This tool will help investors identify rapidly growing regions.
Hatch Blue
The ocean innovation venture firm Hatch Blue has expanded its Seaweed Insights platform, offering for the first time a region-wide, data-driven view of the macroalgae sector across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
This tool provides a solution to the issue Hatch Blue currently highlights: the lack of reliable, standardized data on where seaweed is produced, at what scale, and by whom.
Among the opportunities offered by this platform are the ability to identify investment-ready supply chains, discover scalable seaweed production hubs early, and reduce due diligence risks for aquaculture, climate, and bio-based investments.
Between July and November 2025, Hatch Blue's project manager, Karlotta Rieve, and her team visited key producing countries and conducted extensive fieldwork. The places they visited included St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Venezuela, Chile, and Brazil.
During this period, the team interviewed over 75 farmers and visited 15 major production sites across 20 farming regions, including 10 islands, collecting data on cultivation practices and supply chain dynamics.
Additionally, in Chile and Brazil, there is a growing focus on genetic biobanks and strain selection to develop varieties better suited to local environments. The next step, according to Hatch Blue, is to establish clear regulatory frameworks and fair market conditions.
The project involved collaboration with four main funding partners: Builders Vision Philanthropy, Mustardseed Trust, The Nest Family Office, and the Center for Applied Aquaculture Innovation (iAlumbra).
