From a single question to a new industrial sector.
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Industrial pilot
Scaling to a pilot facility producing hundreds of kilos of product to engage major aquafeed, cosmetics and nutraceutical ingredient producers.
Stable production at record yields
Continuous, stable Artemia production established in the new mobile lab, with record yields per tank — the operational baseline for industrial scale-up.
Mobile pilot deployed, feedstock library expanded
Smart control unit deployed at Boortmalt for first on-site feedstock validation. Artemia growth proven across whisky pot ale, rice bran, brewing sidestreams and dairy by-products.
First 10 L systems
R&D facility live at Heriot-Watt's Lyell Centre. First Artemia cohorts grown on whisky-malt sidestreams at bench scale.
Aquanzo was founded in 2022 by Stefanie Lobnig and Dr. Rémi Gratacap with a single question:
“What if we could make more marine ingredients without harming the ocean?”
Since then, we’ve moved from 10 L benchtop systems to industrially-relevant scale, and from one feedstock to a validated library across dairy, whisky and agri sidestreams.
Dr. Rémi Gratacap & Stefanie Lobnig
Co-Founders
An operationally seasoned team, backed by a deep advisory bench.
Co-founder & CEO
Stefanie Lobnig
Process engineer turned operator who previously scaled novel-organism platforms at Christof Industries (Agriprotein) and Entocycle.
Software & Control Lead
Artur Romero
Full-stack robotics engineer, formerly Head of Robotics at Agricarbon, who built Aquanzo's AI, sensors and control stack end-to-end.
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Product Lead
Kieran Magee
PhD in sustainable aquaculture feeds with 12+ years of aquaculture R&D, owning site design and day-to-day production.
Genetics Lead
Bruna
Animal scientist specialising in quantitative genetics who leads our Artemia breeding programme for biomass and cysts.
Business Development
Stelios Leontios
27+ years at INVE Aquaculture (latterly Commercial Director), opening doors across global hatcheries, feed producers and distributors.
Senior Lab Technician
Timmy Walshe
Marine biologist and one of our first hires, running cultivation systems day-to-day and commissioning new units as we scale.
Marketing Associate
Nidhi Nakhawa
Marketing professional supporting Aquanzo across social media, website updates, communications, design, research, and day-to-day operations.
Backed by an advisory bench across science, engineering and growth.
HEADQUARTERED AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
SCOTLAND
01. CO-FOUNDER
R&D & marine biology. PhD fish immunology, University of Stirling.
Dr. Rémi Gratacap
0.2 RAS ENGINEERING
Recirculating aquaculture systems design and operation at industrial scale.
Andrew Winston
03. FOOD CHAIN
Food chain sustainability, supply integration and ingredient adoption.
Mark Williams
04. GENETICS
Academic collaborator on quantitative genetics and selective breeding.
Gregor Gorjanc
05. GROWTH
Business growth, commercial strategy and partnership development.