BlueNalu, Inc.
Cell-cultivated bluefin tuna meat produced from fish cells
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $10.5M, Jan 2026
- Total capital
- $15.5M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $15.5M
- 2 Form D · last Jan 2026
- 9 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 10 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$10.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- BABAR KHANDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charles A. LaueDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christian A. DammannExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christopher A. KerrDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- DAVID TAICLETDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- H. Louis CooperhouseExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- H. LOUIS COOPERHOUSEExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- MARY WAGNERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- STEVEN FINNDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 10- PendingCell-cultured Food Products And Related Cells, Compositions, Methods And SystemsUSPTOApplication 18555123
- PendingGenetic Features Of Suspension Bluefin Tuna CellsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2025029203
- PendingMethods For Forming Texturized, Cell-based Meat AnaloguesUSPTOApplication 63678944
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- Cell-cultured Food Products And Related Cells, Compositions, Methods And SystemsJun 13, 2024 · Application 18555123Pending
- Genetic Features Of Suspension Bluefin Tuna CellsApplication PCTUS2025029203Pending
- Methods For Forming Texturized, Cell-based Meat AnaloguesApplication 63678944Pending
- Genetic Features Of Suspension Bluefin Tuna CellsApplication 63647295Pending
- Cell-cultured Edible Fish ProductsApplication PCTUS2023074971Pending
- Cell-cultured Edible Fish ProductsApplication 63377059Pending
- Cell-cultured Food Products And Related Cells, Compositions, Methods And SystemsApplication PCTUS2022024391Pending
- Cell-cultured Food Products And Related Cells, Compositions, Methods And SystemsApplication 63174444Pending
- Methods For Forming Texturized, Cell-based Meat AnaloguesApplication PCTUS2025039356Pending
- Cell-cultured Edible Fish ProductsApplication 19115461Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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