# 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…

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/bluu-seafood/
Updated: 2026-08-15

- Country: Germany

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | More than €23 million total funding raised; $25.8M - $30M reported in different sources | https://app.welcometothejungle.com/companies/BLUU-Seafood, https://cultivated-x.com/company-news/bluu-seafood-expand-cultivated-fish-production-new-pilot-facility-prepares-market-entry/, https://startupintros.com/orgs/bluu-seafood, https://www.bluu.bio/about, https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2023/07/10/BLUU-Seafood-raises-EUR-16-million-in-Series-A-funding-to-bring-cultivated-fish-to-market/, https://www.seafood.media/fis/techno/newtechno.asp?id=129399&l=e&ndb=1, https://www.yumda.com/en/news/1181838/bluu-seafood-secures-16-million.html |
| 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 | https://cultivated-meat.maubon.com/2026/04/14/bluu-reaches-industrial-production-of-cultivated-fish-cells-for-personal-care-seafood/, https://cultivated-x.com/company-news/bluu-seafood-expand-cultivated-fish-production-new-pilot-facility-prepares-market-entry/, https://cultivated-x.com/interviews/bluu-seafood-technology-cellular-agriculture-abstract/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/bluu-seafood-pilot-plant-cultivated-seafood-singapore/, https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/bluu-seafood-opens-new-headquarters-hamburg-europes-first-pilot-plant-cultivated-fish-prepares-market-entry |
| Regulatory approval | None for food products; approval processes initiated in Singapore, US, and EU | https://cultivated-x.com/interviews/bluu-seafood-technology-cellular-agriculture-abstract/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/bluu-seafood-pilot-plant-cultivated-seafood-singapore/, https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/bluu-seafood-opens-new-headquarters-hamburg-europes-first-pilot-plant-cultivated-fish-prepares-market-entry |
| Production site | Pilot plant located in Hamburg-Altona, Germany | https://cultivated-x.com/company-news/bluu-seafood-expand-cultivated-fish-production-new-pilot-facility-prepares-market-entry/, https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/bluu-seafood-pilot-plant-cultivated-seafood-singapore/, https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/bluu-seafood-opens-new-headquarters-hamburg-europes-first-pilot-plant-cultivated-fish-prepares-market-entry |
| Headcount | 30-35 employees | https://cultivated-x.com/company-news/bluu-seafood-expand-cultivated-fish-production-new-pilot-facility-prepares-market-entry/, https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/bluu-seafood-opens-new-headquarters-hamburg-europes-first-pilot-plant-cultivated-fish-prepares-market-entry, https://www.proteinreport.org/newswire/bluu-ventures-beyond-seafood-beauty-health-markets |

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

- [Cultured seafood](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultured-seafood/)