# Ocean Born Foundation

> Ocean Born Foundation is a VC fund in Madrid backing Seafood, CleanTech and GreenTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ocean-born-foundation
- Website: https://oceanbornfoundation.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceanbornfoundation

Ocean Born Foundation is a grant-giving organization whose ultimate goal is to create new, sustainable streams of income to combat climate change by focusing on ocean health.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.5M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seafood | 1 | 20% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 20% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 20% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Notpla | Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $26.9M | Series A | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Ryp Labs | Ryp Labs develops and commercializes technologies designed to reduce food waste. It provides a natural and safe formulation that can be applied to a variety of surfaces, including stickers, labels, and sheets, to increase the shelf-life of fresh produce. Its food-safe labels (Shelf-Defense), and stickers (StixFresh), have been shown to double theshelf-life of fresh produce, by simply peeling and applying them to loose produce or its packaging. | $8.1M | Series A | Nov 22, 2023 |  |
| Ocean Rainforest | Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers. | $4.5M | Series A | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| Ocean Rainforest | Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers. | $6.2M | Series A | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| Ryp Labs | Ryp Labs develops and commercializes technologies designed to reduce food waste. It provides a natural and safe formulation that can be applied to a variety of surfaces, including stickers, labels, and sheets, to increase the shelf-life of fresh produce. Its food-safe labels (Shelf-Defense), and stickers (StixFresh), have been shown to double theshelf-life of fresh produce, by simply peeling and applying them to loose produce or its packaging. | $10.8M | Series A | Oct 18, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [World Wildlife Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/world-wildlife-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Argosy Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argosy-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BCP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bcp-blitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Builders Vision](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders-vision) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-environmental-trust) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ocean Born Foundation invest in?

Ocean Born Foundation invests primarily in Seafood, CleanTech and GreenTech startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Faroe Islands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ocean Born Foundation's check size?

Ocean Born Foundation typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$27M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ocean Born Foundation participates in.

### When did Ocean Born Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ocean Born Foundation closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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