Tag: Seaweed Farming

Earthshot Prize Finalist Coast 4C secures oversubscribed US$2.5 million seed round to scale regenerative seaweed farming

Stuart Mitchell

Earthshot Prize Finalist, Coast 4C, a regenerative seaweed company working with coastal communities in the Philippines, has secured an oversubscribed US$2.5 million seed round to scale its regenerative seaweed farming model across Southeast Asia, helping smallholders farmers increase productivity, improve access to markets and finance, and strengthen marine conservation. This milestone reflects growing investor confidence at a time when global demand for seaweed is rising across food, agriculture, biomaterials, and climate-related applications, creating an increasing need for resilient and traceable supply chains. Coast 4C was named as a Finalist in…

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World Wildlife Fund Announces Investment in Seaweed Farming Through Ocean Rainforest

Stuart Mitchell

In a first for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), with generous support from The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust, the organization announced an $850,000 investment in Ocean Rainforest, to accelerate growth of offshore seaweed production for the benefit of people, communities, and climate gains. Earlier this week, the Faroe Island-based company publicized the closing of an investment round to enable the scaling of seaweed farming operations in the North Atlantic, which was led by WWF. Through impact investments like this, WWF aims to advance the technologies and processes needed to…

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