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Seaweed Generation
Growing, learning about and spreading the word of seaweed.
Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024
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Seaweed Generation develops automated robotic technology that is designed to reduce the cost of seaweed cultivation and scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through seaweed sinking.
Our mission is to develop the technology to grow seaweed sustainably and cheaply, making these uses commonplace, and to make sinking seaweed for billion tonne scale carbon dioxide removal commercially viable.
Raised £1M pre-seed from VC sources. £475k Seedrs Crowdfunder. £450k in I-UK grants. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/07/great-atlantic-sargassum-belt-seaweed-visible-from-space https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230221005075/en/Patch-Partners-With-EcoEngineers-to-Review-Science-Develop-MRV-Approach-for-New-Carbon-Removal-Technologies https://thefishsite.com/articles/startup-raises-1-million-to-sink-seaweed
1 Apr 2025 to 30 Sep 2026
Ocean data is crucial for informing long-term economic policies that can balance a burgeoning blue economy with environmental sustainability. But physical, biological, logistical, technical and economic challenges all make gathering and transmitting ocean data difficult. Establishing baseline data is essential in order to measure and track natural resourc...
1 Dec 2024 to 30 Nov 2026
The Nutrient Cycling with Automated Seaweed Cultivation (NCASC) feasibility project will establish the possibility for estuarine and near estuarine nutrient cycling using seaweed. Lead, SeaGen, will adapt and scale their automated seaweed cultivation rig, the AlgaVator (TRL5), to grow estuarine seaweed species. The seaweed produced will be processed into...
1 Feb 2024 to 31 Jan 2025
UK aquaculture SME SeaGen's focus is on creating technology and infrastructure that can unlock the potential of seaweed in the global battle against climate change. Our belief is that automation, robotics, data and a little imagination can hold the key to a scalable and sustainable future for seaweed aquaculture and for the planet. Seaweed aquaculture is ...
1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2025
UK aquaculture SME Seaweed Generation's (SeaGen) focus is on creating technology and infrastructure that can unlock the potential of seaweed in the global battle against climate change. Our belief is that automation, robotics, data and a innovation can hold the key to a scalable and sustainable future for seaweed aquaculture and for the planet. UK horticu...
1 Sep 2023 to 31 Aug 2025
Climate change presents a global crisis that impacts people, environments and economies worldwide, with more severe impacts for those who have the least resources to combat them. It is unarguably an existential threat to humanity. To halt warming, we will need to reduce emissions by 75% and massively increase biodiversity across the planet. For our food c...
1 Apr 2023 to 30 Jun 2025
UK aquaculture SME SeaGen has a core project team of Patricia Estridge (entrepreneur/CEO/software-engineer), Paul Gray (marine-engineer/senior-mechanical-engineer), Duncan Smallman (PhD/marine-biology/cultivation), Dan Schaub (software-engineer) and Mike Allen (professor/algal-biotech). UK animal feed SME, Abrimar, is led by Matt Palmer (animal-nutritioni...
1 Jan 2023 to 30 Jun 2023
Seaweed Generation are developing a remotely operated automated underwater vehicle that is able to carry out biodiversity monitoring using hyperspectral cameras and passive acoustic recording. Machine learning will be used to develop methods for animal recognition and species identification. Our AUV glider (based on a previously developed design) is power...
