32 Best Aquaculture Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aquaculture Startups

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There are 32 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $934.7m. The average funding per company in this subset is $29.2m.

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$37.5m

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Finless Foods is a biotechnology company producing cultured marine animal food products through implementing cellular agriculture and manufacturing technologies.

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$1.4m

Money raised

MicroSynbiotiX was a company developing cost-effective oral vaccines to combat aquaculture infections and improve global food security. It was acquired by Sundew in 2021.

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3

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$31.3m

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A software company with a platform for insights into aquaculture and how it affects the seafood industry. It was founded in 2012 and is located in Quebec, Canada.

2

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$3.5m

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KnipBio is a biotechnology company making fish feed alternatives for sustainable global aquaculture that is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts and founded by Larry Feinberg and Chris Marx in 2013.

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6

Funding Rounds

$73.8m

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Machine learning platform that uses camera IoT software to address global food sustainability challenges.

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BioLum Sciences is a Dallas-based medical device company developing chronic illness management products.

3

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$116.0m

Money raised

Operator of a cellular agriculture company intended to offer clean fish and meat. The company leverages cellular agriculture technologies to address the pressing challenges of the generation like climate change, food security, and health, enabling customers to consume healthy meat alternatives.

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10

Funding Rounds

$54.6m

Money raised

A company that develops biotechnology solutions for agriculture & environmental management

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$313.8m

Money raised

InnovaFeed SAS is a French biotechnology company that develops large-scale insect breeding and processing processes. It sells ingredients derived from insects for animal nutrition and aquaculture.

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$2.4m

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Umami Bioworks (previously known as Umami Meats) is a Singapore-based food technology company producing cultivated fish.

2

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$92.7m

Money raised

Benchmark Holdings PLC is a company that has a mission to enable food producers enhance their sustainability and profitability.

2

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$24.0m

Money raised

Brilliant Planet is a nature-based system capturing and storing carbon founded in 2013 by Raffael Jovine Ph.D.

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$7.0m

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The company is working with ranchers to use red algae as a feed additive. Including red algae reduces methane emissions from livestock by up to 90%.

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1

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$15.0m

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Tru Shrimp is a Balaton, Minnesota-based company that raises shrimp through the use of aquaculture.

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$49.0m

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Moleaer Inc. is a company founded in 2016 by Bruce Scholten.

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BlueTrace is a Castine, Maine-based company founded in 2017 by Chip Terry, Andy Kearney, Catherine Ganim and Drew Condon.

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$3.8m

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Food and nutraceutical products and sustainable materials made from sustainably-sourced seaweed.

1

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$100.0k

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Developer of a mobile application technology intended to reduce farmers' cost of production. The company utilizes an IOT water temperature sensor and an android app technology in the fish farmer's hands to make more informed decisions, enabling access to markets and promoting equal trade.

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$1.6m

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A company in the insect processing, production, or supply industry.

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$1.3m

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Hexafly produces materials for insect farming industries

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$90.0m

Money raised

eFishery is an Indonesia-based company founded in 2013.

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$200.0k

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Prospective Research is a biotechnology company focused on bacteria founded by Jake Cotter.

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$2.0m

Money raised

Little Fly Labs is a company developing therapies for mosquito-borne viruses founded by Edward Cheung, Richard Sayre and Kimberly Harrison.

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$250.0k

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A biotechnology company researching and developing plant-based systems to produce biologically active compounds

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$2.4m

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Nordic SeaFarm is a seaweed-based cultivation solutions provider founded in 2016 by Fredrik Gröndahl, Henrik Pavia, Elisabet Brock, Gunilla Toth and Göran Nylund.

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1

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Solution for combating sea lice in Norwegian salmon farms.

1

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$4.3m

Money raised

ViAqua Therapeutics is Israel-based company developing the first orally administered treatment for aquaculture.

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1

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$330.0k

Money raised

Develops a drone for environmental monitoring in aquaculture

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1

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$1.0m

Money raised

Minnowtech is a Baltimore-based aquaculture company founded in 2018.

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1

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$75.0k

Money raised

1

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$2.4m

Money raised

BioFishency is a Misgav Am-based aquaculture company founded by Igal Magen.

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Funding Rounds

$2.9m

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