
Aqua Vida LLC
Aqua Vida aims to be the worlds highest quality, sustainable, land based producer of Freshwater Eel in the world.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Agriculture
- Location Bay Harbor Islands, FL, US
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2016
- Employees 2
- Incorporation Type LLC
- Website avidallc.com
Company Summary
Aqua Vida aims to raise Freshwater Eel in a land based, recirculating aquaculture system in the US. We are working with the Ministry of Fisheries in Madagascar to establish the first sustainable eel harvest for our seed stock. Raised in high quality groundwater, using premium eel feeds without the use of hormones or antibiotics we aim to be one of the world’s premium producers of eel for export to Asia and Europe and for the domestic US market.
Team
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Principal
Kit spent 20 years in the financial markets working in London, New York, Tokyo and California as a Portfolio manager. His extra-curricular interest in aquaculture and the global protein deficit lead him to leave the financial industry and establish an aquaculture company to build a sustainable, environmentally friendly recirculating aquaculture system, Kit holds an MA Psychology (University of Edinburgh) and MBA (Columbia Business School).
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Director of Aquatic Operations
Nico Falke is from The Netherlands and has 30 years’ experience in aquaculture working with recirculating systems and a variety of species. The last 25 years he has raised Freshwater Eel in recirculating systems. He has advanced degrees in aquaculture, water treatment and larval rearing from the University of Wageningen.
Advisors
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Bill KeleherUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Geoff GrantUnconfirmedJon HulbertUnconfirmedPaul LangleyUnconfirmed
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