Oceano Fresco II

Installation of a sustainable off-shore clam farm.

Resumen de la inversión

Categoría de impacto

Economía azul

Tipo de inversión

Préstamo

Interés anual

5.5

Plazo

meses

Nivel de riesgo

B-

Oceano Fresco is going to install the first open sea off-shore clam farm in the world in the south of Portugal (Algarve). The installation will happen in 2020 and it will occupy 100 ha, 5 km from Lagos/Alvor coast.

This is the second campaign the promoter funds through Goparity after having raised 75.000€ successfully, an amount that was used to order the cables, chains, concrete blocks, buoys and lanterns that are needed to set up the farm. The company has since then raised a 3.8M€ investment from BlueCrow Capital, a BioEconomy-focused venture capital fund.

The structure of the clam farm will be composed of submersed horizontal cables, on which lanterns (plates wrapped in a mesh) will be placed and where the clams will be cultivated.

The farm is fundamental to complete the biological cultivation cycle because, after the spawning and hatchery phase, clams need to grow-out until the adult edible size, promoting environmental sustainability and raising the satisfaction and the security level for the final consumer. At the off-shore farm, the clams find the perfect conditions to complete the cycle, with a natural source of food and perfect abiotic conditions.

Besides that, Oceano Fresco is building a bio marine centre in Nazaré to produce the clam seeds that will be cultivated in the Algarve’s farm, the first off-shore clam farm in the world, allowing control of all of the value chain.

¿Cuál es el impacto?

Ecosystems provide essential services such as food, fresh water, clean air and shelter. They mitigate natural disasters, pests and diseases and help regulate the climate. A sustainable ‘blue economy’ will play a central role in alleviating the multiple demands on land resources and in tackling climate change. The sector can contribute by promoting a sustainable use of aquatic and marine resources and by providing an alternative source of protein that can relieve pressure on agricultural land.

In the next 50 years, it is predicted that the search for protein will grow exponentially. The cultivation of clams is one of the most sustainable alternative sources of protein used nowadays with less environmental impact, as no chemicals or artificial feeds are used; the clams have a filtering function fighting aquatic pollution; and they capture CO2 in their shell formation.

Once installed, the off-shore farm will have the capacity to capture 266,73 tonnes of CO2 per year, based on annual production estimated of 600 tonnes of clams.

Click here to read the article "Can the ocean feed us sustainably?" written by the promoter.

Indicadores de impacto
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44450

CO2 avoided per year

jobs

created by our projects

hectars

of sustainable water and land management

Contribución a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
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Sobre el promotor

About

PURO MAR - UNIPESSOAL, LDA

Puromar es una filial de Oceano Fresco SA, que pertenece completamente a la empresa. Es Puromar quien tiene las licencias del vivero en mar abierto, que será operado por Oceano Fresco.

Oceano Fresco fue fundado en 2015 por Bernardo Ferreira de Carvalho. La empresa desarrolla y comercializa bivalvos de alto valor, utilizando métodos modernos de acuicultura y una sólida base científica para convertirse en el actor de referencia en esta industria mundial altamente sostenible y en crecimiento. El lema de la empresa es "Liberar el potencial de los mariscos a través de la acuicultura impulsada por la ciencia" y está dirigida por un Consejo de Administración de 5 directores que combinan la cría de plantas y peces con la experiencia empresarial, incluyendo el lanzamiento y la ampliación de empresas de nueva creación. Cuentan con el apoyo de un equipo operativo cada vez más numeroso (40 personas) que se ocupa de la I+D, la producción y el negocio, así como de un Consejo Asesor de 2 personas con expertos en cría de renombre mundial.

La empresa ha construido un Centro BioMarino de última generación, que incluye un criadero, laboratorios y oficinas en el centro de Portugal, así como una granja marina de 100 hectáreas en la costa de la región del Algarve. Con estos activos poco comunes y complementarios, la empresa aplicará métodos avanzados de selección y cría de especies de almejas autóctonas europeas de alto valor nutricional y comercial, que actualmente están siendo sustituidas en el mercado por sus homólogas asiáticas de bajo valor organoléptico.

Oceano Fresco fue fundada en 2015 por Bernardo Ferreira de Carvalho (Fundador y CEO):

(2015-2016) Condujo una investigación de campo en países claves de acuicultura, lo que confirmó el potencial de mercado;
(2015 en adelante) Contrató a un equipo altamente calificado con mucha experiencia para la producción y el negocio;
(2016-2017) Completó la prueba de concepto de proyectos, lo que confirmó la viabilidad del modelo empresarial;
(2018) Firmó una concesión de 25 años del arrendamiento del terreno para la ubicación del centro bio marino;
(2018) Obtuvo todas las licencias necesarias de las autoridades para operar el vivero;
(2020) Construyó el centro Bio Marino de última generación, que incluye una incubadora, laboratorios y oficinas;
(2018) Obtuvo una concesión de 25 años y 103ha para el vivero en alta mar con licencia completa;
(2020) Estableció la infraestructura física para operar el vivero;
(2018) Desarrolló un plan de incubación para R. decussatus;
(2018) Estableció un DBO de 5 miembros que une la cría de plantas y peces con la experiencia empresarial;
(2015 en adelante) Se le otorgó €3.5 millones de subsidios portugueses y de la Unión Europea;
Obtuvo 7,5 millones de euros en varias rondas de inversión entre 2018 y 2020, por inversores institucionales e individuales;
(2020) Compra de barco de 12 metros.

Sitio web del promotor

http://www.oceano-fresco.pt/

Equipo

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