High quality vegan protein for people or animals? Microalgae. Safe and sustainable alternatives to petrochemical additives? Microalgae. And the list goes on. The potential is vast, and the means of production are not yet up to speed – a perfect storm for the powerful pairing of a businessman looking for entrepreneurial adventure and a biologist determined to apply science to pressing environmental issues. And so it was that Charles-Antoine Boels and Saïd Ihammouine founded NeoEarth. The global microalgae market is projected to reach $24.4 billion by 2030, with an annual growth rate of +8%. Listen to Charles-Antoine explain the tremendous potential both of microalgae themselves, and of the company he co-founded to optimise their development and industrialisation.
Because it is in the ocean that we find most microalgae, and microalgae offer a huge range of solutions to an equally vast range of issues.
Vanessa C. Stone
impact.info journalist
Published on 29 March 2026
Photo credit — NeoEarth
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