Aquacopia

ABOUT

Aquacopia Venture Partners The world’s first and only aquaculture venture capital firm New York City Aquacopia uniquely invests in the cleantech aquaculture value chain: from seafood farms to farming technologies to supply, service, distribution, and marketing companies. It invested in five portfolio companies between 2005 and 2009. Now, it directs their growth and development. The portfolio comprises the following five companies. Oberon FMR Ultra-sustainable fishmeal replacement for aquafeed Denver, Colorado Oberon FMR, Inc. is an early stage company with proprietary technology capable of producing a cost-effective, sustainably produced protein meal. Oberon’s product serves as a fish meal replacement (FMR) or additive ingredient for animal feeds, primarily those destined for the aquaculture industry. Oberon has developed the only known sustainable process for generating high quality single cell protein (SCP) meal from by-products contained in the wastewater treatment streams generated by food and beverage manufacturers. oberonfmr.com Open Blue Fresh fish. Fresh ideas. Good for you. Good for the planet. Panama Open Blue is committed to supplying the freshest, healthiest fish by continually innovating its open ocean aquaculture technology while maintaining the utmost respect for the environment. openblue.com Futuna Blue Domesticating the bluefin "sushi" tuna El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain Futuna Blue has developed a purpose-built land-based facility that can produce bluefin tuna fingerlings. The team has developed and patented certain technologies and processes to achieve the on-shore spawning, hatchery and nursery of this commercially attractive fish. In addition, the company is producing sole, turbot, and seriola juveniles. futunablue.com Ocean Farm Technologies Innovation for aquaculture in exposed open ocean conditions Morrill, Maine Ocean Farm Technologies Inc. develops and markets innovative technology for aquaculture in exposed open ocean conditions. OFT has exclusive license rights to develop and market the Aquapod™ containment system, a proprietary design. Although the Aquapod is OFT's premier product, the company is also developing technology for feeding, cultivating, transfer and harvesting fish in open ocean systems. The market for these systems is world wide. oceanfarmtech.com OFT is owned through Baja Aquaculture, Inc., a management company dedicated to farming marine finfish and developing, building, and marketing innovative, integrated farming systems. bajaaquaculture.com Earth Ocean Farms Environmentally-responsible marine aquaculture La Paz, Baja California, Mexico Earth Ocean Farms (EOF) operates a fish farm and hatchery. The farm site also serves the development, testing, and demonstration of OFT’s Aquapod® products and integrated systems. earthoceanfarms.com EOF is owned through Baja Aquaculture, Inc., a management company dedicated to farming marine finfish and developing, building, and marketing innovative, integrated farming systems. bajaaquaculture.com Community Catch Matching seafood buyers to local fishermen and suppliers Litchfield, Connecticut Community Catch is a unique online marketplace collaboration between Litchfield Farms Organic & Natural, LLC and variety of local and sustainable fishermen and aquaculturists. Essentially, it is combining strength and experience in sourcing sustainable and local seafood with processing and logistics resources to deliver the freshest, most traceable, sustainable seafood. communitycatch.com

AQUACOPIA WHO WE ARE

David Tze Managing Director david [at] aquacopia.com Since 2004, David has been devoted to making and managing investments in aquatic resources – the seafood, sustainable fisheries, and aquaculture sectors – which are currently undergoing a dramatic supply-demand driven transition. As co-founder and sole managing director of Aquacopia, the world’s first and only aquaculture venture capital fund, he invested across the sustainable fish farming value chain and has served on the boards of Oberon FMR, Open Blue, Futuna Blue, Ocean Farm Technologies, Snapperfarm, and the Ocean Stewards Institute. Most recently, he has become a co-founding Managing Director of Oceanis Partners, the first global private equity firm dedicated to the aquatic resource sector. Globally, Oceanis deploys private capital through customized investment structures, pursuing superior risk-adjusted returns while supporting the sustainable development of our planet's aquatic resources and food security. Among Oceanis businesses is an evergreen investment vehicle for the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean. It seeks growth equity investments, as well as greenfield projects that are based on proven exemplars. Prior to his immersion in aquatics, David was CTO of NetworkOil, the equipment marketplace for the oil and gas industry (renamed Network International and acquired by Liquidity Services). He received an A.B. in economics from Princeton University.

AQUACOPIA MEDIA

Click below (or here) to read Jonathan Fahey's Forbes Magazine profile of Aquacopia in the June 8, 2009 issue - "Goin' Catching: Fish farming should be the next big thing. If so, Aquacopia will reel it in."

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