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This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and large companies and 1 other, at seed stage, Series A and Series B and growth stage. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
Impact investment fund backing sustainable, commercial aquaculture businesses across production, feed, disease control, technology, waste valorisation, and alternative seafood. Targets companies seeking healthy, sustainable, affordable production with comparable financial returns.
About this grant
Aqua-Spark is an investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture solutions. The fund invests in best-in-class aquaculture operations including fish farms, feed mills, and hatcheries devoted to continual improvement. Aqua-Spark supports innovations across multiple areas of the aquaculture value chain: sustainable feed ingredients that minimize demands on natural resources, disease prevention and fish health enhancement, innovative aquaculture technologies for improved feeding practices and animal welfare, waste valorization solutions, and alternative protein sources including plant and cell-based options. The fund's mission is to move the aquaculture industry towards healthy, sustainable, and affordable production with comparable financial returns. Aqua-Spark operates as a global community with over 300 investors from more than 25 countries supporting the growth of sustainable commercial aquaculture enterprises.
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Eligibility
Entrepreneurs and businesses working toward a more sustainable aquaculture food system can submit business plans for consideration. The fund seeks to invest in operations and technologies across the aquaculture sector including production, feed ingredients, disease management, aquaculture technology, waste valorization, and alternative protein sources.
Key requirements
- ✓Focus on sustainable, commercial aquaculture across production, feed ingredients, disease management, aqua-tech, waste valorisation, or alternative seafood (plant and cell-based)
- ✓Business model targeting healthy, sustainable, and affordable production
- ✓Comparable financial returns expected alongside impact outcomes
- ✓Alignment with sustainable seafood and alternative protein industry
Funder contact
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Aqua-Spark Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, large-company, social-enterprise. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Alternative protein funding backs plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins, along with the ingredients and processing they depend on. Support includes research grants, scale-up programmes and investment from specialist funds. Calls usually look for regulatory awareness, a route to lower production cost and partnerships with food manufacturers.
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