Our members - North Sea Farmers

Algaia

ALGAIA is a biomarine ingredients company producing and marketing seaweed extracts for food, cosmetics, dietary supplements and agriculture.

Supply & Service Biomaterials Biostimulants Food Other

BlueBlocks

BlueBlocks is a cleantech start-up that develops new biobased materials for circular applications. BlueBlocks is working with Dutch seaweed as a (future) source for healthy food, for bioplastic, and for fibreboard made of the left over fibres after extraction processes.

Biomaterials

DS Smith

DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide.

Biomaterials

IKEA of Sweden

IKEA of Sweden has big ambitions for 2030. They are determined to do their part in tackling climate change, unsustainable consumption patterns and inequality. In doing so, they focus on three areas: Healthy & Sustainable Living, Circular & Climate Positive and Fair & Equal.

Biomaterials

Inclita Seaweed Solutions

Ínclita Seaweed Solutions (ISS) is a marine biotechnology company born from science and founded in 2018. ISS specializes in developing, producing, and commercializing functional ingredients based on seaweed extracts. ISS's commitment is to sustainability: from working closely with seaweed farmers and harvesters, ensuring a sustainably harvested or produced seaweed biomass, to addressing the cosmetics, nutraceutical, pet care, and food & beverage industries' innovation and sustainability challenges and opportunities.

Biostimulants Food Biomaterials Feed

Kelpi

Kelpi is a material innovation company. They replace single-use plastics with premium performance bioplastics that harness the novel properties and environmental benefits of seaweed. They also were one of the four winners of the Seaweed Innovation Challenge in 2023.

Biomaterials

Nordic Seafarm

Nordic SeaFarm is at forefront of democratizing seaweed by growing high value species at massive scale in the ocean. Research & development is in our DNA, and is why we have successfully completed multiple EU-research projects over the years and why we continuously break through with new innovative ways of farming seaweed at scale in the ocean. We exist to drive change and to create a regenerative and prosperous planet.

Supply & Service Seaweed Production Biomaterials Food Biostimulants

Notpla

Notpla is a London-based start-up, pioneering the use of seaweed as an alternative to single-use plastic creating a revolutionary material made from seaweed and plants. It biodegrades in weeks, naturally.

Biomaterials

Origin by Ocean

Rid the oceans of harmful algae and turn it into everyday goods. The mission of Origin by Ocean is to make the chemical industry run on algae.

Seaweed Production Biomaterials Biostimulants Food

Searo Labs

Searo Labs develops sustainable, seaweed-based alternatives to traditional materials, such as bioplastics and packaging solutions. By leveraging the ocean’s resources, they create innovative products that reduce reliance on land-based crops and help combat plastic waste. Through collaboration and a licensing model, Searo Labs aims to make a positive environmental impact on a global scale.

Biomaterials

The Seaweed Farmers

The Seaweed Farmers harvest seaweed for use as an organic fertiliser and bioplastics showing the value of seaweed as part of a circular economy.

Seaweed Production Supply & Service Biostimulants Biomaterials

VYLD

Although it affects 50% of the global population, menstrual health is still a stigmatized and underserved subject. VYLD produces healthy period products made from seaweed.

Biomaterials

Zeefier

The purpose of Zeefier is to raise awareness on sustainability in the textile industry by proposing seaweed as a viable resource. Zeefier uses waste streams or by-products of seaweed to create beautiful and rich textile colours.

Biomaterials