Steven Hermans

Steven Hermans

Market research / Thought leadership

Steven is the founder of Phyconomy. He has been researching seaweed markets and seaweed value chains globally since 2020. In this capacity, he has

  • built an open-source database of seaweed companies and funding rounds
  • written articles for his own newsletter, The Fish Site and various academic publications
  • given interviews to news outlets like Financial Times, Washington Post and Semafor
  • spoken at conferences in Europe, US, Asia and Oceania
  • visited seaweed production and processing facilities in more than 15 countries
  • consulted for multinationals, startups, multilateral development banks and NGOs

His consulting expertise sits at the intersection of market research and thought leadership.

He can help you

  • analyse markets
  • map out supply chains
  • write reports and white papers and flesh out narratives
  • connect with stakeholders globally
  • build out collaboration across the value chain and beyond
  • sketch scenarios of possible seaweed futures
  • give insight into the latest market trends and industry movements

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