and the UK with the potential to expand and establish their own seaweed aquaculture, enabling them to sustainably grow raw material while sequestering carbon.
Sway
A California company making seaweed-based packaging. They are working on home-compostable, guilt-free packaging solutions for large corporations and small businesses alike. They are particularly interested in regenerative design and plan to use this angle to advance innovation, create dependable products and increase inclusion throughout the process.