Inland Ocean

What Inland Ocean does

Inland Ocean is a private aquaculture technology company founded in 2021 that has developed a zero-waste, land-based fish farming system. The company does not sell its technology outright; instead it operates a partnership model where Inland Ocean provides the technology and water treatment while partner fish farms operate the grow-out, with shared financial risk and small CapEx commitments from the partner. The target customer is the accomplished fish farm owner-operator constrained by wastewater permit capacity, rising production costs, climate-driven disease pressure, and thin margins, whom the company offers the ability to expand into new species and geographies without triggering wastewater regulation.

The technology stack rests on two patent-protected components: a proprietary wastewater filtration system enabling 100% water recycling at approximately 40 liters per kilogram of fish (under 1% of conventional water use), and a commercially-validated off-flavor eliminating treatment that guarantees zero off-flavor product quality. This is complemented by InlandOS, the company's farm monitoring and optimization platform that uses cameras and sensors for local and remote operation, and a modular, stackable farm design that allows 6-month deployment on a concrete slab. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with Israeli offices in Tel Aviv, a commercial pilot farm in Ma'agan Michael, and an R&D center in Rehovot.

Commercial activity is at the pilot stage: as of 2024, the systems have produced over 30 metric tons of fish across marine (sea-bream, sea-bass) and freshwater (striped bass, redfish, barramundi, rainbow trout) species, and the disclosed flagship partner is Dagon Aquaculture, Israel's largest fish farm. The founding team is led by Dr. Snir Azaria (CEO, third-generation farmer and PhD in wastewater treatment) and includes Prof. Jaap van Rijn (Chief Scientist, 100+ publications, former head of Animal Sciences at Hebrew University) and Nimrod Gliksman (COO, based in Austin). No external funding rounds, revenue figures, or institutional investors are disclosed.

Name

Inland Ocean

Legal name

Inland Ocean

Website

https://inlandocean.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inland Ocean is an aquaculture technology company that licenses a proprietary zero-waste, 100% water-recycling fish farming system to partner farms via a co-investment model, targeting fish farm owner-operators constrained by wastewater permits and seeking to expand species and geographies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Aquaculture Technology

NAICS

Aquaculture (1125), Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Aquaculture Processing & On-Farm Value-Add (primary handling, icing, packing) (AFAEAAAN)

Keywords

• Zero-waste aquaculture
• Fish farming technology
• Wastewater filtration systems
• Recirculating aquaculture systems
• Off-flavor treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Technology Partnership Model: Inland Ocean operates a unique partnership model where the company handles the technology and water treatment while partner fish farms grow the fish. The company invests alongside partners with skin-in-the-game positioning, sharing financial load and risk with relatively small CapEx requirements for partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Inland Ocean builds proprietary zero-waste fish farming technology combining a patented wastewater filtration system with an off-flavor eliminating treatment that enables 100% water recycling and eliminates wastewater discharge. The company supplements this technology with InlandOS, a cameras-and-sensors farm monitoring platform, and a modular, stackable farm design that can be deployed on a concrete slab. Instead of selling the technology, Inland Ocean offers partnerships in which it supplies the technology and water treatment while partner farms operate fish production under a shared-risk commercial arrangement.

Product overview

Inland Ocean offers a unified zero-waste fish farming technology platform centered on a proprietary wastewater filtration system and off-flavor eliminating treatment that enables 100% water recycling. The core offering is supplemented by InlandOS, a monitoring and analytics operating system using cameras and sensors, and a modular farm design enabling rapid deployment and expansion. The company operates on a partnership model where Inland Ocean handles the technology and water treatment while partner farmers grow the fish.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InlandOS: The Inland Operating System: proprietary farm monitoring and optimization platform using cameras and sensors to control and analyze farm operations both locally and remotely.

Products and services

• Zero-Waste Fish Farming Technology Proprietary zero-waste fish farming technology combining a patented wastewater filtration system with a patented off-flavor eliminating treatment, enabling 100% water recycling and zero wastewater discharge. Sold via partnership engagements to enterprise fish farm owner-operators who want to grow premium species anywhere without wastewater permit constraints.
• InlandOS

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% water recycling
• +4 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 capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dagon AquaculturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsrael's largest fish farm operating as a partner using Inland's zero-waste technology. Partner testimony states: 'Inland lets us grow more fish on the same permit, without taking on big financial risks'. Represents a flagship reference customer partnership demonstrating commercial validation.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BioFishency: Israeli aquaculture water-treatment company specializing in biofiltration and water-recycling systems for fish farms. Most directly comparable peer — same geography, same water-treatment-for-aquaculture thesis, similar customer base of land-based fish farms.
• AquaBounty Technologies: Pioneer in land-based, recirculating aquaculture for salmon, with operational farms in Indiana and Prince Edward Island. Comparable land-based, zero-discharge fish farming business model and regulatory thesis.
• The Kingfish Company: Netherlands-based producer of yellowtail kingfish in land-based RAS systems. Directly comparable as a land-based, premium-species aquaculture operator targeting zero-discharge, premium fish grown anywhere thesis.
• Atlantic Sapphire: Land-based salmon farming company using RAS technology in Florida and Denmark. Direct peer in pursuing premium salmon grown inland using recycled water systems — same end-market and value proposition.
• Pure Salmon: Global land-based salmon producer building RAS facilities worldwide, including a major project in Tazewell, Virginia. Direct competitor in the land-based, water-recycled premium salmon segment Inland targets.
• AquaMaof AquaTech Solutions: Israel-based provider of recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology for land-based fish farms, including modular designs and turnkey facilities. Competes head-to-head with Inland on zero-waste, inland, modular fish farming technology.

Emerging players

• Andfjord Salmon: Norwegian land-based salmon company using flow-through technology with minimal water use. Comparable in tackling the water-and-environment constraint of conventional aquaculture, though with a different technical approach.
• Local Ocean (formerly Indigo Fish): Kenya-based land-based tilapia producer using recirculating aquaculture systems. Comparable land-based aquaculture operator with water-recycling focus, though in a different species and geography.

Others

• Xylem Water Solutions: Global water technology company with industrial water treatment and filtration solutions. Adjacent in the underlying water-filtration technology but operates in municipal/industrial water rather than aquaculture as a primary market.

Broad incumbents

• Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems: Large, established supplier of aquaculture equipment, water filtration, and RAS components. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing the type of water treatment and farm systems Inland builds, but as a diversified equipment vendor rather than a partnership operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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