Aqua-Spark
aqua-spark.nl Direct + LP
Aqua-Spark is an investment company focused on sustainable aquaculture. It invests in companies across the aquaculture value chain, including production, feed ingredients, disease management, technology, waste valorisation, and alternative seafood.
Aqua-Spark is a venture capital firm headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in aquaculture, feed ingredients, disease battling and aqua tech. 21 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Our mission is to move the aquaculture industry towards healthy, sustainable, affordable production with comparable financial returns”
— Aqua-Spark, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Utrecht, Netherlands
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- aquaculture, feed ingredients, disease battling, aqua tech, waste valorisation, alternatives
- Portfolio
- 21 companies
Team, as Aqua-Spark publishes it
- Mike Velings Co-Founder and CEO
- Maria Velkova Chief Portfolio Officer (CPO)
- Leon van Schaik Chief Finance and Risk Officer (CFRO)
- Boris van Troost ESG & Impact Officer
- Ben Gimson Lead Africa
- Harpreet Kaur Risk Manager
- John Vogel Legal Director
- Michiel Krauss Development Officer
- Frank van Roest Board Member Portfolio Companies
- Andrea Stellini Financial Controller
- Kimberley Hardjodikromo Corporate Controller
- Bente Jonker HR Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on aqua-spark.nl. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 14 co-investors found.
- Hatch Blue Holding Ltd 2 shared companies: kuehnleagro.com, umamibioworks.com
- Walerud Ventures 1 shared company: swedishalgaefactory.com
- Shift Invest 1 shared company: protix.eu
- Real Ventures 1 shared company: xpertsea.com
- EIT Food 1 shared company: aceaquatec.com
- Celesta Capital 1 shared company: calysta.com
- Pangaea Ventures 1 shared company: calysta.com
- Taaleri 1 shared company: enifer.com
- BlueCrow Capital 1 shared company: oceano-fresco.pt
- Semapa Next 1 shared company: oceano-fresco.pt
and 4 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Aqua-Spark publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://aqua-spark.nl/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://aqua-spark.nl/invest-in-aqua-spark/layer
- https://aqua-spark.nl/about-us/invests_in_geographies
- https://aqua-spark.nl/portfolio/stage_min, stage_max, portfolio_count
- https://aqua-spark.nl/team/people
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Record 1127 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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