What BioSort does

BioSort AS is a Norwegian aquaculture technology company that develops machine vision and AI systems for individual-based monitoring and treatment of farmed salmon. Founded in 2010 by former Tomra engineers and headquartered in Fornebu with a secondary office in Bergen, the company spent its first fifteen years on the iFarm research platform developed in partnership with Cermaq, ScaleAQ, and Nofima, with over NOK 500 million invested across four production cycles. The company's core technology, FishID, assigns a unique identifier to each salmon and combines proprietary underwater imaging, computer vision, and AI algorithms to continuously detect sea lice at early attachment stages, generate individual health journals, and enable targeted interventions that reduce reliance on whole-cage chemical treatments and well-boat operations.

The product portfolio centers on the Individual-Based Sea Lice Control System, supported by the Fish Sorter module and the underlying iFarm technology stack including advanced imaging systems, net roof pen concept, and individual fish extraction technology. The company's primary customers are commercial salmon farming operations in Norway, with Cermaq as the foundational development partner and pilot customer. BioSort operates a B2B enterprise sales model combining direct field sales leveraging investor network relationships (Grieg Kapital, Hatch Blue, IVC) with industry event participation and earned media in aquaculture trade publications. Revenue is generated through hardware system sales (sensors, imaging equipment) complemented by potential recurring software and data services tied to FishID tracking and individual health journals.

Following the February 2026 funding round of over NOK 100 million from a consortium of aquaculture and technology investors, BioSort is transitioning from development to commercial sales. The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has approved conversion of iFarm development licenses to ordinary food fish production licenses, enabling broader commercial deployment. The company currently operates with 11-50 employees drawn from Tomra, SINTEF, Mowi, Nokia, AutoStore, and leading Norwegian technical universities, combining expertise in computer vision, embedded systems, mechanical engineering, and aquaculture.

Name

BioSort

Legal name

Biosort AS

Website

https://biosort.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BioSort is a Norwegian aquaculture technology company that uses machine vision, AI, and its proprietary FishID system to individually identify, monitor, and treat farmed salmon for sea lice, serving commercial salmon farming operators transitioning from R&D to commercial sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aquaculture Technology

NAICS

Aquaculture (1125)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Sensors, Instrumentation & IoT (Condition Monitoring) (IMAJAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Aquaculture Farm Services & Operations Support (net cleaning, diving, grading, harvesting) (AFAEAAAM)

Keywords

• Aquaculture technology
• Sea lice control
• Fish health monitoring
• Machine vision systems
• Salmon farming solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Fornebu

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lice Control System Sales: Biosort is transitioning from R&D to commercial sales of its individual-based sea lice control technology. The company sells hardware systems (sensors, imaging equipment) combined with software services for salmon farming operations.
2. Software and Data Services: The system provides ongoing data insights through FishID tracking and individual health journals, which may be offered as subscription or software services to complement the hardware platform.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BioSort develops and sells individual-based sea lice control systems for commercial salmon farming operations. The core offering combines proprietary FishID technology, machine vision, and AI to continuously detect and remove sea lice at early attachment stages from individual fish. The system includes underwater imaging hardware, AI-powered lice detection software, and individual health journals that track each fish's welfare, growth, and lice status throughout its lifecycle, enabling targeted intervention and reducing reliance on traditional whole-cage chemical treatments and well-boat operations.

Product overview

BioSort is a Norwegian aquaculture technology company founded in 2010 that develops next-generation technology to protect farmed fish. The core product is an individual-based sea lice control system combining machine vision, AI, and FishID technology for continuous lice removal. The FishID technology serves as the foundational identification system enabling individual fish tracking. The iFarm platform, developed in partnership with Cermaq with NOK 500+ million investment, provided the technological foundation including advanced imaging, fish health journals, and sorting capabilities. The product portfolio now pivots from the iFarm research platform to a simplified, compact commercial product with early lice intervention as its primary focus, augmented by fish sorting modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual-Based Sea Lice Control System Next-generation lice control technology using machine vision, AI, and FishID to continuously identify and remove sea lice from individual salmon at an early stage, reducing the need for traditional whole-cage treatments and well-boat operations. Targeted at commercial salmon farming companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced need for well-boat treatments through continuous early lice removal
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CermaqcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Strategic partnership established in 2015 for iFarm concept development. Cermaq and Biosort worked together over four production cycles with NOK 500+ million invested in technology development. Partnership delivered breakthrough innovations in imaging, FishID, and individual fish handling. Cermaq's development licenses were successfully converted to ordinary production licenses.
• ScaleAQminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the iFarm project, contributing to the development of cage arrangements and pen systems for lice protection.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stingray Marine Solutions (Bluegrove): Stingray Marine Solutions (now part of Bluegrove) is the closest direct peer, offering camera-guided laser systems for sea lice removal in salmon pens. Both companies target the same pain point (sea lice) using underwater machine vision at Norwegian salmon farms and compete head-to-head for the same customer budget line.
• OptoScale: OptoScale provides AI-powered underwater cameras for fish weight, biomass, and lice monitoring in aquaculture. It directly overlaps with BioSort's machine-vision monitoring and lice-detection capabilities and is sold to the same salmon farming customers in Norway and internationally.
• Observe Technologies: Observe Technologies applies AI and computer vision to aquaculture feeding and fish behavior analytics. While its primary focus is feeding optimization rather than lice, its camera-and-AI stack and salmon-farmer customer base position it as an emerging direct peer competing for the same on-pen intelligence budget.
• AquaScan: AquaScan develops optical fish counting and grading equipment for aquaculture and wild fisheries, with strong Norwegian/Icelandic farmer adoption. It overlaps with BioSort's optical sensing and individual-fish identification capabilities, though focused on counting rather than health monitoring.

Broad incumbents

• Akva Group: Akva Group is one of the largest global suppliers of aquaculture equipment, including cameras, sensors, feeding systems, and software for salmon farms. It represents a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in underwater monitoring but is not specialized in individual-based lice intervention.
• Innovasea: Innovasea provides end-to-end aquaculture technology—sensors, biomass cameras, fish tracking, and farm management software—to salmon and other farmed species globally. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping monitoring offerings but is not focused on individual-level lice intervention like BioSort.
• Steinsvik (Akva Group): Steinsvik (now part of Akva Group) supplies sensors, cameras, and feeding systems for Norwegian salmon farms. Its broad aquaculture equipment portfolio overlaps with the hardware side of BioSort's offering but does not provide the AI-driven individual fish tracking that is BioSort's differentiator.
• Imenco: Imenco manufactures underwater cameras, lights, and ROV systems used in aquaculture and fisheries, primarily in Norway and Northern Europe. It is a regional incumbent in the underwater vision component space that BioSort's FishID system integrates with or could compete with at the camera layer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/biosort-as

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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