
Samudra is a pioneering company focused on scaling seaweed carbon capture through innovative robotics and AI technology. Their mission is to remove 1 gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere by 2033, leveraging advanced automation and data-driven solutions to enhance the efficiency of seaweed farming. With projects in Jamaica and Scotland, they aim to empower coastal communities and contribute to blue carbon ecosystems, positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable ocean farming.

Samudra is a pioneering company focused on scaling seaweed carbon capture through innovative robotics and AI technology. Their mission is to remove 1 gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere by 2033, leveraging advanced automation and data-driven solutions to enhance the efficiency of seaweed farming. With projects in Jamaica and Scotland, they aim to empower coastal communities and contribute to blue carbon ecosystems, positioning themselves as leaders in sustainable ocean farming.
What they do: Build robotics, sensor and AI systems to scale seaweed farming and related blue-carbon outcomes.
HQ & founding: Founded 2022; based in London, United Kingdom.
Flagship products: TARA — modular, sensor-enabled ocean-farm infrastructure; NIRA — in‑situ AI-enabled monitoring (smart buoy, umbilical, sonde).
Funding: Early-stage round announced 2023-11-21; reported amount £800k; investors include The British Design Fund, Carbon13 and Britbots.
Leadership: Co-founders Joyeeta Das (Co-founder & CEO) and Alexander Facey (Co-founder & CTO).
Scaling and automating seaweed farming (productivity, monitoring, and blue-carbon measurement/sequestration).
2022
Ocean agritech / blue economy
£800k
Other investors in the round include Carbon13 and Britbots.
“Investors include The British Design Fund (lead), Carbon13, and Britbots.”