# World Wildlife Fund

> World Wildlife Fund is a VC fund backing Seafood and Aquaculture. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/166973
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/World_Wildlife
- Website: http://www.worldwildlife.org/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/worldwildlifefund

World Wildlife Fund is a VC fund in Washington focused on Seafood and Aquaculture. For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. WWF's unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every levelfrom local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for World Wildlife Fund. Shizune tracks 11 team members at World Wildlife Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/world-wildlife-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$4.7M |
| Series A | $2.9M–$6.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seafood | 2 | 20% |
| Aquaculture | 2 | 20% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 20% |
| Farming | 1 | 10% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 10% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Norway | 1 | 10% |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crawford Allan | Senior Director, TRAFFIC | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crawford-allan |
| Jeanne Stampe | Founder Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeanne-stampe |
| Paul Dobbins | Senior Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-dobbins |
| Amy Golden | Vice President & Development - Strategic Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-golden-60ae |
| Bruce Sohn | Clean Energy Ambassador | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-sohn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SeaForester | SeaForester is an environmental impact company dedicated to restoring the forgotten forests in our Ocean. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 24, 2025 |  |
| Cascadia Seaweed | Cascadia Seaweed produces seaweed-based products for regenerative agriculture. It collects reproductive material from the vicinity of each farm site to protect the genetic diversity of each species. | $2.9M | Series A | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Seaweed Solutions | Seaweed Solutions AS (SES) is a seaweed cultivator, innovator and business development company. Established in 2009 with a vision to enable large scale ocean farming of seaweed for the production of food, feed, biochemicals, energy and other valuable products the company has gained a leading role in European seaweed cultivation. SES is a pioneer inmodern seaweed farming with a patented seaweed cultivation technology (Seaweed Carrier) and extensive knowhow across the seaweed value chain. The company have a dedicated, international team with backgrounds in biology, marine engineering, biotechnology and business, working on bringing innovative solutions to the seaweed industry. Their main farm in Norway is one of the largest seaweed farms in Europe. Seaweed Solutions' goal is to become the leading European supplier of cultivated seaweed biomass and seaweed seeds. SES develops partnerships, provides turnkey solutions and supplies services within selected areas including cultivation technology, raw material sourcing, market development, environmental services and funding. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 16, 2023 |  |
| OCEANIUM | Oceanium develop innovative, all-natural products from sustainably-sourced seaweed. | $3.2M | Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| OCEANIUM | Oceanium develop innovative, all-natural products from sustainably-sourced seaweed. | $2.8M | Seed | May 24, 2021 |  |
| Ocean Rainforest | Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers. | $1.5M |  | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| Ocean Rainforest | Ocean Rainforest offer a collection of premium fully-traceable seaweed products, mostly for food and cosmetic producers. |  | Seed |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Builders Vision](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders-vision) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-environmental-trust) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-foundation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Katapult Ocean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-ocean) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Norðoya Íløgufelag](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nor%C3%B0oya-%C3%ADl%C3%B8gufelag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ocean Born Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ocean-born-foundation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does World Wildlife Fund invest in?

World Wildlife Fund invests primarily in Seafood, Aquaculture and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is World Wildlife Fund's check size?

World Wildlife Fund typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$4.7M at Seed and $2.9M–$6.2M 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 World Wildlife Fund participates in.

### How do I contact World Wildlife Fund?

Public channels for World Wildlife Fund include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at World Wildlife Fund?

The team at World Wildlife Fund includes Crawford Allan (Senior Director, TRAFFIC), Jeanne Stampe (Founder Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative) and Paul Dobbins (Senior Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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