Tag: fish

Kenya’s Victory Farms nets $5m as it edges towards precision fish farming

May 27, 2022

Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, is setting its sights further afield in DRC, Tanzania and Rwanda.

Brief: Wildtype reels in $100m to make sushi-grade cultivated salmon ‘ubiquitous’

February 22, 2022

But the startup needs to get regulatory approval before it can sell its cell-cultured salmon to US consumers.

Brief: Almost 1% of global GDP spent on ‘destructive’ ag, fishing & forestry subsidies each year

February 17, 2022

Subsidies are “driving the destruction of ecosystems and species extinction,” according to a new report from The B Team and Business For Nature.

Indonesian aquatech startup eFishery nets $90m in Sequoia, SoftBank-led Series C

January 10, 2022

The Bandung-based startup plans to launch into other major fish and shrimp farming markets, including China and India.

Norway’s OptoScale nets $4.1m to grow its fish farm monitoring tech

October 13, 2021

The Trondheim-based startup believes it’s differentiated by its use of on-site edge processing, rather than relying on cloud computing.

The potential of tilapia aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa

October 11, 2021

Tilapia farming can help feed sub-Saharan Africa’s booming population. But investment in everything from basic infrastructure to technology is needed first.

Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others

July 12, 2021

The Chennai-based startup will use the pre-Series A funds to strengthen its fintech offering, while also boosting the volume of seafood exports it handles.

BlueNalu sets sights on Asia after raising cultured seafood’s biggest round yet

January 22, 2021

The US startup will use the convertible note financing to complete its pilot production facility in San Diego. But its next factory could very well be in Asia, says CEO Lou Cooperhouse.

Maw & more: Avant nets $3m funding to expand cultured seafood range

December 11, 2020

Hong Kong’s Avant will expand its focus beyond traditional Chinese cuisine with new products tailored to Western markets.

AquaBounty’s GE salmon is coming to menus in the US Midwest – for real this time

July 20, 2020

AquaBounty has been swimming upstream against a wave of opposition since receiving FDA approval for its GE salmon in 2015. But it has finally caught a rising tide.

How did that fish get on your plate? A short look at fish farms

March 5, 2020

How do you farm in the ocean? It turns out there are lots of ways, as Scott Nichols explains.

Huddle Corp raises €1.5m to launch efficient aquafeed products

February 5, 2020

The French feed ingredient developer uses a proprietary encapsulation technology to make fish feed more efficient once its consumed.

The USDA’s 2018 Census of Aquaculture shows 10.5% jump in sales

December 30, 2019

A UN FAO report also showed that global aquaculture production is catching up with catch-based production systems.

Robot fish, alternative packaging, blockchain among winners at final Fish 2.0

November 14, 2019

The six winning startups beat out 150 total applicants in a competitive 18-month accelerator program featuring investors and experts.

Aquaculture startup Aquaconnect raises $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH

September 24, 2019

Indian VC firm Omnivore tells AFN that aquaculture tech app Aquaconnect has raised a $1.1m seed round from Omnivore and HATCH. Read on to find out more.

BRIEF: WorldFish and IFPRI size up the Future of Fish

September 20, 2019

The WorldFish and IFPRI join forces to carry out research into a future of seafood, without the sea, and how it could improve the world.

Cargill pumps funding into meat & fish alternatives

August 30, 2019

Cargill “gives peas more chances” with $75m investment into Puris. It also entered a JV with White Dog Labs to supply an alternative to unsustainable fishmeal to the aquaculture industry.

Sustainable Fish Feed Company Calysta Raises $30m Series C from Cargill, MERS Pension

February 4, 2016

Cargill, the Municipal Employee Retirement System of Michigan and multi-family office Bessemer Trust joined existing investors to fund commercialization of Calysta’s FeedKind range.

Fish 2.0: Helping to Fill 3 Gaps in Aquaculture

November 20, 2015

Mike Betts, director of investments at AgFunder, shares his key takeaways from the event and his thoughts on the growing aquaculture sector.

Aquaculture Startups Dominate Finals of Sustainable Seafood Business Competition

September 21, 2015

Sustainable seafood business competition Fish 2.0 has selected 37 companies to pitch to investors at its Stanford University final in November, with aquaculture-focused businesses representing over a third of the group.