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SuperGround to scale food-waste tech that transforms fish scraps and chicken bones into protein

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$2.7 million investment enables Finnish company to scale commercial production and bring its tech to market

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SuperGround has raised $2.7 million in new funding to expand its innovative approach to reducing food waste in the seafood and poultry industries. Left to right: Inka Liljeström, COO / Co-Founder; Santtu Vekkeli, Inventor / Founder; Jaakko Kaminen, CEO / Founder.

SuperGround, a Finnish company specializing in sustainable food technology, has raised €2.5 million (U.S. $2.7 million) in new funding to expand its innovative approach to reducing food waste in the seafood and poultry industries. The Blue Revolution Fund led the investment round, a leading investor focused on advancing sustainable blue food solutions.

The company’s novel processing method transforms fish side streams and chicken bones – often discarded as waste – into nutritious ingredients that can be used in fish balls, patties, nuggets and other processed foods. By repurposing these byproducts. SuperGround aims to cut food waste and improve resource efficiency, a circular economy approach that’s increasingly embraced by the seafood industry.

“We are thrilled to have the support of Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund, whose strategic investment will be instrumental as we move from innovation to commercialization,” said Jaakko Kaminen, CEO of SuperGround. “This partnership not only validates the potential of our technology but also accelerates our vision to become a leading global innovator in upcycled protein-based consumer products. With BRF backing, we’re poised to bring our solutions to market and create meaningful change in the food and fish industry.”

The investment will enable SuperGround to move from pilot operations to full-scale commercial production, a critical step in bringing its sustainable food technology to market. Additionally, the funding will support efforts to establish commercial partnerships, allowing the company to integrate its processing method into the fish and poultry industries.

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“If the world will in fact run into a shortage of low-cost fish and livestock-based protein, which will depend heavily on how governments are going to subsidize mass animal production in the future and how vegetarian/vegan/cell-based alternatives will catch up, then SuperGround’s technology is perfectly placed to become a global standard in fish & livestock downstream processing,” said Carsten Krome, Managing Partner at Hatch Blue.

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