Aqua Spark
VC Fund
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Aqua Spark is a VC fund in Utrecht focused on Biotechnology and Seafood. Aqua-Spark is an investment fund with a focus on sustainable aquaculture businesses around the world. The small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they invest in are working toward the production of safe, accessible aquatic life, such as fish, shellfish and plants, in ways that do not harm their oceans. Their investors value the fact that each investmentaims to create triple impact—specifically, each investment is chosen for its potential to generate significant financial returns while also activating positive environmental and social outcomes.Aqua-Spark believes that committing to a long-term vision is the way to realize effective and lasting impact results. When it comes to investments, they do not seek quick exits; instead, they look for entrepreneurs who strive to build and scale toward the future, who see their business as major economic opportunities that can also help solve looming environmental and food security challenges over the long-term. As an essential of each investee, Aqua-Spark seeks sustainability.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
- Fund size:
- $6M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Aqua Spark invests in
Stages Aqua Spark invests in
Countries Aqua Spark invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$7M
- Series A
- $3.2M–$12M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2.4M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 9 (17%)
- Seafood 5 (9%)
- Aquaculture 5 (9%)
- Food Processing 4 (8%)
- Farming 3 (6%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (25%)
- Series A 8 (15%)
- Seed 5 (9%)
- Series B 3 (6%)
- Funding Round 2 (4%)
Country
- United States 6 (11%)
- Norway 3 (6%)
- Israel 2 (4%)
- India 1 (2%)
- Kenya 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amy Novogratz
Founder, Managing Partner
|
Founder, Managing Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Chen Zhu
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mike Velings
Founder, Managing Partner
|
Founder, Managing Partner | Total investments: 13 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Aquatec is specialises in acoustic marine mammal deterrents and humane electrical fish stunning equipment. Our markets are aquaculture, off-shore construction / demolition and fishermen.The US3 is the latest model of acoustic deterrent for the fish farming industry offering data logging, high and low frequency transducers, and sonartriggering. The MMD is offered to the long line fishermen, to offshore platforms engaged in pile driving and government organisations engaged in post oil spillage response. The sophisticated electronics drives marine wildlife to a zone of safety. | $10M / May 01, 2025 | ||
| Oceano Fresco develops and produces bivalves varieties with superior performance for shellfish farmers at a competitive cost, respecting environmental sustainability and ensuring consumer safety.They use a multi-disciplinary approach including expertise in molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, computational biology and intellectualproperty to select value adding traits to shellfish farmers and contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry.They work with hatcheries, nurseries and research centers in order to test and validate their solutions and ensure that they suit the specific needs of each customer, in each technical and environmental context. | $18.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 25, 2024 | ||
| Kuehnle Agrosystems, Inc. conducts biotech research and development of plant-based systems for production of biologically active compounds. The company was formerly known as Kuehnle Agrosystems Company, LLC. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. | $3M / Series A / Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| AquaRech includes Farm management that enhances fish production, enables access to the market & promotes equal trade. | $1.7M / Seed / Nov 22, 2023 | ||
| Based in Israel, Wanda Fish Technologies is a cell-cultured seafood startup that offers cultivated fish filets with similar nutrition, taste, and texture to real fish, using a GMO-free platform. Wanda Fish produces its cultivated fish by growing fat and muscle cells in a bioreactor using animal-free growth media. | $7M / Seed / Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Ace Aquatec is specialises in acoustic marine mammal deterrents and humane electrical fish stunning equipment. Our markets are aquaculture, off-shore construction / demolition and fishermen.The US3 is the latest model of acoustic deterrent for the fish farming industry offering data logging, high and low frequency transducers, and sonartriggering. The MMD is offered to the long line fishermen, to offshore platforms engaged in pile driving and government organisations engaged in post oil spillage response. The sophisticated electronics drives marine wildlife to a zone of safety. | $3.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 07, 2023 | ||
| Tepbac aims to shake up Vietnam’s aquaculture industry with a comprehensive suite of software and hardware solutions. | $2.2M / Seed / Apr 20, 2023 | ||
| Enifer Bio is an expert at squeezing every last drop of value from biorefining operations. The solution is built on decades of Finnish expertise to allow the production of valuable protein-rich feed from streams previously considered worthless. The company has developed a new, sustainable production process for high-quality fish feed raw material.The company's method enables the efficient production of a single cell protein from fish by-products as a raw material for fish feed. The protein can replace soy, which is commonly used in fish feed and whose cultivation poses ecological challenges, such as deforestation in South America. | $12M / Series A / Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Sea6 Energy is a platform that utilizes the unlimited potential of the oceans in a sustainable and ethical way. It visualizes a future where the abundant oceans will be the biomass farms of the future, to provide solutions in energy, agriculture, and food.Sea6 Energy has a team of professionals from diverse fields like industrial automation,plant pathology, ocean engineering, bioprocess engineering, marine biology, and aerospace engineering, with the goal of building a whole new economy based on marine biomass.It develops technologies to convert biomass into biofuel, plant growth stimulants, plant defence products, animal feed ingredients, and other bio-renewable products to replace chemicals and plastics, effectively creating a Bio-refinery out of marine biomass, churning out a whole variety of products leaving nothing to waste.Sea6 Energy was founded on 2010 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India. | $9.5M / Series B / Aug 17, 2022 | ||
| Kuehnle Agrosystems, Inc. conducts biotech research and development of plant-based systems for production of biologically active compounds. The company was formerly known as Kuehnle Agrosystems Company, LLC. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii. | $3.2M / Series A / Apr 01, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does Aqua Spark invest in?
Aqua Spark invests primarily in Biotechnology, Seafood and Aquaculture startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Aqua Spark invest in?
Aqua Spark typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7M at Seed, $3.2M–$12M at Series A and $2.4M–$25M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Aqua Spark's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Aqua Spark took part in.
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Who are the partners at Aqua Spark?
The team at Aqua Spark includes Amy Novogratz (Founder, Managing Partner), Chen Zhu (Investment Manager) and Mike Velings (Founder, Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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