OCEAN APPROVED INC

Biddeford, ME · Agritech · Private

Commercial-scale dulse (red seaweed) aquaculture cultivation system and methods

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: Biddeford, ME
Latest Form D: $380K, Jul 2025
Total capital: $12.4M

Federal grants: $174K; 1 award · 2025; Rank in peer group#40 of 41
Private capital raised: $11.9M; 10 Form D · last Jul 2025; 15 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $395K; 1 award · Commerce; Rank in Agritech#54 of 882
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2025Federal grantAgriculture · What Is The Problem?aquaculture Is Agriculture, And Globally The Seaweed Aquaculture Business Has An Annual Value Of Over $17 Billion Usd And Is Projected To Grow At A Rate Of 8.2% (cagr) Over The Next Decade. Despite Its Value And Potential To Be An Economic Engine In Coastal Communities, The United States Grows Less Than 0.1% Ofcultivated Seaweed. In Fact, We Import The Majority Of The Seaweed Consumed In This Country. Most Of These Imports Come From Asia, Creating A Trade Deficit. While There$174K
Jul 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$380K
Apr 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$625K
Jul 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$4.3M
Sep 2022Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 7th filing$3.5M
Sep 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$3.1M
Mar 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$695K
Apr 2020Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$590K
Jan 2019Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.3M
Sep 2018Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$415K
Sep 2017Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$366K

Show 1 earlier federal award

Jul 2010Federal contractCommerce · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2010 Phase I Project Proposal - Development Of Native Kelp Culture System Technologies To Support Sea Vegetble Aquaculture In New England Coastal Waters.$395K

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Federal first

86months

from OCEAN APPROVED INC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Jul 2010: Commerce · $395K
First Form D · Sep 2017: $366K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 1 award

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Standing among 41 peers

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Agritech · System

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Anthony CampbellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Briana WarnerExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Chandler JonesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Dean Frost FrostExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
James LindsayDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
James LindseyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

Show all 14 people

Jason IngleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Jason JonesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Julia PainoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Lisa SebestaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Mikel DurhamDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Nancy PetersonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Paul DobbinsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Stephen GoldbergDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding 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
11 Jun 2026Assistance 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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.