Startups

Investors, leaders, scientists and entrepreneurs from around the world will convene in Portland on 24 October for the third annual Blue Economy Investment Summit.

Janno van der Laan is the founder of Nasaru Naturals, a startup cultivating spirulina in the soda lakes of East Africa’s Rift Valley, as a sustainable protein source for both human nutrition and…

Pure play aquaculture companies are notable by their absence in Katapult Ocean’s eighth accelerator cohort, with a Tanzanian company developing foods from farmed seaweeds being the only exception.

Pure Algae’s bioremediation technology is designed to turn excess emissions into a financially attractive proposition for recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farms. With several setups operational…

Applications are open for GreenWave’s Kelp CoLab, a new programme designed to develop beauty and personal care products that contain farmed kelp, in a bid to boost market demand and strengthen the…

Patient capital can transform the blue economy – and save the ocean – according to the head of Africa’s largest ocean-impact catalyst.

The startup has secured around €1.7 million to scale production of protein from invasive crab species for use in the feed and food industry.

As Norway constantly revisits aquaculture rules, startups show how IMTA, autonomous cleaning and sea lice capture can improve fish welfare and sustainability across salmon farming.

After 12 months in which a number of the West’s flagship indoor shrimp farms have been forced to shut down, two of the more promising remaining companies explain how they have not only survived the…