[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in SEADLING.] Seaweed is a billion-dollar industry in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines alone, but it’s a tough one to access because of farms’ remote locations. Simon Davis discovered this during a six-year-long trek sailing around the Pacific Ocean, where he saw both the potential of seaweed farms and the destruction of the oceans endangering it. He founded Borneo-based biotech startup SEADLING in response. SEADLING provides Elkhorn Seamoss ( Kappaphycus sp .) seaweed seedlings to farmers in the Malaysian portion of Borneo, who cultivate the plants to maturity. From there, the seaweed undergoes a fermentation process and is later dried, milled, and packaged into consumable products. SEADLING currently works in the pet food market but has plans for other markets , including human health. Davis spoke to AgFunder recently as part of the latter’s 2026 Global AgriFoodTech Investment report. AgFunderNews ( AFN ): What ...