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Newly Established Seaweed Products Company Investment Opportunity in Glenrothes, United Kingdom

Scotland-based seaweed processing business with strong client base seeking partnership for business and manufacturing expansion.
This Business is on a Premium Plan
Established 0-1 year(s)
Employees 5 - 10
Legal Entity Private Limited Company
Reported Sales USD 172 thousand
Run Rate Sales USD 228 thousand
EBITDA Margin Operating at loss
Industries Seaweed Products
Locations  Glenrothes
Local Time 11:48 AM Europe / London
Listed By Business Owner / Director
Status Moderately Active
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USD 1.26 million for 25.0% stake (Native Currency: GBP 1,000,000)
Reason: To upgrade our factory, fitted out to BRCGS accreditation. Expand the team, marketing and working ca... View More
Includes physical assets worth USD 65 thousand
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Business Overview
- Our cutting-edge approach has garnered acclaim from industry watchdogs and earned trust among esteemed consumers, including numerous Michelin-starred restaurants. Notably, our state-of-the-art facility produces superior-grade seaweed powders, attracting interest from significant biopolymer firms and fortifying our competitive edge through superior knowledge, scalability, and entry barriers.
- Our business model is to fine-tune our processing hub here in Glenrothes and then replicate this hub in Northern France, Northern Spain / Portugal, and West Coast America. These locations have already established seaweed farming in volume, but they use time-consuming drying processes, affecting the quality and value of the seaweed. We want to help them improve the quality of this exciting product when it comes out of the water and dried at pace, increasing its value.
- What makes us stand out:
Our key USPs are entwined to produce a clear competitor and first-mover advantage:
1. Our secret sauce: The knowledge and skill within the team of how to dry, mill and manage many different seaweeds.
2. Our equipment to create and deliver scale: The volume output we can achieve through our mechanical drying process means we have 3x the productivity of our competitors. With scale comes efficiencies and the commerciality of farmed material.
3. Technical superiority: Our technical and quality accreditations set us apart. We are SALSA (Safe and Local Supplier Approval), Organic (Soil Association – both Harvesting and Processing), Vegan Society certified and working towards BRCGS (Brand Reputation through Compliance Global Standard) next year.
- With market-leading technology, responsible harvesting practices, and strong partnerships, the business contributes to global food security, promotes environmental stewardship, and improves animal, soil and human health and well-being, supporting a greener future and empowering communities worldwide to embrace the extraordinary benefits of seaweed.
- The raw material is sourced from farmers in western Scotland and is currently operating at a manufacturing capacity of 3 tons a day.
- The business holds a valid incorporation certificate, and trading rights from the local government body.
Products & Services Overview
We dry and process seaweed from around the world to the highest quality standards, consistently and sell several seaweed species in bulk volume, either wild harvested from our Crown Estate licensed zone or other farms. These are in the form of whole leaves, flakes, or powder down to 200 microns.
We have 3 key areas of product and service:
1. Bulk ingredients: Producing and selling bulk seaweed flakes, powders, or whole leaves to various manufacturing sectors.
2. Contract manufacturing: Delivers contract manufacturing services to core users of seaweed products (that is biopolymer, bio-stimulants) and the UK’s growing seaweed and aquaculture industry.
3. Finished consumer goods: Producing and selling finished goods food services and consumer range of seaweed products.
Assets Overview
Tangible assets.
- Computer equipment worth GBP 7,990.
- Plant and machinery worth GBP 29,748.
- Leasehold improvements.
Intangible assets.
- Business contracts.
- Business IP.
- Overall business goodwill.
- Business research and development.
Facilities Overview
We have a leased 10,000 square feet factory acting as a central processing hub with perfect road links to both seaweed farms and customers all over the UK.
Capitalization Overview
The business was established in June last year, with 3 co-founders investing their own money and with the Production Manager, collectively owning 75%. EUR 300,000 was raised in July last year and a further EUR 300k in July this year with the original investors following on with their investment along with new investors in the second round. Investors own the remaining 25%, 2 of the original investors owning 7.1% and 5.2%.
The company has no loans.
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