Bluu Seafood

Bioprocessing · Industrial Biotechnology
Venture roundlatest round · Jun 2024 · 2 yr ago
3backers · LBBW Venture Capital, MANTA RAY Venture Capital
$1.6Mgrants · 4 grants · CORDIS
10+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

Bluu Seafood is a Berlin biotechnology company founded in 2020 that grows fish protein from cultivated cells. Its process produces salmon and trout products without fishing, using bioreactors and cell lines developed in house. The company operates pilot production facilities in Germany and is pursuing regulatory approval in several markets.

Funding and backers

Latest round
Venture round
Jun 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Grants
$1.6M
4 grants · CORDIS
Backers
3
LBBW Venture Capital, MANTA RAY Venture Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
29 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 1, 2025 Won a grant $451k · CORDIS Jun 3, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Apr 11, 2024 Expanded BLUU Seafood opens new headquarters in Hamburg with Europe's first pilot plant for cultivated fish and prepares for market entry · streetinsider.com Apr 1, 2024 Won a grant $30k · CORDIS Apr 1, 2024 Won a grant $608k · CORDIS Oct 1, 2023 Won a grant $540k · CORDIS Aug 8, 2022 Launched Bluu Seafood unveils its first lab-grown fish products and readies for regulators · YahooFinance 2020 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Jan 2025 $451k — CORDIS
Venture round Jun 2024 — — handelsregister.de
Grant Apr 2024 $608k — CORDIS
Grant Apr 2024 $30k — CORDIS
Grant Oct 2023 $540k — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity BLUU GmbH its site
Registered 13 May 2020
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Financials

Total raised
$1.6M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
5
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2025 $451k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Grant 2024 $608k Details
Grant 2024 $30k Details
Grant 2023 $540k Details

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News

News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Bluu Seafood reels in $17.5M to bring cultivated fish products to market
Cultivated fish company Bluu Seafood today announced it has raised €16 million in a Series A round of funding.
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News FoodNavigator.com 4 years ago
Asian appeal: Bluu Seafood pledges region-specific cultivated fish products
European cultivated fish product firm Bluu Seafood has highlighted its plans for region-specific product innovation in the Asia Pacific region, in the wake of its first product announcement and bid for regulatory approval in Singapore.
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News Gizmodo 4 years ago
Lab Grown Fishsticks Are One Step Closer to Your Dinner Plate
A company called Bluu Seafood has revealed two finished food products, made of fish cells but without the fish.
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News YahooFinance 4 years ago
Bluu Seafood unveils its first lab-grown fish products and readies for regulators
Bluu Seafood, a German company developing "lab-grown" fish, is showcasing its first finished products as it prepares to begin the regulatory approval process for key markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Founded in 2020 (originally as Bluu Bioscience
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News Tech Times 4 years ago
Bluu Seafood's 'Lab Grown' Fish Could Be the Next Big Thing in the Food Industry
These lab-grown fish products can be a dream comfort food for seafood lovers. Bluu Seafood, a known producer of "synthetic seafood," has created the first-ever "lab-grown" fish products.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
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Berlin Germany
HQ
Hamburg Germany
Regional office
Jürgen-Töpfer-Straße 50, Hamburg, 22763, DE
opened 2024 company site