seaweed
Venture
Poseidona is removing invasive algae from oceans and turning it into food
11:00 pm PDT • March 17, 2024
Poseidona is a Barcelona-based developer of sustainable food technology. It takes invasive seaweed and algal side-streams to make proteins. In this case, it’s a soy protein alternative.
Climate
Startup says the seaweed blobbing toward Florida has a silver lining
2:56 pm PDT • March 23, 2023
A brown macroalgae native to the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea is increasingly a menace to coastal ecosystems and communities across the Gulf of Mexico, ever since mats of the normally beneficial…
Startups
AlgiKnit’s seaweed-sourced materials could mend the textile industry’s toxic habits
1:48 pm PDT • June 29, 2022
AlgiKnit is on a mission to offer more environmentally conscious materials for the heavily polluting fashion and textile industries. The startup is developing materials from seaweeds such as Macrocystis pyrifera,…