€17M
RAISED TO DATE
€65M
PLANNED INVESTMENT TO SCALE
€51M
TARGET ANNUAL REVENUE
The opportunity
An Ocean Problem. A New Industrial Resource.
Invasive Sargassum seaweed is accumulating in large volumes, damaging marine ecosystems and affecting coastal communities. At the same time, industries such as cosmetics, food and personal care need alternatives to fossil-based ingredients.
40M t
Available Sargassum
€22M
Offtake to future production
€440M
Customer pipeline
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Why it works
Regenerative by Design
Origin by Ocean’s model connects environmental restoration with industrial innovation.
By turning invasive algae into valuable ingredients, replacing fossil-based chemicals and finding uses for residual biomass, the company aims to create value at every stage of the process, linking ocean regeneration with a scalable commercial business.
01 — Supply
02 — Production
03 — Use
04 — Return
Bankability indicators
Look for regeneration that can scale
For investors, the key is to look beyond the environmental ambition and understand how the model can scale: from proven technology and customer demand to industrial production, resource efficiency and viable economics
Commercial demand
already emerging
Capital to build
industrial scale
Prove industrial
economics
Most sustainability stories are a trade-off. You pay more, or you accept less performance. Not this one. The raw material is invasive Sargassum...
Removing it is the whole point. So volume growth and ocean impact pull in the same direction instead of against each other.”
Voima Venture