Provide a healthier, greener alternative to the plastic-lined papers currently used across the $37B food-packaging sector.

SeaSol Technologies took home the Grand Prize at the 2025 Wolff New Venture Competition.

• Seaweed-based biopackaging is one of the most promising avenues for reducing single-use plastics.

• As solutions like ours reach commercial scale, we have the opportunity to replace millions of pounds of plastic waste.

• The stakes are high. Without innovations like ours, that plastic waste will be left unchecked to continue polluting our oceans, air, and bodies.

A simple, scalable process that coats paper with plastic-free, compostable, tasteless seaweed, ideal for food-service wrappers (sandwiches, donuts, pizza, etc).

• SeaSolTec is purchasing equipment and scaling trial production to position itself as a significant player in global sustainable food-service packaging.

• With support from CCEI’s Summer Fellowship Accelerator, SeaSolTec is now working to launch its first pilot trial, test packaging with food startups, and attend food tech conferences to connect with global buyers.

• Unlike many sustainable solutions that still rely on petrochemical plastics, SeaSol’s materials are 100% plastic-free, commercially scalable, easy to integrate into existing packaging systems, and traceable back to the farm.

• Seaweed is more than 90% water — drying and rehydrating it doesn’t make sense. So we built a smarter, cleaner way to process it.

• We only source cultivated seaweed from the Northeast — never wild-harvested. That means cleaner oceans, stronger coastal economies, and total transparency.