Bluu Seafood

a Lübeck company spun out of the Fraunhofer Institute by marine biologist Sebastian Rakers and start-up expert Simon Fabich, with a team of 33 from 12 countries, running Europe's first dedicated cultivated-seafood facility in Hamburg and scaling from 500-litre to 2,000-litre bioreactors to grow Atlantic salmon and rain…

Country: Germany

EFSA pathway Pilot

Coverage

	CN	EU	US
food-alt-protein	✓	✓	✓

Regulatorsfdaefsamoa-china

Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	More than €23 million total funding raised; $25.8M - $30M reported in different sources	app.welcometothejungle.com · cultivated-x.com · startupintros.com · bluu.bio · foodnavigator.com · seafood.media · yumda.com
Capacity	Current pilot plant operates 65L bioreactors, with capacity to scale up to 2,000L; also reported reaching industrial production in 10,000L bioreactors as of April 2026	cultivated-meat.maubon.com · cultivated-x.com · greenqueen.com.hk · proteinreport.org
Regulatory approval	None for food products; approval processes initiated in Singapore, US, and EU	cultivated-x.com · greenqueen.com.hk · proteinreport.org
Production site	Pilot plant located in Hamburg-Altona, Germany	cultivated-x.com · greenqueen.com.hk · proteinreport.org
Headcount	30-35 employees	cultivated-x.com · proteinreport.org

Independent sources: app.welcometothejungle.com · cultivated-meat.maubon.com · cultivated-x.com · foodnavigator.com · greenqueen.com.hk · proteinreport.org · seafood.media · startupintros.com · yumda.com

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Cultured seafood	food-alt-protein	Medium	→

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