OUR STORY
Like plants, we are growing every day
JUNE 2016
- Guillaume and Loic decide to found Aquapioneers and dedicate 100% on the project
- Start to improve Guillaume’s Open Source Fab Academy Aquaponics Kit at Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs closed to Barcelona
AUGUST 2016
- Aquapioneers kit improvement thanks to Digital Fabrication for v1.1
- Follow 6 weeks Aquaponics Design Course, from worldwide aquaponics guru Hallam Murray
- Start build outside aquaponics system (1m3 fish tank + 4m2 growing surface) at Valldaura Self-Sufficient Labs following FAO design principles
NOVEMBER 2016
- Join Barcelona Activa / La Comunificadora Collaborative Commons startup incubation program to work out a business model focus on “Corporate Agriculture” using our kit
- Deployment of Aquapioneers kit v1.3 at Fab Lab Montevideo
FEBRUARY 2017
Design / Build / Start a 30m2 aquaponics greenhouse structure with Digital Fabrication at Valldaura Self-sufficient labs
MAY 2017
Implementation of first pilot for Aquaponics Offices Services with Aquapioneers v1.5 at:
- Schneider Electric Barcelona
- Fab Lab Barcelona
JULY 2017
- Successful Crowdfunding Campaign on Ulule – 30k€ raised
- 1000 followers on Facebook
- Co-development and implementation of an Open Source IoT Monitoring system ( based on Smart Citizen technology) for our aquaponics greenhouse R&D
SEPTEMBER 2017
- Start first pilot for STEAM EDUCATION Services with Barcelona based school “La Sagrera”
- Major greenhouse improvements at Valldaura with:
• Deployment of ZipGrow vertical towers
• Add 3m2 Raft system