MarinaTex (Lucy Hughes project)

Startup

marinatex.co.uk

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MarinaTex is a material innovation company developing home-compostable, plastic-free alternatives for packaging and agricultural coatings, created by repurposing organic fish waste and sustainable red algae.

Founded & HQ

Brighton, United Kingdom

Company size

1-10 employees

Funding

~$626.7K

IP status

3 grants confirmed

Activity highlights

Secured £237,905 in UKRI funding for the SECURESeed II project to scale sustainable seed coatings for field trials.

Invented at the University of Sussex by Lucy Hughes, MarinaTex drew global attention for using fish industry waste. It’s not yet a fully formed company with production, but the concept has been developed into sample sheets of film for demonstration.

AI summary generated on Jun 22, 2026

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