Manolin - bygger en dataplattform for havbruksnæringen
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Notes de l'éditeur
Dad, come here!
Dad, come here!
Cold water, community, and coffee. That’s the backbone of Norwegian salmon farming. This last summer, I camped down the coast of Norway with my co-founder, and we met people who were at the very beginning of farming salmon. These were the guys that initially just threw some fish into the water, drank a lot of coffee, and found a way to keep them alive.
But the industry has grown to face some really big challenges, and this is unfortunately what industrial aquaculture can look like. Health is the biggest concern across all aquaculture in Norway lice the concern is lice, and these health issues have put the entire industry at a really critical point where the world is trying to figure what the right balance is between industrial aquaculture and the surrounding marine ecosystem. If there’s one thought I’d like for you to take away from me, it’s that what happens in the future of the ocean will be decided not by a single government, company, or person.
At Manolin, we’re building the underlying technology, the digital plumbing that's going to be necessary for a network of collaboration to exist. The future of aquaculture will depend on having these channels established for communication.
And we believe that Norway is at the forefront pushing for these channels. As outsiders, what we’ve recognized is that Norway is already well on its way to developing the network. The government’s policies on aquaculture collect more information at a faster pace than any other market. Technology and data have been utilized on the farm for many years. There also exists collaborative and supportive networks that enable coordination, resource sharing, and innovation development.
And this ecosystem is what brought our team to Norway. I have a degree in computer science from MIT, and together with my co-founder John, who’s a computer scientist and big data expert, we have previous experience building digital analytics solutions for the US government. 6 months ago we quit our full time jobs and decided to move halfway around the world, join the Hatch accelerator, and pursue our dream of helping aquaculture grow. We’ve recently been joined by Natalie, a marine scientist from Australia, who also moved halfway around the world to study in Norway and pursue her dreams in aquaculture.
While this is very promising, there’s still room for improvement. It’s great to have these channels and information available for the entire industry, but it’s also created new challenges. The pressure to share more information means more work for farms, oftentimes meaning more copying and pasting of data. Production Managers, like out friend Trygva, is an example of someone who is responsible for understanding all this information, and he’s also the one who ends up having to fill out a lot of reporting.
And this is how we’re helping. To help t he industry vast amount of information available, we’ve built a health notification system to alerts farmers when nearby sealice activity happens.
In a little over 5 months, we’ve already launched our initial product and on-boarded 5% of the Norwegian salmon farms onto the platform. As many of your know, we’re only 2/3rds of the way done with our time in hatch, so there’s still much more we can we do.
And we’ve also launched a recent platform to help farmers automate their certification processes
And these products that we’ve built are just a couple of foundational elements in our larger vision. As we look to connect the entire aquaculture industry, it starts with helping farmers better understand their data and what’s happening on their farm, and that will lead to better reporting and simplified certifications such as ASC. As we’re able to integrate these various data sources, it will lead to more advanced analytics and an overall better understanding of what’s happening in the aquatic environment. As we develop a better understanding of what's going on in the water, that information can then be utilized to develop better management policy and new financing models to stabilize and scale aquaculture.
And when you think globally, these ecosystems are what is going to be necessary for the industry to grow properly. Through our journeys across aquaculture, this idea is something that we’ve heard everywhere we’ve went.
As a result our pricing strategy is aimed at incentivizing the industry towards more collaboration, so our initial product is free, and we offer subscription based services on top of the base platform.
We are mandolin and we hope you join us on our journey.
My name is Tony Chen. I’m the CEO of Manolin, a health analytics company for aquaculture.