01 Core business
Direct B2B sales
Wet biomass, paste and powder for aquaculture, biostimulants, biomaterials and cosmetics. It is our core business and the line that scales with production.
Explore our productsImpact Model
A regenerative model for an industry that needs to reinvent itself
Chile is the world’s fourth-largest seaweed exporter, but 95% of its seaweed comes from natural beds: extraction with variable quality, high heavy-metal loads and no traceability. It’s a model that puts pressure on ecosystems and shuts the door on higher-value markets.
Cumulative impact to date
What we’ve measured since we started, across all our projects.
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26,600 kg
of carbon fixed by our farms
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3,570 kg
of nitrogen absorbed
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15 ha
farmed, and more than 30 concessions operated
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120
people trained in seaweed farming
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60
families benefited
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+6
communities that have worked with Huiro
The opportunity
Our geography is a structural advantage
At Huiro Regenerativo we farm Macrocystis pyrifera — the brown seaweed with the greatest potential in the South Pacific and a species native to the Chilean coast — through our own standardizable, traceable production chain. We replace extractive harvesting with regenerative farming: biomass of consistent quality, continuous supply, and ecosystems that recover instead of degrading.
The coast of the Los Lagos Region, shaped by the Humboldt Current, provides cold, nutrient-rich waters: the natural conditions Macrocystis pyrifera needs to grow. We farm a native species in its optimal habitat: fast growth, high-quality biomass and no synthetic inputs. It’s an origin advantage that is hard to replicate outside these waters.
The only complete industrial value chain for Macrocystis pyrifera in South America
We control every stage, from genetic material to finished product. That vertical integration, built on our own technology, is what allows us to guarantee end-to-end traceability and standardization, something extraction from natural beds cannot offer.
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Stage 1: In-house hatchery
We produce strains from selected genetic material, using our own scaled-up hatchery process.
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Stage 2: Seeding and harvesting
We seed long-line systems within our concessions, using automated seeding and harvesting machinery developed in-house.
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Stage 3: Monitored farming
IoT + SaaS platform for real-time oceanographic monitoring, with a predictive model for biomass and environmental variables.
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Stage 4: Processing
Progressive value addition: wet biomass, kelp paste and kelp powder.
Two business engines
02 Early revenue
Ecosystem services for the aquaculture industry
As a way to generate early revenue and validate our farming technology, in 2023 we launched regenerative ecosystem services for the aquaculture industry. The model allows us to operate in fallow concessions, keeping the asset legally active through productive activity. At the same time, seaweed acts as a biological filter that removes excess nutrients, mitigating the environmental impact of salmon farming on the marine ecosystem.
Triple impact
Profitability and regeneration in the same equation
We don’t treat impact as a cost or as marketing. We design it into the business model: producer profitability is what makes conservation sustainable over time.
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Environmental
Every farm captures carbon and nitrogen and regenerates the marine environment where it is installed. Measurable restoration, not offsetting.
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Social
We bring coastal communities, including Huilliche communities, into formal value chains under Chile’s legal frameworks for coastal access (Lafkenche Law, ECMPO, AMERB).
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Economic
Standardizable, traceable biomass that opens up higher-value markets, with a model that grows profitably.
Roadmap
A phased path, from consolidation to regional leadership
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2026–2027
Commercial rollout
Production consolidation and market prospecting.
We scale from ~270 to ~830 tonnes per year, with stable M. pyrifera protocols and pilot by-products (kelp paste and powder) tested with end buyers.
Key milestone: operations reach positive EBITDA in 2027.
Annual production ~270 → ~830 t
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2028–2030
Scale-up
Growth from ~1,500 to ~4,000 tonnes per year.
Scale-up of validated commercial lines and assessment of the biorefinery pathway.
Key milestone: free cash flow turns positive in 2028.
Annual production ~1,500 → ~4,000 t
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2031–2035
Consolidation
The South Pacific’s benchmark for M. pyrifera.
Scaling from ~6,600 toward ~21,600 tonnes per year by 2035. Multipurpose biorefinery and differentiated strains.
Annual production ~6,600 → ~21,600 t
Sustainable Development Goals
Our regenerative seaweed farming contributes to four SDGs, with a positive impact on the ocean, the climate and coastal communities.
Credentials
This isn’t just a plan on paper
It’s an operation with institutional backing, technical partnerships and real commercial validation.
Meet the teamStrategic partnerships
- Hortimare (Pyrifera Lab) 50/50 partnership for the domestication of Macrocystis pyrifera in Latin America.
- GreenWave Regenerative seal; international regenerative ocean farming network.
- Anglo American + The Nature Conservancy Blue carbon pilot, with Huiro as co-implementer.
- Endeavor · Patagonia Hub Scale-up and high-impact entrepreneurship networks.
Institutional backing (non-dilutive)
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~USD 3M deployed in farming R&D.
Awards & recognition
- Upwell 2026 Selected among the top 10 startups in Latin America (out of 100+).
- Santander X Chile 2026 Finalist (1 of 5), Sustainable SME category.
- Avonni Award 2023 Women Entrepreneurs category.
- Premio Fundadora Visionaria 2023.
Who we work with
Looking for strategic partners
Producer profitability is the lever for conservation, not its competitor.
We’re looking for partners who want to build South America’s first regenerative marine industry with us: buyers, technology co-developers and allies who share the vision of an ocean that is farmed rather than depleted.
Let’s talk