Speaker

Seagriculture World

19 - 21 May 2026

Bangkok, Thailand

The “Sea“ realities of cultivation and valorization of macro algae

Venkat Bahl, CEO, MarinElixirs Inc., USA / India

About the speaker: 

A serial enterpreneur with several successful exits, Venkat brings a deep tech based first principles approach to all his ventures. Venkat has raised over $100 million in funding, and helped businesses that have scaled to over half a billion $s.


Company info:

MarinElixirs was founded on the premise of melding social responsibilities with a commercial view to scaling a global enterprise. A

fully integrated seaweed based bioligicals company, MarinElixirs uses a science based tech backed approach to cultivation, processing, and formulating a range of high grade products that have a high degree of acceptance by its end customers, the farmer.


Presentation:

Understanding the ground realities of the challenges to scale is fundamental to unlocking the incredible potential of seaweed as a platform effecting the blue economy along with the green opportunity. We will discuss the lessons learned, and a suggested approach to scale with sustainability and economic value.