
ABOUT US
OBJECTIVES
We are a micro SME based in Lisbon, Portugal.
Our team is comprised of post-doctoral / post-graduate individuals with complementary experience in Phycology, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Bioremediation, Food and animal feed development, and Sustainability.
Our main objectives are:
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to provide the most relevant and cost-effective microalgae/cyanobacteria for diverse sustainable applications, namely as food and animal feed-additives, functional food and beverages, bioplastics, cosmetics, textiles, and dyes/pigments.
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to explore and provide innovative and agile cyanobacteria/microalgae bioremediation solutions to industrial, urban, agricultural systems, as well as to help tackle natural algal blooms and other eutrophization agents
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and,given the fairly recent and quite exponential growth of the algae-based markets, we also aim to actively contribute to pre-and co-normative research (i.e.PNR and CNR) for the further development and sound application of algae-specific normative measures and standards.
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The STELLARIA bank of algae and cyanobacteria (S-Algae) is comprised of 47 strains, some of which likely to be proven phylogenetically unique.
We are now (re)starting to grow all these strains at lab/pilot scale and, all going well, will soon be accepting B2B orders for commercial use or for R&I applications.
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We intend to apply for 'organic' certification to also provide B2C algae-enriched functional food and beverages to individual consumers from the general public.
Examples of our products: red stage Haematococcus pluvialis dry powder, Chlorella vulgaris broken cell wall / powder
THE TEAM

Isabel Canto de Loura
CEO
Research & Innovation Director
PhD in Phycology & Marine biotechnology

JORGE COSTA
Researcher
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PhD in Energy / Bioenergy. Toxicology expert.

bc
Researcher
MSc in Biotechnology

DS
Trainee
MSc. Biotechnology student

TBA 5
Normative research
The copyrighted logo and icon designed by Luis Fonseca, brililantly capture the essence of the origin and ethos of the name of the company.
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Designer's contact details:
luisfonseca.design@gmail.com
+351 912 828 165
https://pt.linkedin.com/in/luis-pedro-h-fonseca-4776a024

OUR LOGO
RESEARCH COllaboratioN and Investors
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We are always looking to expand our portfolio of products and integrate collaborative research partnerships, both with academic and industrial partners in view of EU-funded/other externally funded or sponsored programmes.
Bootstrap investors and Angel investors most welcomed too.