Sea6 - About the company
Sea6 is a series B company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2010 by Nelson Vadassery, Sri Sailaja Nori and Sayash Kumar. It operates as a Manufacturer of seaweed biomass products for agriculture and industrial applications. Sea6 has raised $48.4M in funding from investors like BASF, Aqua Spark and Silverstrand, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 932 active competitors, including 110 funded and 48 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Kula Bio, NewLeaf Symbiotics and AquAgri.
Company Details
Manufacturer of seaweed biomass products for agriculture and industrial applications. Technologies enable mechanized ocean farming to cultivate red sea plants as feedstock. Processes convert this biomass into organic fertilizers, biostimulants, animal feed additives, food ingredients, and renewable chemical materials. Production operations emphasize carbon negative feedstock sourcing and sustainable cultivation methods.
- Website
- sea6energy.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@sea6energy.com
- Phone Number
- +91 **********
- Registered Address
- 1st Floor, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (CCAMP),NCBS-TIFR,GKVK Post,Be, llary Road, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560065
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2010
Location
Bengaluru, India
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$48.4M in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Sep 30, 2025
Ranked
2nd among 932 active competitors
Annual Revenue
₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Employee Count
128 as on Aug 31, 2025
Legal entities associated with Sea6
Sea6 is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SEA6 ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U40102KA2010PTC081073 , India, Active | Jul 26, 2010 | ₹50 - ₹100 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 133 (As on May 01, 2026) |
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Sea6's funding and investors
Sea6 has raised a total funding of $48.4M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 23, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Jul 14, 2026 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Sea6 has 10 institutional investors and 14 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sea6:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 14, 2026 | 8517519 | Series B | 8850196 | 6478505 | 9886023 | 7357000 |
Jul 12, 2023 | 2893172 | Series B | 4076764 | 8009294 | 9339652 | 8886121 |
Jul 23, 2022 | 1668404 | Series B | 9962414 | 5842097 |
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Sea6's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Sea6 are Nelson Vadassery, Sri Sailaja Nori and Sayash Kumar. Nelson Vadassery is the CEO of Sea6.
Here are the details of Sea6's key team members:
- Nelson Vadassery: Co-Founder & CEO of Sea6. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Sri Sailaja Nori: Co-Founder of Sea6. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Sayash Kumar: Former Co-Founder of Sea6. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
Sea6's Board of Directors
Sea6's board has 5 active members. Sri Sailaja Nori, Shrikumar Suryanarayan ., Mohan Vinayak Harshey and Sowmya Balendiran are part of team and Vineet Chadha is independent board member.Here is the list of Sea6's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 11y 0m | |
Team | - | Current | 16y 0m | |
yx{zijp | Team | - | Past | 5y 4m |
bmdazru | Team | - | Past | 8y 6m |
zghrwiw | Team | - | Past | 2y 5m |
eoelfha | Team | - | Past | 9y 1m |
Independent board member | - | Current | 11y 0m | |
wozjfog | Independent board member | - | Past | 2y 6m |
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Sea6's employee count trend
Sea6 has 128 employees as of Aug 25. The total employee count is 3.0% more than what it was in Aug 24. Here is Sea6's employee count trend over the years:
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Sea6's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Sea6 include Kula Bio, NewLeaf Symbiotics and AquAgri. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sea6, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | _1549952463720.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo} Kula Bio 2018, Natick (United States), Series A | Manufacturer of microbial crop nutrition products | $86.7M | 67/100 | |
2nd | Manufacturer of seaweed biomass products for agriculture and industrial applications | $48.4M | 66/100 | ||
3rd | NewLeaf Symbiotics 2011, St. Louis (United States), Series D | Developer of biological technologies for improved crop input performance | $181M | 62/100 | |
4th | Developer of new technologies to cultivate and harvest natural sea plants | $2.36M | 59/100 | ||
5th |  Fa Bio 2015, Harpenden (United Kingdom), Series A | Provider of microbes for farming | $10M | 59/100 | |
6th |  Pivot Bio 2010, Berkeley (United States), Series D | Developer of microbial nitrogen products designed for crop nutrition enhancement | $618M | 58/100 | |
7th | Manufacturer of sustainable fertilizer products designed to improve crop yields | $174M | 58/100 | ||
8th |  SugaROx 2021, Harpenden (United Kingdom), Series A | Provider of plant sugar-based crop protection solution for farmers | $9.23M | 58/100 | |
9th | BioConsortia 2014, Davis (United States), Series E | Developer of microbial-based solutions for nitrogen fixation, disease, and nematode control | $56M | 57/100 | |
10th | Groundwork BioAg 2014, Mazor (Israel), Series B | Developer of mycorrhizal inoculants designed to enhance crop yields and carbon sequestration | $29M | 56/100 |
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Sea6's Latest cap tables and shareholding
Founders own 41.02%, Funds (largest shareholder) own 49.80%, Enterprises own 0.93% and Angels own 4.29%. The net worth of Sea6's founders is INR 183Cr as of Nov 29, 2023.
Shareholders Name | Post Round Holding % | Net worth | Cumulative Investment | Realised Returns | Unrealised Returns | Return Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Founder | 41.02% | 183Cr | 6141712 | 2683396 | 1803099 | 7921050 |
74762 | 79720 | 40170 | 62294 | 86836 | 73353 | |
90709 | 53480 | 30241 | 54333 | 60180 | 40509 | |
Fund | 49.80% | 223Cr | 8219470 | 2237951 | 2199602 | 4203220 |
1945156 | 2216758 | 7988488 | 3501807 | 6121652 | 1530433 | |
4376850 | 2355291 | 4632942 | 7856071 | 1173890 | 9188926 | |
9503 | 4811 | 8942 | 4501 | 2211 | 5066 | |
Enterprise | 0.93% | 4.14Cr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Angel | 4.29% | 19.2Cr | 4205 | 9133 | 3200 | 7133 |
23 | 16 | 25 | 80 | 35 | 85 | |
7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Other People | 3.96% | 17.7Cr | 932 | 977 | 530 | 618 |
Total | 100.00% | 447Cr | 5496189 | 5536253 | 8393874 | 6204757 |
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Sea6's Investments and acquisitions
Sea6 has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Sea6
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News related to Sea6
Filter this listMedia has covered Sea6 for 1 event in last 1 year.
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First set of biotech startups picked for funding under ₹1 trillion R&D pushBusiness Standard•Jul 14, 2026•BIRAC, Sea6, 4baseCare, Revelations Biotech and 1 other
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Sea6 Energy launches world's first large-scale mechanized tropical seaweed farm off the coast of Lombok, IndonesiaAsian News International•Mar 07, 2024•Sea6
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Sea6 Energy: Farming the ocean, and exploring the possibility of making crude oil from seaweedForbes India•Aug 17, 2023•Sea6, Tata Capital, BASF, Aqua Spark and 1 other
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BASF Venture Capital and Aqua-Spark invest in Sea6 EnergyNutraceuticals World•Aug 17, 2022•BASF, Aqua Spark, Sea6, Tata Capital
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Ocean Farming Startup Sea6 Energy Adds BASF Venture Capital To Captable, Raises $4.2 MnInc42•Jul 23, 2022•Sea6, BASF, Silverstrand, Aqua Spark
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Sea6 Energy raises US$ 9 mn in Series B funding led by Aqua-SparkExpress Computer•Jul 22, 2021•Sea6, AquaSpark, Aqua Spark, Silverstrand
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Aqua-Spark announces investment in seaweed producerSeafoodSource•Jul 13, 2021•Aqua Spark, Silverstrand, Sea6
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Sea6 Energy receives first patent for red seaweeds based Biostimulant in IndiaAgroPages•Mar 16, 2021•Sea6
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