| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.07.2026 | Can dark fermentation reshape the natural astaxanthin market? | Natural astaxanthin—a potent antioxidant that sells for thousands of dollars per kilo—has historically been produced by photosynthetic microalgae in open ponds or photobioreactors. But could a fermented version give it a run for its money?
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| 27.07.2026 | Hawaiian Startup Bags Multi-Million-Dollar Funding to Scale Fermentation-Derived Astaxanthin | 4 Mins Read US biotech startup Kuehnle AgroSystems has closed a Series B funding round to expand the sustainable production of its algal astaxanthin via dark fermentation for applications including human nutrition.
Hawaiian algal biotech co... |
| 09.07.2026 | Kuehnle AgroSystems Closes Series B Funding | Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS), a Honolulu, HI-based the algal biotechnology company providing sustainable production of natural astaxanthin through proprietary dark fermentation technology, closed Series B funding.
The round was led by IVC, wit... |
| 09.07.2026 | Kuehnle AgroSystems Raises Multi-Million-Dollar Series B To Scale Sustainable Natural Astaxanthin Production | Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS), an algal biotechnology company developing sustainable natural astaxanthin through proprietary dark fermentation technology, announced the closing of a multi-million-dollar Series B financing round. The round was l... |
| 10.02.2026 | Builders Vision Takes Strategic GP Stake in Hatch Blue, Signaling Global Confidence in Aquaculture’s Next Growth Phase | Hatch Blue Project Manager Karlotta Rieve on the ground in Southeast Asia, spending time with local seaweed farmers to build firsthand insight into production realities and opportunities.
A woman holds the Sensor Globe, the namesake product... |
| 15.12.2025 | Symbrosia nets $5.8m to scale ‘most cost effective’ cultivation method for methane-busting seaweed additive | Hawaii-based Symbrosia is moving closer to commercialization with its SeaGraze red seaweed-based feed supplements for livestock methane reduction after raising $5.8 million in Series A-1 funding.
The cash injection comes from new strategic ... |
| 13.10.2025 | Vycarb Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Vycarb, NYC-based climate tech company, raised $5M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Twynam, with participation from MOL Switch, Hatch Blue, Clocktower Ventures, Idemitsu, and SGInnovate.
The company intends to use the funds to accelera... |
| 17.09.2025 | Three start-ups join ESA BIC Ireland at NovaUCD | Three start-ups have joined the ESA BIC Ireland initiative at NovaUCD.
The two-year business incubation programme supports innovative early-stage Irish businesses with a connection to space that are developing either upstream or downstream ... |
| 24.07.2025 | Women in Ocean Food goes global | The next editions of the Women in Ocean Food programme will take place in East Africa (starting December 2025) and Mexico (starting January 2026). The programme is moving from a 2-week to a 12-month format. Applications are now open for bot... |
| 20.03.2025 | Aquaconnect Expands into Aquaculture Biologicals with USD 4.5 Mn Investment With a new state-of-the-art R&D and production facility, Aquaconnect aims to develop next-generation biological solution... | Integrated seafood brand Aquaconnect has announced its expansion into aquaculture biological research and production with a USD 4.5 million investment. This initiative marks a strategic move to enhance shrimp and fish health solutions, rein... |
| 18.10.2024 | Applications open for the fourth Women in Ocean Food innovation studio | A scene from the previous Women in Ocean Food innovation studio © Hatch Blue
Participants of the previous WiOF innovation studio, which took place in January 2024 © Hatch Blue
Female entrepreneurs from across the seafood sector are invited ... |
| 28.08.2024 | Brief: Plant-based seafood co New School Foods lands additional funding from IKEA & others ahead of commercial launch | New School Foods, known for its plant-based whole-cut seafood analogues, has raised a $6 million seed extension round from Inter IKEA Group, Good Startup, NewTree Capital and Hatch.
The round brings Ontario, Canada-based New School Foods’ t... |
| 06.06.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eFishery snaps up $30m, impact VC Pollination launches $150m fund | This week, aquaculture supply chain startup eFishery announced a new $30 million loan from HSBC Indonesia to expand its platform to more smallholder fish and shrimp farmers. Impact investor Pollination unveiled a new climate-focused fund, a... |
| 09.04.2024 | Hatch Blue Announces Evolution in Aquaculture Accelerator Model | Hatch Blue CREST Logo
Wayne Murphy, Co-Founder and Partner at Hatch Blue, speaking at Hawai'i Accelerator Launch 2023
Hatch Blue Accelerator 2023 Program participants at Singapore Demo Day 2023
Hatch Blue announces evolution in accelerator ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Singaporean Cultivated Seafood Startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats Announce Merger | 6 Mins Read In a major shift in the cultivated seafood space, Singaporean startups Umami Bioworks and Shiok Meats have announced plans to merge. Once finalised, Umami Bioworks CEO Mihir Pershad will lead the combined entity, and Shiok Meats... |
| 12.03.2024 | Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats | Singapore-based cultivated seafood startups UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats are in talks about a proposed merger in which UMAMI will acquire assets from Shiok to accelerate its scaleup plans and broaden its product pipeline.
The deal is like... |
| 12.03.2024 | UMAMI Bioworks & Shiok Meats Merge to Commercialize Cultivated Seafood | Two cultivated seafood pioneers from Singapore — UMAMI Bioworks and Shiok Meats — have merged to establish a combined entity that will bring cultivated seafood closer to commercial viability.
The strategic merge, believed to be the first in... |
| 14.11.2023 | Conservation International Ventures y Hatch Blue buscan candidaturas para el programa en la alimentación marina | Una oportunidad única para que las mujeres fundadoras hagan crecer sus empresas de la alimentación marina en América Latina
Recomendaría el estudio WIOF a cualquier mujer con una idea transformadora, un pequeño negocio en crecimiento o un n... |
| 17.04.2023 | HATCH Launches Fifth Accelerator Application Call for Aquaculture & Ocean Bioeconomy Startups | Participants from Hatch's 2019 accelerator program at Singapore demo day
The accelerator will accept US-based startups with innovations in aquaculture, alternative seafood, marine biotech, and blue carbon.
Each of the previous accelerators ... |
| 22.02.2023 | Farm software startups in Asia Pacific raised more funding in 2022 despite downturn | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze food and agriculture technology investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to be one of the ... |
| 20.12.2022 | Aquaconnect raises $15m to digitize India’s aquaculture supply chain for smallholder farmers | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
India-based aquaculture management platform Aquaconnect has secured a $15 million Series A round.
Lok Capital led the round with participation from Louis Dreyfus Com... |
| 06.04.2022 | Brilliant Planet | Co-authored by John Buttrick
Of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, at least 21% now have net-zero commitments. For most of these companies, even with significant emissions reduction, carbon offsetting will be essential to achievin... |
| 07.10.2021 | The ocean is a $100tln market opportunity | Tony Chen is co-founder and CEO of Manolin, a software and data analytics company that builds disease-detection models for aquaculture, based in Denver, Colorado.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not ... |
| 12.07.2021 | BREAKING: Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 12.07.2021 | Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 29.09.2020 | New proteins, processing technologies could open the door for plant-based seafood to gain share | As of last year, sales of plant-based seafood alternatives accounted for about $9.5m – or 1% of the total plant-based meat dollar sales, according to SPINS and The Good Food Institute. But, GFI research suggestions, if it could expand its ... |
| 19.08.2020 | Hatch announces fourth cohort of its accelerator program | Hatch, an aquaculture business accelerator, has announced the eight aquaculture startups selected for its fourth aquaculture accelerator program, scheduled to take place in Bergen, Norway.
Hatch has been investing in aquaculture start-ups f... |
| 16.07.2020 | Experts discuss building self-sufficient aquaculture in Singapore | Singapore has set the goal of increasing its self-sufficiency in food production from 10 percent to 30 percent by 2030 to address food security amidst climate change.
Spending on food in Asia is expected to double to USD 8 trillion (EUR 6.8... |
| 09.07.2020 | Industry leaders say transparency is key to global aquaculture sustainability | In a recent webinar hosted by the aquaculture technology investment firm Hatch, an international panel of aquaculture leaders connected virtually to discuss the importance of sustainability in the industry and the space innovation on that f... |
| 07.05.2020 | Hatch 4.0 accelerator is open for innovators who can bring sustainability to aquaculture | Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused accelerator program.
It’s looking for eight to 10 companies from anywhere in the world, at seed or pre-seed stage, to join the 15-week program. Applicants ... |
| 25.09.2019 | Indian aquaculture tech firm scores USD 1.1 million from Hatch, Omnivore | Chennai, India-based Aquaconnect, the developer of FarmMOJO, an online app that helps aquaculture farmers manage their businesses, has received a USD 1.1 million (EUR 1 million) investment from aquaculture business accelerator Hatch and Ind... |
| 24.09.2019 | Aquaculture startup Aquaconnect raises $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH | Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1 million seed round, backed by sustainable aquaculture accelerator HATCH and Indian VC firm Omnivore, who AFN can reveal. Aquaconnect is an AI-enabled platform that integrates a network for aquaculture farmers w... |
| 17.06.2019 | Hatch accepting applications for Hawaii accelerator | Hatch, a global sustainable seafood accelerator program, is accepting applicants for its third iteration, which will begin in Hawaii in August.
Hatch is the world’s first accelerator program focused on aquaculture and offers startups a valu... |
| 23.05.2019 | Who Are the Most Active AgriFood Tech Investors? | While still a niche corner of the overall venture capital industry, investment in AgriFood Tech startups has grown exponentially since 2012, reaching $17 billion in 2018, according to our research.
AgriFood Tech encompasses all foodtech and... |
| 13.02.2019 | 60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now! | *VOTING EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1, 9AM ET!*
We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, where we recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.
Our nomination comm... |
| 08.01.2019 | Accelerators targeting agtech companies | They include AgLaunch, The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, Hatch, Sprout Accelerator and TERRA
For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there. One way, which Vator has been covering recently, are startup competitions, but... |
| 13.04.2018 | Ag Industry Brief: FBN Makes Moves in Canada, Bayer Sells Digital to BASF, more | Bayer to Sell Digital Assets to BASF Ahead of Monsanto Deal
After getting what is likely the final go-ahead from the US Justice Department, Bayer will sell its digital farming business to BASF ahead of taking over Monsanto. The sale is a co... |
| 09.03.2018 | UPDATE: Aquaculture Startup Ecosystem Takes a Step Forward with New Accelerator | ** First Published January 17, 2018. Updated March 9, 2018 to reflect Aqua-Spark Investment.
Bergen, Norway is home to a lot of big names in the seafood industry: Grieg Seafood, Leroy, Marine Harvest and Cargill to name a few. It is now als... |
| 22.12.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: New Venture Fund Eschews NY, CA Startups, Trump to Address Farm Bureau, End of Year M&A, more | Steve Case Announces $150m Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Cofounder of AOL and CEO of Revolution Steve Case is launching a seed fund to support entrepreneurs across America. 75 percent of venture capital, he says, flows to three states: Califor... |
