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BlueNalu

6197 Cornerstone Court East, Suite 111, San Diego, California, 92121, United States

Overview

Founded in 2018, San Diego-based BlueNalu produces premium seafood directly from fish cells, eliminating the need to harvest wild fish. Its first commercial product is cell-cultivated bluefin tuna toro, which the company aims to launch through premium food-service partners once regulatory approvals are secured. The firm collaborates closely with regulators, chefs, distributors and strategic partners worldwide to build a scalable, responsible cultivated-seafood supply chain. Proceeds from the latest financing will fund U.S. and international regulatory engagement, initial commercial-launch activities and manufacturing-process optimization. BlueNalu also plans to deepen strategic partnerships across the value chain to support disciplined commercialization. Agronomics’ investment lifts its fully diluted ownership to 12.96%, giving BlueNalu a committed long-term backer with deep cellular-agriculture expertise. Although revenue figures are not yet disclosed, management positions the company as a leader in the emerging cultivated-seafood category.

Total raised
$125M
Funding rounds
6
Latest round
Convertible Note
Latest activity
Dec 2025

Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Biotechnology
  • Food and Beverage
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Recent funding

  1. Convertible Note

    Dec 2025

    $1M

  2. Series B

    Oct 2023

    $34M

  3. Convertible Note

    Jan 2021

    $60M

  4. Series A

    Feb 2020

    $20M

  5. Seed

    Aug 2018

    $5M

Team

  • Lou Cooperhouse

    Founder, President & CEO

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  • Noreen Hobayan

    Director of Quality & Regulatory Affairs

  • Courtney Benson

    Scientist III

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  • Lauran Madden

    Chief Technology Officer

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