General Contact:
Karim Kurmaly, CEO
Email: karim.kurmaly@veramaris.com

Media Contact:
Julia Born
Work Phone: +49 6181 59-12708
Email: julia1.born@evonik.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide a short description of your company.
Veramaris is a 50:50 joint venture of DSM and Evonik for the production of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA from natural marine algae. Located in Delft, the Netherlands, Veramaris was launched in 2018, because its parent companies shared a vision: to conserve marine life by using a resource the ocean provides – natural marine microalgae. Producing an algal oil rich in the two essential omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA through large-scale fermentation at its facility in Blair, Nebraska, USA, Veramaris enables partners along the value chain to become independent from wild-caught fish and meet the growing demand for animal protein responsibly.

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
Veramaris produces the two essential omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA from natural marine algae for animal nutrition. Our sustainable technology could be a complete replacement for fish-based ingredients for a variety of species. By combining expertise in cultivating natural marine algae with know-how in industrial-scale fermentation, we have developed an innovation that transforms feed nutrition. With the help of natural marine microalgae, we bypass the natural food chain of the oceans. Our omega-3 from microalgae is an ideal high-quality alternative to fish-based ingredients for sustainable animal nutrition. Feeding Veramaris omega-3 oil directly to animals helps protect marine habitats and conserve the biodiversity of our oceans.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
No

What year was your company founded?
2018

What types of products does your company currently produce?
Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA from natural marine algae

Do you have an environmental statement/mission that your company wants to make explicit?
We feel responsible to conserve and protect life in the world’s oceans and are obligated to realize the potential of our breakthrough innovation. We believe we can contribute to the growth of nutritious food within planetary boundaries and close the supply-demand gap for essential omega-3 fatty acids.

How does this challenge fit with your company’s mission/goals?
The challenge fits ideally to the goal that Veramaris is pursuing:
Enabling aquaculture growth independent of marine resources, within the planetary boundaries. Furthermore, the fatty acid composition and the product of Veramaris’ algal oil offers an ideal replacement of fish oil in future oriented aquaculture diets.

General/Media Contact:
Sunil Kadri, CEO
Work Phone: +6473484785
Email: sunil@aquainnovation.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
Yes, Qualitas Health.

Company Description:
Aquaculture Innovation has a history of bringing innovation to the aquaculture market, with a track record of successfully commercializing novel feed control systems and biotech. We have now turned our interest to new fish feed ingredients which will facilitate sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector.

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
We have a material which provides a high level of digestible protein as well as omega 3, with the ratio between the 2 being controllable, and the production technology being highly scaleable.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
Yes

Are you looking for product development partners, sales partners, or both?
Both

What year was your company founded?
2001

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
4

General/Media Contact:
Remona Huang, Manager
Work Phone: +8618820708369
Email: remona_huang@126.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
Yes

General/Media Contact:
Michael Voigtmann, Director
Work Phone: +65 97960493
Email: mvoigtmann@wintershine.net

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
Algae extract including omega 3 fatty acids, proteins and carbohydrate, encapsulated in an FDA approved and patented carrier for better bioavailability and ease of compounding, possibly combined with soldier fly protein and fillers.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
No

What year was your company founded?
2011

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
14

What types of products does your company currently produce?
Algae paste
Fish (live and processed)

In what countries does your company currently distribute its products?
Singapore and Malaysia. Looking for distributors in Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and India.

General Contact:
Kang Liu, Technical Director
Email: liuk@alphafeed.com

Media Contact:
Li Chen, Publicity and Planning Specialist
Work Phone: 13717257301
Email: chenl@alphafeed.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
Yes

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
Yes

Are you looking for product development partners, sales partners, or both?
Product Development Partners

General Contact:
Bill Foss, Co-Owner
Email: bill@twoxsea.com

Media Contact:
Kenny Belov, Co-Owner
Work Phone: 415-307-7649
Email: kenny@twoxsea.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide a short description of your company.
Two By Sea (sometimes typed as TwoXSea) is a sustainable seafood wholesaler located on Pier 45 of historic Fishermen’s Wharf in San Francisco. Since 2009, we have been sourcing 100% traceable seafood harvested and grown by small-scale fishermen from the U.S. West Coast. We know all of our captains and farmers personally and are tirelessly devoted to fairness and transparency in our business practices. Known for our commitment to quality, TwoXSea sells to many of the top Bay Area and Portland, Oregon restaurants, markets, and fish mongers.

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
Several years ago with the help of fish nutrition scientists, TwoXSea developed the world’s first and only plant-based fish feed that is void of fish meal and fish oil. We have been working to perfect the feed ingredients ever since at McFarland Springs Trout Farm where we raise rainbow trout. Consisting of many regionally sourced ingredients, such as nut meal and nut oil, and super nutritious algae, we have developed a product for the F3 Challenge that uniquely eliminates the need for wild fish in the diet of farmed fish without sacrificing an ounce of nutrition for fish. The end product is a vibrantly colored fish that is higher in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids than fish raised on conventional feed.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
No

What year was your company founded?
2009

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
7

What types of products does your company currently produce?
We only produce rainbow trout/steelhead. We buy and sell many other types of fish, shellfish, and a handful of other cooking provisions.

In what countries does your company currently distribute its products?
United States

Do you have an environmental statement/mission that your company wants to make explicit?
The goal of TwoXSea is to alter the way seafood is farmed, caught, and handled from fishery to plate.

How does this challenge fit with your company’s mission/goals?
Just as the F3 Challenge seeks to improve existing systems and processes for producing food for people, we believe educating consumers on the importance of our oceans and the food we harvest from it rests on the shoulders of those of us who sell and present these precious marine resources.

General Contact:
Steve Robson, CEO
Email: ssr@robson.com

Media Contact:
Sydney Fagner
Work Phone: 480-789-9888
Email: sydney.fagner@gmail.com

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide a short description of your company.
Since its formation in 2002, ZeaChem has continued to progress its biorefining technology advancing from lab based R&D through research center based pilot and on to demonstration based operations building out a portfolio of biorefining IP, physical assets, and commercial opportunities. ZeaChem has 34 published patents around its core C2 & C3 bacterial fermentation technology. ZeaChem has built and operates a multi-million dollar, 10 bone dry ton per day input, 250,000 gal per year ethanol or equivalent biochemical output, demonstration plant in Boardman, OR. ZeaChem is actively engineering its 1st Commercial project, which will be located adjacent to the demonstration plant and is continuously developing a portfolio of projects that will follow behind Boardman throughout the United States and around the world. Each component of ZeaChem – Technologist, Technology Institute, Project Developer – compliments and drives the growth of the other. ZeaChem built the plant in Oregon to demonstrate its core technology platform at scale. ZeaChem opened the plant as a technology institute to third parties, which has created two profoundly beneficial outcomes. First, the third parties who come and work at the demo plant are able to dramatically accelerate the scale up of their own technology at a fraction of the cost to building and owning a plant of their own. Second, it has created foundational relationships for mutually beneficial project development activities at its 1st Commercial plant in Boardman and around the world.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
Yes

What year was your company founded?
2002

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
30

In what countries does your company currently distribute its products?
America and Europe

General/Media Contact:
Chaz Shelton, CEO
Email: chaz@merchantsgarden.com
Work Phone: 520-405-2057

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
Yes

Please provide a short description of your company.
Commercial aquaponics farm that grows leafy greens to serve southern arizona.

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
We are working with Hexafeast, an insect farm, to grow insects to offset our feed cost for our aquaculture. We utilize our non-retailable leafy greens to feed the insects.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
Yes

Are you looking for product development partners, sales partners, or both?
Both

What year was your company founded?
2015

What types of products does your company currently produce?
Leafy greens, Tilapia

In what countries does your company currently distribute its products?
United States

Do you have an environmental statement/mission that your company wants to make explicit?
We are the only Monterrey Bay Sustainable Seafood Certified fish farm in the state of Arizona. We use aquaponics as a sustainable way to feed Arizona.

How does this challenge fit with your company’s mission/goals?
It allows us to create a more sustainable way to make fresh food accessible and affordable.

General/Media Contact:
Tyler Forve, Founder
Email: tyler.forve@gmail.com
Work Phone: 917-952-0415

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide a short description of your company.
Evolutionary Mfg. is a development platform for value-added protein-rich nutrient supplements.

What year was your company founded?
2018

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
3

Do you have an environmental statement/mission that your company wants to make explicit?
Evolutionary Mfg. is creating protein meals with custom nutrient enabling vegetarian clean-labeling for a wide variety of species. Our goal is to make food cheaper, healthier and more ecologically friendly through increased yields, better animal welfare, reducing food miles and eliminating the use of ocean by-catch.

General Contact:
Jesse Traller, Senior Phycologist
Email: jessetraller@globalgae.com
Work Phone: 760-822-8277

Media Contact:
Tiffany Cannis, Vice President, Strategy & Operations
Email: tiffanycannis@globalgae.com
Work Phone: 858-761-5206

Are you registering in partnership with other companies for development and/or sales purposes?
No

Please provide a short description of your company.
Global Algae Innovations is a leader in low cost algae production. The company has designed and implemented radical advances throughout the entire process resulting in industry breakthroughs for large-scale algae cultivation and harvesting. These advances have been demonstrated in one of the world’s largest open raceway facilities utilizing power plant flue gas as the carbon dioxide source. A high return is now projected for algal commodities utilizing Global Algae Innovations’ technology, positioning the company to play an important role in solving international concerns on climate change and protein shortages. The company is strategically partnering to deploy this technology for commercial protein and oil production. Global Algae Innovations – Algae Solutions for Global Dilemmas.

Please provide any details you would like to share about the product that you are developing for the Challenge.
Algae based feed ingredient.

Are you looking for partners to join your company to compete as a team in the Challenge?
Yes

Are you looking for product development partners, sales partners, or both?
Both

What year was your company founded?
2013

Approximately how many people are employed by your company?
19

What types of products does your company currently produce?
Algae Harvesting Equipment, Algae

In what countries does your company currently distribute its products?
United States

Do you have an environmental statement/mission that your company wants to make explicit?
The vision of Global Algae Innovations is to harness the unparalleled productivity of algae to provide food and fuel for the world, dramatically improving the environment, economy, and quality of life for all people.

The mission of Global Algae Innovations is to change the world through technology, service, and compassion.

We believe that creating equality of resources will foster peace among nations, increase human rights in developing countries, and develop self-sustaining communities therefore, improving the quality of life for people around the world.

How does this challenge fit with your company’s mission/goals?
Our company is actively working to accelerate algae into the global market as a food and feed ingredient. One of our current commercial goals is to produce an algae based aquaculture feed product that is cost competitive.

Thank you for your interest in supporting the Challenge! All funds received will be added to the Challenge prize and awarded to the winner.

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Newsletter Sign Up Form

F3oil samples must be submitted to the judging team for examination by November 30, 2018 with the attending label and list of ingredients included. Please note that we are not asking for the formulation. Please also email a fatty acid profile analysis and ingredient list for each F3oil Type to the F3 Team at f3fishfreefeed@gmail.com.

F3oil samples should be sent to:

University of Arizona at 1140 E. South Campus Drive, Forbes Building, Room 306, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA Attn: Kevin Fitzsimmons.

Thank you so much for your interest in the F3 Oil Challenge. Registration officially open on September 4, 2017.

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A friendly reminder that the contest is open to companies that sell or aim to sell a fish-free fish oil substitute directly to end customers for use in aquaculture operations or indirectly through distribution channels (individuals, companies or other legal entities that purchase the F3 Oil for resale or commercial distribution to others) during the contest period.

Thank you for your interest in supporting the Challenge! At this time, we kindly ask that you contact our team about donation options by filling in the form below.