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Hatch Blue
Venture capital · Ireland · Europe
Hatch Blue is a global investment firm specialising in aquaculture, backing technologies and companies transforming the industry and its adjacent markets. It operates three business areas: fund management, consulting and venture programmes, and has invested in more than 80 portfolio companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture
In its own wordsaquacultureblue economyseafoodblue carbonsustainabilityfood tech
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Or find every investor that fitsHatch Blue lists 70 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 5 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 44% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (56%), Food & Agriculture (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (9%). 33% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside The Yield Lab Asia Pacific, Creative Destruction Lab and Katapult Ocean.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Hatch Blue, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Hatch Blue's whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 70. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 44% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 22% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 7 | 5 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 91th | 71 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 44% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 76th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 87th | 56% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 14 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 56% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 16% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Climate & Energy | 5% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 3% |
| Education | 1% | 7% |
| Fintech | 1% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| The Yield Lab Asia Pacific | 4 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| Katapult Ocean | 3 |
| S2G Investments | 3 |
| AgFunder | 2 |
| Aqua-Spark | 2 |
| Blue Horizon | 2 |
| Braid Theory | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6999%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Compare Hatch Blue head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Hatch Blue| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series B | |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Round | |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 4 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 6 Oct 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Hatch Blue
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Hatch Blue's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
70 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algaeba revolutionizes aquaculture management with innovative technology and expertise | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AlgiSys Biosciences produces algal omega-3 EPA and green protein | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ANB Sensors produces calibration-free solid-state pH sensors | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquaconnect advances aquaculture biologicals, pioneers animal nutrition, and enables cross-border seafood trade. | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquasend provides water quality monitoring products for aquaculture and hydroponics | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquit replaces antibiotics in aquaculture with effective, science-based treatments that enhance fish immunity, protect human health, and sustain the planet's resources | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AutoDive brings technological innovation to marine operations and aquaculture using AI control technologies | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aviwell develops natural and sustainable solutions to improve animal growth and provide food security worldwide | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Bfab does CO2-based biofabrication | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Biosort develops technology to protect farmed fish and provide insights into their growth, welfare, and health. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Round | Page + round | |
| Blue Pond Group develops high-potency formulations from seaweed to suppress pathogens and boost immunity across plants, animals, and humans | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CageEye helps fish farmers optimize production with hydroacoustics and pellet detection | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company measures and quantifies the quality of foods through bio-metric technology and provides tools for real-time quantified feedback to its customers. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| ChucaoTech develops a high-efficiency nanobubble generation mechanism to inject gases into liquids in industrial processes, improving productivity in agriculture, aquaculture, and mining. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Coast4C is a supplier of quality, responsibly sourced seaweed, solving the supply challenges for responsible global brands across multiple applications. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Cultimar Technologies Inc expands the capabilities of aquaculture to tropical fish species | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DeNova develops scalable aquafeed ingredients designed to meet the needs of feed producers and help nourish a sustainable future. | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| ExciPlex invents diagnostic assays, builds detection systems, and supplies critical reference materials for agricultural and environmental monitoring. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FeedVax develops a platform of oral vaccines for fish that simplifies the life of the producer, reduces animal stress and avoids the use of antibiotics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hatch.blue
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Oct 2025
- Companies checked
- 70
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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