# Algae and Seaweed Market Map United States 2026: 17 Startups in 3 Segments > 17 algae and seaweed startups in the United States, mapped in 3 segments: food and feed, materials and packaging and farming and cultivation and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/algae-and-seaweed-united-states-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Food and feed 10 - [Blue Ocean Barns](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-ocean-barns) - [Aqua Theon](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-theon) - [Triton Algae Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/triton-algae-innovations) - [iwi Life](https://millionrounds.com/company/iwi-life) - [Algisys](https://millionrounds.com/company/algisys) - [Symbrosia](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia) - [Alga Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences) - [Macro Oceans](https://millionrounds.com/company/macro-oceans) - [Umaro Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/umaro-foods) - [We Are The New Farmers](https://millionrounds.com/company/we-are-the-new-farmers) ## Materials and packaging 4 - [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/company/sway) - [Inventure Chemicals](https://millionrounds.com/company/inventure-chemicals) - [Soarce](https://millionrounds.com/company/soarce) - [Minus Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/minus-materials) ## Farming and cultivation 3 - [Solix Biofuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/solix-biofuels) - [Lyxia](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyxia) - [North Sea Farmers](https://millionrounds.com/company/north-sea-farmers) ## Segment by segment ### Food and feed 10 startups · $75M raised - [**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 - [**Aqua Theon**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-theon) Aqua Theon Inc. United States $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 - [**Algisys**](https://millionrounds.com/company/algisys) AlgiSys, also known as AlgiSys BioSciences, Inc., is a biotechnology and BioFoodTech company founded in 2009. United States $6.2M - [**Symbrosia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia) Symbrosia is a cleantech and biotechnology startup based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, founded in 2018. United States $5.8M - [**Alga Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences) Alga Biosciences is a climate technology startup founded in 2021, based in San Francisco, California. United States $4.0M - [**Macro Oceans**](https://millionrounds.com/company/macro-oceans) Macro Oceans is focused on building a kelp economy to support a low carbon future. United States $2.5M ### Materials and packaging 4 startups · $34M raised - [**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 - [**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 - [**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 - [**Minus Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/minus-materials) Minus Materials grows carbon-negative, biorenewable limestone using microalgae United States $275K ### Farming and cultivation 3 startups · $90M raised - [**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 - [**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, and is based in United States. 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. 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