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Big Akwa

Big Akwa is a food-tech company that develops circular aquaculture systems by integrating land-based fish farming with industrial symbiosis to increase efficiency, sustainability, and resource use. The company’s approach uses waste streams such as low-temperature industrial heat to warm fish farm water and repurposes nutrient-rich recirculating water into industrial processes, supporting a closed-loop production model that reduces energy consumption and limits environmental discharge. Big Akwa focuses on producing locally farmed fish through systems designed to optimize growth rates and lower operational costs while converting byproducts into valuable inputs for partner industries. Its work supports planning, engineering, and pre-construction phases for large-scale aquaculture facilities that aim to supply sustainable protein with reduced carbon footprints and enhanced resource efficiency. The company collaborates with technical partners, investors, and industrial operators to advance project design, secure permits, and prepare for commercial-scale deployment of its land-based fish farming concepts. Big Akwa’s model aligns aquaculture production with circular economy principles to address food security, environmental performance, and scalable food-tech innovation.

www.bigakwa.com Härnösand, Sweden 1-10 employees
Total raised
$1.2M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series Unknown
Feb 2026

Big Akwa is a food-tech company that develops circular aquaculture systems by integrating land-based fish farming with industrial symbiosis to increase efficiency, sustainability, and resource use. The company’s approach uses waste streams such as low-temperature industrial heat to warm fish farm water and repurposes nutrient-rich recirculating water into industrial processes, supporting a closed-loop production model that reduces energy consumption and limits environmental discharge. Big Akwa focuses on producing locally farmed fish through systems designed to optimize growth rates and lower operational costs while converting byproducts into valuable inputs for partner industries. Its work supports planning, engineering, and pre-construction phases for large-scale aquaculture facilities that aim to supply sustainable protein with reduced carbon footprints and enhanced resource efficiency. The company collaborates with technical partners, investors, and industrial operators to advance project design, secure permits, and prepare for commercial-scale deployment of its land-based fish farming concepts. Big Akwa’s model aligns aquaculture production with circular economy principles to address food security, environmental performance, and scalable food-tech innovation.

Big Akwa has raised $1.2M across 1 round. Its most recent round was a Series Unknown of $1.2M in Feb 2026. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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Feb 6, 2026
Series Unknown
$1.2M

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