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The Ocean Age

Fed DeGobbi

35 episodes

3 weeks ago

Send us a text As the founder of BioMara, a marine biotech startup based in Scotland, Jay Dignan is dedicated to transforming regenerative seaweed into functional and healthy B2B ingredients for the food and wellness industries. His professional journey began in New Zealand and includes a diverse range of experiences, from deep-sea salvage and working with Tibetan yak wool to media mergers and acquisitions. Jay has over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience as a founder, CFO, and strat...

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Send us a text As the founder of BioMara, a marine biotech startup based in Scotland, Jay Dignan is dedicated to transforming regenerative seaweed into functional and healthy B2B ingredients for the food and wellness industries. His professional journey began in New Zealand and includes a diverse range of experiences, from deep-sea salvage and working with Tibetan yak wool to media mergers and acquisitions. Jay has over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience as a founder, CFO, and strat...

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Episodes (20/35)

The Ocean Age

#34: Jay Dignan – Cracking the Seaweed Code: How Fucoidan Unlocks a Profitable Business Model

Send us a text As the founder of BioMara, a marine biotech startup based in Scotland, Jay Dignan is dedicated to transforming regenerative seaweed into functional and healthy B2B ingredients for the food and wellness industries. His professional journey began in New Zealand and includes a diverse range of experiences, from deep-sea salvage and working with Tibetan yak wool to media mergers and acquisitions. Jay has over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience as a founder, CFO, and strat...

1 month ago

1 hour 16 minutes

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#33: Kira Smiley – Seeing the Unseen: Ocean Tech, AI, and the Data-Driven Future of Aquaculture

Send us a text Kira Smiley is the Global Director of Sales and Marketing at TidalX AI, a startup born from Google[x] (now X, the moonshot factory), focused on developing radical technologies to support the ocean economy while sustainably managing and protecting it. Since joining Tidal in 2020, Kira has worn several hats across business development, product, international customer operations, and program management. She served on the leadership committee for Alphabet’s Women of X organisation ...

2 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes

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#32: Linzi Hawkin – Impact Strategy Expert On Building Purpose-Driven Ocean Businesses That Make Real Impact And Real Money

Send us a text Linzi Hawkin is a creative strategist passionate about protecting the ocean through the power of strategy, storytelling, and education. She is the co-founder of Protect Blue - an ocean-focused organisation built around two core pathways: a creative agency that partners with NGOs, governments, and brands to drive tangible impact, and a direct support platform for ocean advocates and activists, providing the tools, community, and resilience they need to lead lasting change. Throu...

3 months ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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#31: Olly Hicks – World Record Ocean Explorer Turned Aquaculture Entrepreneur, the Expedition Mindset Every Ocean Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed, Nutrient Credits and Securing Funding for Ocean Projects.

Send us a text Olly Hicks is a world record-breaking British ocean explorer, motivational speaker, and ocean entrepreneur. Known for his minimalistic, human-powered expeditions, Hicks is the first and currently only person to have rowed solo from America to England, completing this feat in 2005 at the age of 23, making him the youngest person to row any ocean solo. He has spent over 2.5% of his life alone on the ocean, covering more than 7,000 miles on various expeditions since 2005. Today, H...

4 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

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#30: OceanMade with Emily Power – From Microsoft to Kelp Pots, developing a biodegradable seed starter pot, designing a successful pre-sale campaign, navigating imposter syndrome and making decisions with limited information.

Send us a text Emily Power is the founder of OceanMade, who is bridging the gap between terrestrial agriculture and ocean innovation with her groundbreaking Kelp Pots. Sparked by Bren Smith's seaweed farming feature on '60 Minutes', Emily transitioned from her corporate role at Microsoft to ocean entrepreneurship. After pivoting from an initial sustainable marketplace concept, she discovered her mission while confronting the plastic pollution in her own garden. Drawing on seaweed's remarkable...

7 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes

The Ocean Age

Inside Seaweed becomes The Ocean Age

Send us a text This is a brief update episode where I share my plans for the direction of the podcast going forward and the thinking behind it. New episode coming later this month! In the meantime, I'd love to hear your thoughts; feel free to reach out on social media with your feedback or suggestions for topics you'd like me to cover. Many thanks, and see you soon. Best, Fed Fed DeGobbi on Linkedin and X.

7 months ago

2 minutes

The Ocean Age

#29: Sea6 Energy with Sowmya Balendiran – The Evolution Of Mechanised Ocean Farming, Enhancing Productivity, Navigating Logistic Challenges And Regulatory Hurdles, Market Expansion and Local Impact.

Sowmya Balendiran is Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at Sea6 Energy, a pioneer of innovative technologies for sustainable, large-scale and mechanised ocean farming. Sea6 Energy was founded at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a vision to develop disruptive solutions to global problems. Sowmya has more than 10 years of executive-level experience in product development, marketing, sales and strategy. She has featured in ‘Top 50 Women in Biotech’ in India as well as in Forb...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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#28: Branding Expert Danny Matthews – How to build a seaweed startup brand, avoid common pitfalls, understand the neuroscience of buying decisions, find Problem-Solution fit and craft the right story.

Danny Matthews is a branding expert with a big vision to solve the world’s biggest problems with creative design and brand strategy. Among his accolades he has been featured in the Huffington Post, BBC Radio, the FSB’s First Voice and has shared a stage with Facebook and Google. In 2019, Danny founded Short Story Ventures, a Venture Studio that helps early-stage founders build a fundable startup brand, gain traction and get to market successfully. Check out ⁠⁠Inside Seaweed Newsletter⁠⁠!...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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#27: Doctor Seaweed with Dr Craig Rose – Seaweed nutraceuticals, how to develop a dietary supplement product, from understanding market trends to manufacturing, sales and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Dr Craig Rose PhD is a marine biologist and the Founder and CEO of Seaweed & Co., the company behind his Doctor Seaweed range of award-winning nutritional supplements. Dr Craig has a degree in Marine Biology, a master’s in Marine Technology and a PhD in Marine Science. Dr Craig started the company in 2015 after working for many years with seaweed on commercial and research projects for various applications - from biofuels to food and nutrition and identified a huge opportunity and need fo...

1 year ago

50 minutes

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#26: Bright Tide with Harry Wright - The investment ecosystem for regenerative farming on land and water, successful business models in the blue economy and the Regenerative Farming Accelerator Programme.

Harry Wright is the Founder and Director of Bright Tide. Harry studied law and practised in the private sector for ten years. It was there he saw the potential to harness the ingenuity and resources of the private sector to help solve global conservation issues, inspiring him to launch Bright Tide. Harry has extensive knowledge of conservation issues, international law and social entrepreneurship, regularly giving lectures and leading workshops for both the private and education sectors. Harr...

1 year ago

58 minutes

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#25: Rootless with Sachi Singh - The health benefits and composition of seaweed, thyroid health and sex hormones, creating a habit-forming product.

Sachi Singh is the Founder and CEO of Rootless. With a decade of experience in international climate change solutions and a Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University, Sachi is well aware of what we’re collectively up against. In seaweed, she found hope! Seaweed is one of the most nutritious foods on the planet, and actively regenerates the environment in which it is grown. Yet, most of us don't eat it on a daily basis. Sachi is trying to change that with Rootless and its hero p...

1 year ago

1 hour 13 minutes

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#24: Andrew Wilkinson (Chef) - The role of chefs in the future of seaweed, bringing sustainable and healthy meals to America's schools.

Andrew Wilkinson is Seafood Specialist and Chef Director of Research and Development at North Coast Seafoods. He is a chef with a deep love for fresh ingredients and a passion for creating exciting, delicious food for people to enjoy every day. He developed this passion from a young age, working on the lobster docks in Maine and watching his mother cook traditional New England meals. Wilkinson is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and has extensive international...

1 year ago

58 minutes

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#23: Seadling with Simon Davis – Southeast Asia and why production scale-up will happen in the tropics, the potential of red seaweeds, lessons from the East and opportunities for innovation.

Simon Davis is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of SEADLING, a seaweed biotechnology startup, that has been leading innovation in the seaweed sector in South East Asia since 2018. Simon has been active in the seaweed industry for 8 years, serves on the advisory board of UN Global Compact’s Safe Seaweed Coalition and is a passionate advocate for the pivotal role that seaweed will play as a source of new materials for a sustainable future whilst combatting carbon and restoring abundance to...

1 year ago

46 minutes

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#22: Akua with Courtney Boyd Myers – How to build a seaweed brand, engaging with your audience and learning what they want, developing a kelp burger, sustainability and why people buy a product.

Courtney Boyd Myers (Founder & CEO of AKUA) is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, writer, and new Mama to Romy Ocean. Prior to launching AKUA, she helped build the Summit Community, a global network of founders, creatives, and innovators. Previously, she helped market companies such as Four Sigmatic and Unframed Ice Cream. She began her career as a journalist at Forbes Magazine and The Next Web and has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business. She currentl...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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#21: Macro Oceans with Matthew Perkins – Biorefining to create profitable seaweed products, lessons from a decade in terrestrial agriculture and the role of technology in building positive change.

Matthew is the Founder and CEO of Macro Oceans, a startup transforming seaweed into low-carbon chemicals for use in materials, cosmetics, food, and many other applications. Matthew is an experienced technology entrepreneur, having built and sold his first company, Yield Pop, to The Climate Corporation. He has more than a decade of experience in terrestrial agriculture and was the first business hire at Inari, a gene-editing technology company, where he helped raise over $100M in venture capit...

1 year ago

45 minutes

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#20: Sway with Julia Marsh - How a design led company is making bioplastic from seaweed, what will drive adoption, understanding the supply chain, the flow of information and biological circularity.

Californian designer Julia Marsh is the CEO and co-founder of Sway, a venture-backed materials company which produces compostable packaging made from seaweed. Julia's work is inspired by a lifelong affection for the ocean, and the belief that designers must take part in solving the planet’s greatest challenges. Sway is on a mission to replenish the planet by supporting healthy ocean ecosystems, eliminating plastic waste, and creating a more inclusive climate movement. *Check out ⁠⁠Inside Seaw...

2 years ago

48 minutes

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#19: Arctic Seaweed with Matthias Boeing - Technology to disrupt the industry at a "make or break" moment, farming and offshore wind, Seaweed as a Service (SaaS) as a framework for partnerships.

Arctic Seaweed is on a mission to transform seaweed cultivation with disruptive technology. As Strategic Advisor, Matthias Boeing is assisting the company to build a strategy for scaling up. He's studied International Business and Strategic Management at the University of York, after which he gained important experience in management consulting and digital transformation. He then took what he calls an "Ocean Sabbatical" that lead him to finally combine his background and skills with his passi...

2 years ago

44 minutes

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#18: Kaly with Daniel Hillman - Seaweed meets finance: thoughts and perspectives from an impact investor and entrepreneur, existing gaps, creating a scalable model and the path to sustainable growth.

Kaly is a natural capital operating platform whose mission is to scale the production of regeneratively farmed seaweed in Scotland and develop new routes to market through higher-value processing using a community-based approach.Co-Founder of Kaly, Daniel Hillman is an experienced impact investor and entrepreneur, most recently as Director of Investments and Business Development for Waterfund, a private investment firm he helped create focused on solving global water scarcity through investme...

2 years ago

38 minutes

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#17: GreenWave with Sam Garwin - How to build a business that works, market development, making seaweed a "cash crop" and the new "dating" app for the seaweed industry.

GreenWave trains and supports regenerative ocean farmers in the eraof climate change, working with coastal communities to create a blueeconomy—built and led by ocean farmers.Sam Garwin leads GreenWave’s efforts to establish reliable, accessible, and equitable markets for seaweed farmers. Her work includes business development and organizing support for regional farmer networks, research and infrastructure pilots to address post-harvest bottlenecks, and value chain coordination to cultivate a ...

2 years ago

56 minutes

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#16: Vincent Doumeizel, Author of "The Seaweed Revolution" - Lessons and takeaways from writing the book, how to work with the Global Seaweed Coalition and its framework for collaboration, and more!

Vincent Doumeizel is Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact as well as director of the Food Programme at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Author of a new book titled "The Seaweed Revolution" which officially launched in the UK in May 2023, Vincent has in recent years devoted himself to promoting a food revolution and environmental solutions based on sea resources, especially seaweed. He also played an instrumental role in the creation and development of the Global S...

2 years ago

50 minutes