Plantsea
Plantsea is a startup headquartered in St. Asaph, United Kingdom, founded in 2020. It has won about £1.16m in competitive Innovate UK grants since 2023, according to UK Research and Innovation.
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Innovation grants
Plantsea has won about £1.16m in competitive Innovate UK grants since 2023.
- ClariSea - Feasibility of Ion-Exchange for Clarification and Pigment Management for Seaweed Polymer Extracts (£25k, 2026)
- PS Pellet: Scalable plastic-free pellets for high-performance soluble-laundry capsules (£545k, 2026)
- Fresh-Film: Fully recyclable flexible food-packaging - Embedding Packaging Innovation into the Mid & North Wales food-cluster (£260k, 2026)
- Seaweed Pods Scale Up 2024 (£140k, 2024)
- The next steps for commercial readiness: PlantSea Pods (a novel seaweed-based biodegradable material) (£50k, 2023)
- PlantSea-Punnet: a versatile seaweed-based packaging (£137k, 2023)
R&D ecosystem
Plantsea sits inside the Alderley Park region R&D ecosystem in the Global R&D Labs Directory.
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Questions and answers
What does Plantsea do?
Plantsea works in biotechnology. Its Innovate UK projects include: ClariSea - Feasibility of Ion-Exchange for Clarification and Pigment Management for Seaweed Polymer Extracts.
Where is Plantsea based?
Plantsea is headquartered in St. Asaph, United Kingdom.
When was Plantsea founded?
Plantsea was founded in 2020.
Source records: Companies House and UK Research and Innovation.
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