Our companies

Every discovery has a defined path to market

Provectus Algae is the parent platform. Some discoveries become focused operating companies with their own brand, market and team. Others are manufactured in-house, or licensed to partners who already own the route to market.

Provectus Algae

The platform parent

Owns the technology (the microbe library, Precision Photosynthesis®, Magellan™ and the Foundry) and runs discovery and development. Each target hit adds a product line and strengthens the platform behind the next one.

At a glance
Founded2018
ModelOwn · build · license
Commercial products1
In development5
Three paths to market

We don't need to build every downstream business to capture the value of a discovery

01 · Own & manufacture

Make it ourselves

High-margin products where our own production is the advantage. Sold direct to formulators and manufacturers.

02 · Build & scale

Spin out a company

Large opportunities that warrant a dedicated commercial business with its own brand, market and team. Proteus Ag is the first.

03 · Discover & license

Partner with a major

Markets where majors already own the regulatory and commercial infrastructure. We discover, validate and protect the biology, then license the lead.

Cattle feeding at an Australian feedlot
● Build & scale · commercialising now

Proteus Ag

Methane reduction for ruminant livestock · Surf'N'Turf®

The platform's first commercialised product, now its own company. A dry feed supplement based on seaweed science — a naturally-derived digestive aid at 0.1% of the ration, room-temperature stable, shipping in two formats: a granular blend for mixed rations and a concentrate for lick blocks and mineral supplements. Proven from rumen assays through five completed pilots across 3,000 animals, with three more starting across 6,000, and it pays back at the farm gate. Three years from problem selection to product.

85%
Methane ↓ in trials
17%
Feed digestion ↑
3,000
Animals in completed pilots
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Natural astaxanthin oleoresin being poured into a laboratory beaker
◐ Own & manufacture · in development

Astaxanthin

Food, beverage & nutraceutical · natural astaxanthin oleoresin

A highly potent natural oleoresin that outperforms anything currently on the market. Discovered and scaled on the platform under Precision Photosynthesis®.

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◐ Discover & license · in stealth

Crop Tech ·············

Crop protection & biostimulants

A crop-protection programme in stealth. Where majors already own the regulatory and commercial infrastructure, the platform discovers and validates new biology, protects the intellectual property and licenses the lead. More to come.

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Crop leaves in low light with fine spray droplets