31 Best Aquaculture Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aquaculture Startups

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There are 31 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $932.3m. The average funding per company in this subset is $30.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Finless Foods logo

Finless Foods

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

9

Funding Rounds

$37.5m

Money raised

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Microsynbiotix

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Xpertsea

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$31.3m

Money raised

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KnipBio

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.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

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Aquabyte

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

6

Funding Rounds

$73.8m

Money raised

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BioLum Sciences

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

3

Funding Rounds

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Wildtype

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$116.0m

Money raised

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BiOWiSH Technologies

A company that develops biotechnology solutions for agriculture & environmental management

10

Funding Rounds

$54.6m

Money raised

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InnovaFeed

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$313.8m

Money raised

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Benchmark Holdings PLC

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

2

Funding Rounds

$92.7m

Money raised

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Brilliant Planet

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

2

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

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Symbrosia

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%.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Tru Shrimp

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

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

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Moleaer Inc.

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

2

Funding Rounds

$49.0m

Money raised

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BlueTrace

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

3

Funding Rounds

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Oceanium

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

2

Funding Rounds

$3.8m

Money raised

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AquaRech

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.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0k

Money raised

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Protenga

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

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

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Hexafly

Hexafly produces materials for insect farming industries

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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eFishery

eFishery is an Indonesia-based company founded in 2013.

1

Funding Rounds

$90.0m

Money raised

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Prospective Research

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

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0k

Money raised

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Little Fly Labs

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

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Kuehnle Agrosystems

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

1

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

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Nordic SeaFarm

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

$2.4m

Money raised

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Blue Lice

Solution for combating sea lice in Norwegian salmon farms.

1

Funding Rounds

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ViAqua Therapeutics

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

1

Funding Rounds

$4.3m

Money raised

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SeaSmart

Develops a drone for environmental monitoring in aquaculture

1

Funding Rounds

$330.0k

Money raised

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Minnowtech

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

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$75.0k

Money raised

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BioFishency

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

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$2.9m

Money raised