# Algae and Seaweed Market Map 2026: 65 Startups in 3 Segments

> Market map of 65 algae and seaweed startups worldwide in 3 segments, from food and feed, materials and packaging and farming and cultivation on.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/algae-and-seaweed-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Food and feed

36

- [Microphyt](https://millionrounds.com/company/microphyt)
- [Blue Ocean Barns](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-ocean-barns)
- [OCEANIUM](https://millionrounds.com/company/oceanium)
- [Edonia](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia)
- [Aqua Theon](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-theon)
- [AlgaeCytes](https://millionrounds.com/company/algaecytes)
- [Triton Algae Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/triton-algae-innovations)
- [iwi Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/iwi-life)
- [Algisys](https://millionrounds.com/company/algisys)
- [Polaris](https://millionrounds.com/company/polaris)
- [Symbrosia](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia)
- [Origin by Ocean](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin-by-ocean)
- [Ocean Rainforest](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocean-rainforest)
- [Alga Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences)
- [OLALA!](https://millionrounds.com/company/olala)
- [Cascadia Seaweed](https://millionrounds.com/company/cascadia-seaweed)
- [Provectus Algae](https://millionrounds.com/company/provectus-algae)
- [Nordic SeaFarm](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-seafarm)
- [Macro Oceans](https://millionrounds.com/company/macro-oceans)
- [Seaweed Concept](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaweed-concept)
- [Firglas](https://millionrounds.com/company/firglas)
- [Umaro Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/umaro-foods)
- [Óir na Farraige](https://millionrounds.com/company/oir-na-farraige)
- [Pure Ocean Algae](https://millionrounds.com/company/pure-ocean-algae)

+12 more

## Materials and packaging

15

- [Notpla](https://millionrounds.com/company/notpla)
- [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/company/sway)
- [Bambrew](https://millionrounds.com/company/bambrew)
- [Inventure Chemicals](https://millionrounds.com/company/inventure-chemicals)
- [Kelpi](https://millionrounds.com/company/kelpi)
- [B'ZEOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-zeos)
- [Swedish Algae Factory](https://millionrounds.com/company/swedish-algae-factory)
- [Soarce](https://millionrounds.com/company/soarce)
- [Phycobloom](https://millionrounds.com/company/phycobloom)
- [revoltech](https://millionrounds.com/company/revoltech)
- [PlantSea](https://millionrounds.com/company/plantsea)
- [BioPlaster Research](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioplaster-research)
- [ZeroCircle](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerocircle)
- [Minus Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/minus-materials)
- [Algbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/algbio)

## Farming and cultivation

14

- [Fremantle Seaweed](https://millionrounds.com/company/fremantle-seaweed)
- [Solix Biofuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/solix-biofuels)
- [Lyxia](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyxia)
- [*T* Taberumo](https://millionrounds.com/company/taberumo)
- [Samudra Oceans](https://millionrounds.com/company/samudra-oceans)
- [Brilliant Planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-planet)
- [Seaweed Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaweed-solutions)
- [North Sea Farmers](https://millionrounds.com/company/north-sea-farmers)
- [Neoalgae](https://millionrounds.com/company/neoalgae)
- [Banyu](https://millionrounds.com/company/banyu)
- [NeoEarth](https://millionrounds.com/company/neoearth)
- [Algapelago](https://millionrounds.com/company/algapelago)
- [Seaweed Generation](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaweed-generation)
- [Eden Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/eden-life)

## Segment by segment

### Food and feed

36 startups · $198M raised

- [**Microphyt**](https://millionrounds.com/company/microphyt) Microphyt is a French biotechnology company founded in 2007, based in Baillargues, near Montpellier. France $32M
- [**Blue Ocean Barns**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-ocean-barns) Blue Ocean Barns is an agricultural technology company based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, founded in 2019. United States $20M
- [**OCEANIUM**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oceanium) Oceanium develops innovative, all-natural food and nutraceutical products and sustainable materials from sustainably-sourced seaweed. United Kingdom $19M
- [**Edonia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) Edonia offers plant-based protein food production with low processed & micro-algae based ingredients. France $18M
- [**Aqua Theon**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-theon) Aqua Theon Inc. United States $13M
- [**AlgaeCytes**](https://millionrounds.com/company/algaecytes) AlgaeCytes is a biotechnology company focused on the sustainable production of high-purity Omega-3 oils, particularly Eicosapentae United Kingdom $13M
- [**Triton Algae Innovations**](https://millionrounds.com/company/triton-algae-innovations) Triton Algae Innovations is a biotechnology startup based in San Diego, founded in 2013. United States $11M
- [**iwi Life**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iwi-life) iwi life is an algae farming company focused on sustainable agricultural practices and nutrient-dense food production. United States $10M

### Materials and packaging

15 startups · $152M raised

- [**Notpla**](https://millionrounds.com/company/notpla) Notpla is a London-based sustainable packaging startup founded in 2014 by Rodrigo García González and Pierre Paslier. United Kingdom $89M
- [**Sway**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sway) Sway Innovation Co., also known as Sway, is a California-based cleantech and materials company focused on developing sustainable p United States $25M
- [**Bambrew**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bambrew) Bambrew is a Bengaluru-based cleantech startup founded in 2019, focused on manufacturing sustainable and biodegradable packaging materials. India $11M
- [**Inventure Chemicals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/inventure-chemicals) Inventure Chemicals develops an ethanol and biodiesel conversion process by using a variety of raw materials including algae. United States $7.0M
- [**Kelpi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kelpi) Kelpi is a UK-based sustainable materials innovation company founded in 2020. United Kingdom $5.5M
- [**B'ZEOS**](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-zeos) B'ZEOS is a green-tech and blue-tech company based in Oslo, Norway, focused on transforming the packaging industry by replacing fo Switzerland $5.2M
- [**Swedish Algae Factory**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swedish-algae-factory) Swedish Algae Factory (SAF) is a biotech and materials science company based in Gothenburg, Sweden, founded in 2016. Sweden $3.3M
- [**Soarce**](https://millionrounds.com/company/soarce) Soarce synergizes seaweed and nanotechnology to produce high performing, protective, and low-carbon fabrics and leathers. United States $2.0M

### Farming and cultivation

14 startups · $1.6B raised

- [**Fremantle Seaweed**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fremantle-seaweed) Fremantle Seaweed is an Australian aquaculture and ocean-technology company located in Western Australia. Australia $1.4B
- [**Solix Biofuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/solix-biofuels) Solix BioSystems provides integrated solutions and services that enable large scale cultivation of algae. United States $69M
- [**Lyxia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyxia) Lyxia is a biotechnology company specializing in products derived from microalgae and cyanobacteria. United States $19M
- [*T* **Taberumo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/taberumo) Taberumo is the developer of cultivation technologies and new applications of spirulina for its commercial production and marketing. Japan $15M
- [**Samudra Oceans**](https://millionrounds.com/company/samudra-oceans) Samudra Oceans is a London-based climate technology startup founded in 2022, focused on advancing ocean farming and blue carbon capture. United Kingdom $14M
- [**Brilliant Planet**](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-planet) Brilliant Planet is a climate technology company based in London, founded in 2013. United Kingdom $12M
- [**Seaweed Solutions**](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaweed-solutions) Seaweed Solutions AS is a prominent Norwegian company specializing in seaweed genetics, seed supply, and cultivation technology. Norway $4.7M
- [**North Sea Farmers**](https://millionrounds.com/company/north-sea-farmers) North Sea Farmers is the European Seaweed Association. United States $2.3M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in algae and seaweed, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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