# DELOS

> DELOS is an Indonesian aquaculture technology company that treats shrimp farming as an engineering problem rather than a matter of instinct. Founded in Jakarta in 2021 by Guntur Mallarangeng, Aris Noerhadi, Alexander Farthing and Bobby Indra Gunawan Wibisono, it built AquaHero - a farm operating system combining software, a cloud data model fed by dozens of pond variables, and standardised operating procedures - and then went further than most software companies would, taking operational responsibility for the ponds themselves. Its AquaLink arm consolidates harvest, cold chain and export, sending traceable vannamei shrimp to Japan, the United States and, since 2026, UK retail under the consumer brand The Naughty Prawn Co. DELOS says its managed ponds yield several times the Indonesian average, has raised roughly USD 13.75 million from Monk's Hill Ventures, Alpha JWC, Centauri Fund and Arise, and topped LinkedIn's Top Startups Indonesia list in 2023.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Jakarta, Indonesia
- **Founders:** Guntur Mallarangeng (Co-founder; CEO 2021-2024, now listed as Co-founder and Board Member), Aris Noerhadi (Co-founder; originally CFO, describes himself as Chief Executive Officer as of 2026), Alexander Farthing (Co-founder; Chief Scientific Officer, now Chief Commercial Officer), Bobby Indra Gunawan Wibisono (Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer)
- **Team size:** Roughly 105-110 employees (LinkedIn lists 51-200), plus around 150 farmers at the Bangka island operations
- **Products:** AquaHero, AquaLink, Farm management and consultancy, AquaBank, DELOS Maritime Institute
- **Notable:** Ranked #1 on LinkedIn's Top Startups Indonesia 2023 list, Raised approximately USD 13.75 million across seed, seed extension and Series A rounds from investors including Monk's Hill Ventures, Alpha JWC Ventures, Centauri Fund and Arise, Reported managed-pond yields of roughly 25-40 tonnes per hectare against an Indonesian conventional baseline of 7-10 tonnes per hectare

## Products & services

- **AquaHero** — A full-stack shrimp farm operating system: mobile and web software, a proprietary cloud data model and a set of standard operating procedures. It ingests more than 40 input variables per pond - water chemistry, feed intake, viral load, growth and nutrition data - and returns daily actions for farm operators, along with harvest-risk forecasts. Positioned as farming-as-a-service rather than pure SaaS.
- **AquaLink** — Harvest, cold-chain and logistics platform that consolidates supply from managed and partner farms, connects farmers to export buyers, and carries traceability data downstream. Exports have gone to Japan and the United States.
- **Farm management and consultancy** — DELOS takes operational responsibility for third-party intensive and super-intensive vannamei ponds, supplying protocols, technicians, laboratory testing and daily water-quality monitoring. Measured in hectares under management.
- **AquaBank** — Financing products tailored to shrimp farmers, announced alongside AquaHero and AquaLink in 2022. Coverage after 2022 is thin and its current status is unclear.
- **DELOS Maritime Institute** — A training foundation in Yogyakarta that prepares final-year students, recent graduates and the children of farming and fishing families for technical roles in shrimp aquaculture. First cohort completed in 2022.
- **The Naughty Prawn Co. (DELOS Seafood Ltd)** — A UK and EU consumer frozen prawn brand launched in April 2026, sourcing from two DELOS farms on Bangka island. Certifications listed include BAP, GMP, HACCP, BRC and Halal. Debuted at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona in May 2026.

## Achievements

- Ranked #1 on LinkedIn's Top Startups Indonesia 2023 list
- Raised approximately USD 13.75 million across seed, seed extension and Series A rounds from investors including Monk's Hill Ventures, Alpha JWC Ventures, Centauri Fund and Arise
- Reported managed-pond yields of roughly 25-40 tonnes per hectare against an Indonesian conventional baseline of 7-10 tonnes per hectare
- Onboarded roughly 100 hectares of intensive and super-intensive ponds within its first year, against a stated demand backlog of over 600 hectares
- Built export channels into Japan and the United States, reporting around 2,500 tonnes of shrimp exported in 2023
- Founded the DELOS Maritime Institute in Yogyakarta to train technicians for the Indonesian shrimp industry
- Launched The Naughty Prawn Co. for UK and EU retail in April 2026 and exhibited at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona within a week

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Co-founder Alexander Farthing is scheduled to speak at the Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht on building consumer brands for shrimp; his conference bio puts DELOS production at roughly 2,000 tonnes with a 10,000-tonne target by 2028.
- **2026-05** — The Naughty Prawn Co. exhibited at Seafood Expo Global / Seafood Processing Global in Barcelona less than a week after launch.
- **2026-04** — DELOS announced The Naughty Prawn Co., a UK frozen prawn brand sourcing from two company farms on Bangka island, with retail listings targeted for September 2026.
- **2025-10** — delosaqua.com was rebuilt around the consumer seafood proposition, retiring the earlier aquatech content site.
- **2023-09** — Closed a Series A round led by Monk's Hill Ventures and was subsequently ranked first on LinkedIn's Top Startups Indonesia list.

## Links

- Website: https://delosaqua.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/delosaqua
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DELOSAQUA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delos.aqua/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DELOSINDONESIA/

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Last updated: 2026-07-29