KKOA Biotech
KOA Biotech develops a digital, autonomous biosensor system for fish farms that continuously monitors water quality and detects pathogens in real time, replacing lab tests that take 5-10 days. Spun off from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in 2021, the Barcelona-based aquaculture biotech aims to cut fish mortality and reduce testing costs by up to 50%.
SectorsBiotechnology, Aquaculture, AgriFood-Tech, Hardware/IoT
Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › R&D tools & software for life sciences
Founders
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Sira Mogas Díez
CEO & Founder
Global models 4
AAquabyte
United States · aquabyte.ai ↗
Sells fish farms an always-on sensing system that tracks fish health and welfare in real time, replacing manual sampling to cut mortality.
$50M+Comparable
XXpertSea
Canada · xpertsea.com ↗
Sells aquaculture producers on-farm sensing and data tools that give real-time health and growth readings instead of slow manual or lab checks.
$30M+Comparable
UUmitron
Singapore · umitron.com ↗
Sells fish farms connected sensors and AI that monitor conditions and fish behaviour continuously to reduce losses and running costs.
$30M+Comparable
MManolin
Norway · www.manolin.com ↗
Sells salmon farms a fish-health intelligence platform that combines water, disease and treatment data to predict and prevent outbreaks and mortality.
$8M+Comparable
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Investors 3
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Funding rounds 1
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2025-02-06 | Seed (estimated) | €2M |
Swanlaab Innvierte Agrifood-Tech
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News 6
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2025-09-22 |
CDTI Innovación invests in KOA Biotech alongside Swanlaab ↗
Capital-Riesgo.es
2025-09-22 |
| 2025-03-25 |
KOA Biotech: Solving a $6B Problem for Fish Farmers ↗
EIT Food
2025-03-25 |
| 2025-02-06 |
KOA Biotech raises €2M for early disease detection for fish farms ↗
Tech.eu
2025-02-06 |
| 2025-02-06 |
KOA Biotech makes a splash with €2 million to fight fish farm infections ↗
EU-Startups
2025-02-06 |
| 2022-10-29 |
La biotecnología española contra la mortalidad en piscifactorías que reduce el uso de antibióticos ↗
El Español/Invertia
2022-10-29 |
| 2022-09-14 |
Evix y Koa Biotech ganadores de la semifinal de València de los eAwards España ↗
Valencia Plaza
2022-09-14 |