Global Algae provides a commercially viable algae cultivation platform that produces high‑oil (45%) and high‑protein (35%) biomass for food, feed, polymers, and fuel. By integrating dozens of proprietary technologies, the company dramatically lowers production costs and energy use, enabling large‑scale, sustainable algae production for rural economic development and environmental benefits.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Conventional algae cultivation methods are economically unviable due to low biomass yields, high energy consumption, and costly processing, limiting their use for large‑scale food, feed, polymer, and fuel production.
Solution
Global Algae offers an integrated algae cultivation platform that combines dozens of proprietary technologies to boost biomass productivity by up to 30‑fold while reducing energy and operating costs. The process yields algae with approximately 45 % oil and 35 % protein content, making the feedstock suitable for biofuels, bioplastics, animal feed, and human nutrition. By optimizing strain selection, pond design, harvesting, and extraction, the platform delivers a commercially viable supply chain from farm to final product. The company is scaling this technology with a new farm in Paso Robles, California, targeting pilot production of oil, protein, and Spirulina later this year.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers of biofuels, bioplastics, animal feed, and food ingredients, as well as agribusiness investors seeking sustainable, high‑yield biomass sources.
Features
- High‑oil algal strains engineered for 45 % lipid content and 35 % protein accumulation
- Advanced pond and photobioreactor designs that increase photosynthetic efficiency and enable 30× higher productivity
- Energy‑efficient harvesting and extraction systems that lower overall process power demand
- Integrated processing workflow covering cultivation, dewatering, oil extraction, and protein recovery
- Modular technology suite allowing adaptation to biofuel, polymer, feed, and nutraceutical markets
- Demonstrated portfolio of over 60 innovations, including eleven major breakthroughs in algae farming