C-Combinator

TURNING THE PLANET'S LARGEST SEAWEED BLOOM INTO HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS

https://wefunder.com/ccombinator

Total raised on Wefunder: 331247

Total investors: 353

Quick facts

  • Up to 70% margins due to close to zero acquisition costs for seaweed. We get paid to collect it.
  • Every product draws down carbon from the atmosphere and will never degrade into microplastics.
  • Filed intellectual property on extraction methods used to create products worth $30 - $500/kg.
  • Generated $50K of revenue in June alone from collections.
  • Our biostimulant increases crop yields by 15-40%, which is higher than others and we now have LOIs.
  • A strategic partner has already committed to investing $5M in our Series A and B.
  • Wefunder investors will receive a 15% discount on our Series A valuation.
  • Climate Change: We prevent the seaweed from rotting and emitting methane and make low carbon goods!

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C-Combinator

TURNING THE PLANET'S LARGEST SEAWEED BLOOM INTO HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS

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Last Funded September 2021

$331,247

raised from 353 investors
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Investor Panel

Fares and Todd interviewed C-Combinator on August 1, 2021. Play Video
Fares Ksebati
Fares Ksebati
CEO of MySwimPro
Todd Folk
Todd Folk
Founder/CEO of AppApp 10+ years in the hospitality industry. Serial Entrepreneur, Tobacconist, & Rum aficionado.
Strengths
says, "Innovations like this will shape the next 50 years of how we operate on this planet. There is an increasing supply on beaches or taken to rot in landfills, and it appears that C-Combinator has figured out how to take the Sargassum and make valuable products out of it. This is a high margin business, which means their unit economics will be strong from the start."
says, "It is a really innovative way of tackling multiple problems. The fact that they can gain revenue by acquiring their raw materials is very helpful for early growth as well. I am very interested in the products that can be made with a little more R&D."
Advice
says, "Be sure to simplify the pitch when speaking with retail investors so there is a clear understanding of the offering, potential, and use-cases. Best of luck!"
says, "This is a very complex kind of product - as such pitching it will require a lot of nuance when addressing it to the average investor. Focus heavily on simplifying everything and nailing down the key parts of what you do now and what you will be doing in a few years."

What Investors Say

Partner, Baruch Future Ventures
LEAD INVESTOR
Invested $1,000 this round + $250,000 previously
We’ve never seen a company in the “negative emissions space” with this much potential. The ability for the business to operate with basically zero input costs and be profitable without the inclusion of carbon credits was a strong differentiator for us. We were encouraged by their ability to find a compelling near term opportunity in sargassum collection and processing. This eliminates a potent methane emitter, while creating tremendous value in the process.
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