Lisaqua
Lisaqua is a French aquaculture company founded in 2018 that operates land-based shrimp farms producing antibiotic-free French shrimp and shrimp bisque for restaurants, fishmongers, and direct consumers across France, using a patented permaculture-inspired breeding process.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2018
- HeadquartersNantes, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Lisaqua does
Lisaqua is a French aquaculture company founded in 2018 by marine biologist Charlotte Schoelinck and HEC Paris-trained Gabriel Boneu, headquartered in the Nantes metropolitan area (Saint-Herblain). It operates France's first commercial land-based shrimp farm, producing fresh and frozen French shrimp raised without antibiotics, sulfites, or polluting discharges, alongside a value-added shrimp bisque manufactured by a local partner (Atelier Bernard Marot). The company's core technology is a patented, permaculture-inspired ('permaquaculture') indoor breeding process that combines biofiltration, multi-species co-culture, and an in-house predictive model for water-quality parameters, delivering a 99% reduction in water use and 20% reduction in feed versus conventional shrimp farming while ultra-fast-freezing the harvest at -80°C in vacuum-sealed packs.
The business sells through a multi-channel go-to-market: direct farm pickup and e-commerce to consumers (including the Pourdebon.com marketplace and AMAP/CSE collective orders starting at 20 kg), direct B2B supply to more than 160 restaurants (including 20 Michelin-starred chefs) using frozen logistics (Chronofreeze), and wholesale to fishmongers via local wholesalers. Listed consumer pricing sits at approximately €35–38/kg for frozen shrimp and ~€10.65 per 780g jar of bisque. Lisaqua is building a second, industrial-scale farm at Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France) targeting 100 tonnes per year by end-2026, supported by a Veolia/SMITOM waste-heat partnership and a €14.5 million Blue Loan, and has begun exploring a Belgian site via investor Noshaq. To date the company has raised roughly €25.4M in disclosed financing across a €1.4M Bpifrance deeptech grant (2020), a €4.9M equity round (2022), a €9M equity round led by Crédit Mutuel Impact (2025), and the €14.5M Blue Loan (2026), with a stated long-term ambition of 10,000 tonnes of annual production by 2030.
Lisaqua firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Lisaqua
- Legal name
- Lisaqua
- Website
- https://lisaqua.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2018
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Lisaqua is a French aquaculture company founded in 2018 that operates land-based shrimp farms producing antibiotic-free French shrimp and shrimp bisque for restaurants, fishmongers, and direct consumers across France, using a patented permaculture-inspired breeding process.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Lisaqua industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Sustainable Aquaculture / Land-Based Shrimp Farming
- NAICS
- Aquaculture (11251), Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117), Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers (42446)
- SIC
- Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Crustacean Farming (e.g., shrimp, prawns, crab) (AFAEAAAC)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Aquaculture Harvest, Processing & Packing (Farmed Finfish/Shellfish; On-Farm Plants) (AFANADAL)
Keywords
Where Lisaqua is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Nantes
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Lisaqua business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Shrimp Product Sales: Lisaqua generates revenue through the sale of fresh and frozen French shrimp products. Products are sold directly to consumers at the farm, via e-commerce, through restaurant and fishmonger professionals, and via collective buying groups. Additional value-added product: shrimp bisque.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Frozen shrimp +100 cal. — 1 kg package |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Frozen shrimp 80–100 cal. — 1 kg package |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Frozen shrimp +100 cal. — Lot of 2 × 0.5 kg |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Shrimp bisque — 780 g jar |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Shrimp bisque — lot of 2 jars (2 × 780 g) |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
Lisaqua product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Lisaqua develops and operates land-based shrimp farms using a patented, permaculture-inspired (permaquaculture) system that combines biofiltration and predictive water-quality modeling to raise French shrimp without antibiotics or sulfites, in indoor controlled basins near consumption sites. It sells the resulting fresh/frozen shrimp (in 0.5–1 kg vacuum-sealed packs) and a co-branded shrimp bisque (780 g jars) through farm-direct pickup, the Pourdebon.com marketplace, direct restaurant supply, local wholesalers serving fishmongers, and collective bulk orders.
Product overview
Lisaqua is a sustainable land-based shrimp aquaculture company offering a portfolio of products centered on French shrimp raised without antibiotics or sulfites. The core product is fresh/frozen shrimp sold directly to consumers (farm sales, online delivery) and professionals (restaurants, fishmongers, collective orders). Value-added products include shrimp bisque manufactured by a local partner. The company operates a pilot farm in Saint-Herblain (Nantes area) and is developing an industrial-scale farm in Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne) targeting 100 tonnes/year capacity. Distribution channels include farm-direct sales, national delivery via pourdebon.com platform, and B2B sales to restaurants and fishmongers through local wholesalers. Products are recognized as 'Artisan Producer of Quality' by the Collège Culinaire de France since 2022.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Frozen French Shrimp (Crevettes françaises surgelées) French shrimp raised in land-based controlled basins without antibiotics or sulfites, sold raw and flash-frozen at -80°C in vacuum-sealed packs. Available in calibers 80–100 and +100, in 0.5 kg and 1 kg packages, for end consumers, restaurants, fishmongers, and collective buyers.
- Lisaqua Shrimp Bisque (Bisque de crevettes Lisaqua) Shelf-stable shrimp bisque (2-year DDM) made with 20% Lisaqua shrimp, fish from the North-East Atlantic, cream, and vegetables; manufactured by Atelier Bernard Marot located near the Lisaqua farm. Packed in 780 g jars serving 3–4 people, sold to consumers and professionals.
Quantifiable outcome
- 99% water saved compared to conventional shrimp farming
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Lisaqua
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Lisaqua technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability1 record
Feature4 records
Lisaqua partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- VeoliacoreVeolia partnered with Lisaqua and SMITOM Nord Seine-et-Marne to supply waste heat from a waste-to-energy plant (UVE) to heat Lisaqua's aquaculture farm. This circular economy approach uses recovered heat to warm the shrimp basins, significantly reducing energy consumption and costs.
- SMITOM Nord Seine-et-MarnecoreSMITOM Nord Seine-et-Marne (Syndicat Mixte de Traitement des Ordures Ménagères) signed a heat supply partnership with Veolia and Lisaqua to provide recovered heat from its waste-to-energy facility to the planned aquaculture farm at Monthyon, making it the largest shrimp farm in France.
- Pourdebon.comminorPourdebon.com is a French online food marketplace partner through which Lisaqua products are offered to consumers across France with home delivery.
- Atelier Bernard MarotminorLisaqua outsourced the production of its shrimp bisque to Atelier Bernard Marot, located 20 minutes from the Lisaqua farm, to guarantee quality and craftsmanship in the bisque manufacturing process.
- EIT Food (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)minorLisaqua is a member of EIT Food, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). EIT Food is a European consortium that supports food innovation and entrepreneurship, providing Lisaqua with network access and institutional credibility.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Lisaqua competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Innovafeed: French insect-protein producer building an alt-protein supply chain that includes aquaculture feed inputs. Comparable as a high-profile French sustainable food-tech company backed by impact capital and operating in the European seafood-adjacent value chain.
Broad incumbents
- AquaBounty Technologies: Pioneer of land-based Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) salmon farming, with US and Canadian operational sites. Comparable in being an early-mover capital-intensive land-based aquaculture play, though focused on salmon rather than shrimp.
- Thai Union Group: Global seafood giant and the world's largest shrimp processor via brands like Chicken of the Sea and King Oscar. Comparable as the dominant incumbent in the shrimp category whose supply model (Asian open-pond) Lisaqua is disrupting.
- Nordic Aquafarms: Norwegian-founded land-based salmon producer with RAS facilities planned in Norway and the US. Comparable in using closed-containment, near-market production to differentiate from open-net aquaculture.
- Stolt Sea Farm: Subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen, one of the world's largest aquaculture producers of turbot, sole, and yellowtail using land-based and nearshore systems. Comparable as a long-established premium aquaculture operator demonstrating the land-based premium seafood model.
- Pure Salmon: Global land-based Atlantic salmon platform backed by 8F Asset Management, with planned RAS facilities across the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Comparable in deploying capital-intensive RAS aquaculture at multi-site industrial scale near demand centres.
Others
- Cargill Aqua Nutrition: One of the largest global aquaculture feed manufacturers, supplying shrimp and fish feed across Latin America and Asia. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player in the global shrimp value chain.
- Veramaris: Netherlands-based joint venture (DSM, Evonik) producing algae-based omega-3 oils for aquaculture feed. Comparable as an enabling technology supplier reducing aquaculture's dependence on fishmeal — relevant to Lisaqua's feed-efficiency story.
Direct peers
- Atarraya: Mexico- and US-based AgTech developing proprietary land-based, antibiotic-free shrimp farming systems. Most direct competitor to Lisaqua, addressing the same end-market with a similar zero-water-exchange RAS approach.
- NaturalShrimp Inc. US-listed company building land-based, zero-exchange shrimp aquaculture using patented electrocoagulation and hyper-antioxidant technology. Direct peer competing in the same land-based shrimp category with similar sustainability and antibiotic-free positioning.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Valuation estimate
Lisaqua leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Lisaqua funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds3 records
Investors7 records
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Lisaqua M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Lisaqua
What does Lisaqua do?
Lisaqua develops and operates land-based shrimp farms using a patented, permaculture-inspired (permaquaculture) system that combines biofiltration and predictive water-quality modeling to raise French shrimp without antibiotics or sulfites, in indoor controlled basins near consumption sites. It sells the resulting fresh/frozen shrimp (in 0.5–1 kg vacuum-sealed packs) and a co-branded shrimp bisque (780 g jars) through farm-direct pickup, the Pourdebon.com marketplace, direct restaurant supply, local wholesalers serving fishmongers, and collective bulk orders.
Is Lisaqua a public or private company?
Lisaqua is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Lisaqua founded?
Lisaqua was founded in 2018. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Lisaqua based?
Lisaqua is headquartered in Nantes, France, in the Europe region.
How does Lisaqua make money?
One revenue line is on record: shrimp Product Sales.
Who are Lisaqua's main competitors?
Innovafeed is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are AquaBounty Technologies, Thai Union Group, Nordic Aquafarms, Stolt Sea Farm and Pure Salmon. Others are Cargill Aqua Nutrition and Veramaris. Direct peers are Atarraya and NaturalShrimp Inc..
Does Lisaqua have an API?
No public API is recorded for Lisaqua.
What industry is Lisaqua in?
Lisaqua's product category is Sustainable Aquaculture / Land-Based Shrimp Farming. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAEAAAC, Crustacean Farming (e.g., shrimp, prawns, crab), with a secondary code of AFANADAL, Aquaculture Harvest, Processing & Packing (Farmed Finfish/Shellfish; On-Farm Plants). Its NAICS code is 11251 and its SIC code is 2092.