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 [AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. Letterhead]

December 12, 2016

 VIA EDGAR

Division of Corporation Finance

 Securities and Exchange
Commission

 100 F Street N.E.

 Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: J. Nolan McWilliams

Re:

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form 10-12B

Filed November 7, 2016

File No. 001-36426

 Ladies and Gentlemen:

Set forth below are the responses of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the
“Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Division of Corporation Finance contained in the Staff’s letter dated December 2, 2016 relating to the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10 (the “Registration Statement”). We are also filing simultaneously herewith Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the
Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement. For reference, the Staff’s comments are provided below in bold immediately prior to the Company’s responses.

 General

1.
Please provide legal analysis, with reference to our guidance in Staff Legal Bulletin No. 4 (September 16, 1997), available on our website at www.sec.gov, of the reasons that you believe the business purposes of
the transaction outlined on pages 26-27 of the Information Statement mitigate the registration requirements otherwise applicable to the proposed Distribution. In your response, please reference Intrexon’s
continuing majority equity holding in the company, and discuss the reasons that Intrexon will not benefit indirectly from the proposed spin-off of AquaBounty’s shares. Finally, please address the fact
that AquaBounty has yet to record a profit, as well as the material contractual obligations that AquaBounty will continue to owe to Intrexon following the spin-off.

Response:

 The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment. Intrexon has considered the Staff’s comment and the guidance in Staff Legal Bulletin No. 4 (September 16, 1997) (“SLAB No. 4”) and believes the business purposes of the transaction
mitigate the registration requirements otherwise applicable to the proposed Distribution. SLAB No. 4. states that “the

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parent must determine whether there is a valid business purpose for the spin-off” and provides several examples of valid business purposes for a spin-off recognized by the Division of Corporation Finance, including “enhancing access to financing by allowing the financial community to focus separately on each business” and “allowing management
of each business to focus solely on that business.”

 The Distribution will enhance AquaBounty’s access to financing by allowing
the financial community to focus separately on AquaBounty’s business and facilitate ready access to the capital markets. The Distribution will facilitate the listing of AquaBounty’s shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Without the
Distribution, AquaBounty’s shares do not currently meet the listing requirements for the NASDAQ Capital Market because there is an insufficient number of AquaBounty shares held by non-affiliates. The
Distribution will address this deficiency. As the Staff notes, AquaBounty has yet to record a profit and it is important that AquaBounty have increased access to capital. Furthermore, reducing Intrexon’s ownership position in AquaBounty will
help enable AquaBounty to maintain its listing on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. Maintaining its AIM Market listing will help ensure AquaBounty’s continued access to the London market.

Intrexon’s continuing majority equity holding does not alter the analysis above. AquaBounty’s enhanced access to the U.S. capital
markets that is expected to occur as a result of the Distribution is not intended to benefit Intrexon directly or indirectly. In fact, because Intrexon will continue to be an affiliate of AquaBounty, its shares will be subject to the volume
limitation and resale restrictions of Rule 144. Accordingly, AquaBounty’s NASDAQ Capital Market listing will not enable Intrexon to freely resell its AquaBounty shares. The main business purpose of the Distribution is to provide AquaBounty with
enhanced access to capital.

 The fact that AquaBounty has yet to record a profit does not mitigate the business purpose of the
Distribution. Many companies that are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market have yet to realize a profit. In fact, listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market is often a driver for companies such as AquaBounty to afford themselves enhanced access to the
capital markets when funds from operations are not sufficient to operate the companies’ business. Similar to AquaBounty, Intrexon has also yet to record a profit, having generated net losses since its inception. In this regard, we note that
Intrexon’s public disclosures are clear that it is not profitable and that it must raise funds for its own business purposes. For example, Item 1 of Part I of Intrexon’s Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2015 (the “Intrexon Form 10-K”) states that “If we fail to raise sufficient funds and continue to incur losses, our ability to fund our operations, take advantage of strategic
opportunities, develop products or technologies, or otherwise respond to competitive pressures could be significantly limited.”

Intrexon also has advised us that it has its own business purposes for which it needs capital and that the Distribution will enable both
companies to market themselves differently to the

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capital markets. The businesses of Intrexon and AquaBounty are distinct and each has separate management teams that focus on each business. AquaBounty is currently focused on the production and
commercialization of salmon for human consumption, and Intrexon does not have any business that relates to the production and commercialization of salmon or any other finfish, other than through its ownership interest in AquaBounty. While future
products developed by AquaBounty may use Intrexon technology, its current salmon product does not use any Intrexon technology. After the Distribution, the principal focus of AquaBounty and its management will continue to be on matters unrelated to
Intrexon’s technology, and the management teams of AquaBounty and Intrexon will focus on different matters, other than potentially through the commercial arrangement under the Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement (the “ECC”)
executed in February 2013, which is distinct and separate from Intrexon’s ownership in AquaBounty and, as discussed below, is consistent with the basis upon which Intrexon regularly contracts with third parties.

The Company notes the Staff’s request that it address the material contractual obligations that AquaBounty will continue to owe to
Intrexon following the Distribution. Following the spin-off, AquaBounty will continue to be obligated to Intrexon under the ECC. AquaBounty is permitted to use Intrexon’s UltraVector and other technology
platforms to develop and commercialize additional genetically modified traits in finfish for human consumption under the ECC. As disclosed in the information statement filed with the Registration Statement as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Information
Statement”), AquaBounty is required to pay Intrexon, on a quarterly basis, 16.66% of the gross profits calculated for each developed product. AquaBounty also agreed to pay Intrexon 50% of the quarterly revenue obtained from a sublicensor in the
event of a sublicensing arrangement. In addition, AquaBounty has agreed to reimburse Intrexon for the costs of certain services provided by Intrexon. For the avoidance of doubt, AquaBounty’s lead product, AquAdvantage Salmon, is not considered
a product for purposes of the gross profits calculation or the sublicensor provision, and we have added disclosure stating that to be the case. The existence of the contractual obligations under the ECC are separate and apart from Intrexon’s
stock ownership in AquaBounty and when entered into were on an arms’ length basis between two companies. Furthermore, when AquaBounty entered into the ECC, AquaBounty was listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and the transaction
was approved by the independent directors of AquaBounty and approved pursuant to the AIM rules by AquaBounty’s then-independent nominated advisor, which is a corporate finance advisor approved by the London Stock Exchange to act as the primary
regulatory authority and provide advice to the company for which it is serving as nominated advisor, including any transaction that could be viewed as related party transactions. The specific level of Intrexon’s ownership in AquaBounty was not
a factor that impacted the terms of the ECC with Intrexon. The Company respectfully draws the Staff’s attention to the public disclosures of Intrexon, which discuss that Intrexon’s business model is to enter into exclusive channel
collaborations of the type contemplated by the ECC. For example, Item 1 of Part I of the Intrexon Form 10-K states that “Our business model is to commercialize our technologies through exclusive channel
collaborations, or ECCs, with collaborators that have industry expertise, development resources and sales and marketing capabilities to bring new and improved products and processes to market.” The ECC between Intrexon and AquaBounty is
unrelated to the level of Intrexon’s ownership in AquaBounty and is not associated with AquaBounty’s principal focus of business, which is its AquAdvantage Salmon.

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 Exhibit 99.1

General

2.
Please provide us mock-ups of any pages that include any pictures or graphics to be presented, including any accompanying captions. Please keep in mind, in scheduling the
printing and distribution of the information statement, that we may have comments after our review of the materials.

 Response:

 In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company undertakes to provide to the Staff for its review any additional pictures or
graphics to be presented in future amendments to the Registration Statement, including any accompanying captions. Amendment No. 1 does not include any pictures or graphics that were not included with the Registration Statement filed on
November 7, 2016.

 Letter to Intrexon Shareholders

3.
Please tell us the basis for your conclusion that the approval of Intrexon’s shareholders is not required as a matter of Virginia law.

Response:

 In response to the
Staff’s comment, Intrexon has provided the following response to the Staff’s comment for inclusion in this letter:

 Section 13.1-723 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act states that “unless the articles of incorporation otherwise provide, no approval of the shareholders of a corporation is required… to distribute
assets pro rata to the holders of one or more classes or series of the corporation’s shares.” As disclosed in the Information Statement, the shares of AquaBounty common stock to be distributed in the Distribution will be distributed
as a pro rata dividend to Intrexon shareholders as of the record date. Intrexon’s Articles of Incorporation do not require shareholder approval for Intrexon to distribute assets as a pro rata dividend. Accordingly, Intrexon has
concluded that the approval of Intrexon’s shareholders in connection with the Distribution is not required as a matter of Virginia law.

Questions and Answers about the Distribution, page 2

What other transactions are expected to occur in connection with the Distribution? page 2

4.
Since the conversion of the dollar denominated loan of $10 million to common shares will be calculated in pence, please briefly explain what currency exchange benchmark you will apply.

Response:

 In response to the
Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 2, 9, 67 and 84 of the Information Statement to indicate that the currency exchange rate used will be the British pound sterling to U.S. dollar exchange rate, as reported by
Reuters, as of the business day prior to the conversion.

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 What are the reasons for and benefits of the Distribution? page 3

5.
Please clarify the ways in which Intrexon’s shareholders will participate directly in the potential value creation in AquaBounty. Include examples of the ways in which their participation will differ following
the spin-off.

 Response:

In response to the Staff’s comment, the disclosure on page 3 of the Information Statement has been revised to clarify that the opportunity
to participate directly in the potential value creation refers to the direct ownership of shares of AquaBounty. Additional disclosures have been added on page 8 and page 28, including a discussion of examples on page 28 in “The
Distribution—Reasons for the Distribution” section. A cross references to the “Reasons for the Distribution” section has been added to page 3.

Who will manage AquaBounty after the Distribution? page 3

6.
Please clarify briefly how AquaBounty will continue to benefit from the knowledge, skills and experience of Intrexon’s full board of directors following the spin-off.
Explain whether you expect the full board to continue to manage AquaBounty.

 Response:

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 3 of the Information Statement to clarify that it will
continue to benefit from the knowledge, skills and experience of, and will continue to be managed by, AquaBounty’s full board of directors, rather than Intrexon’s full board of directors, following the Distribution.

What are the US federal income tax consequences to me of the distribution of shares of AquaBounty common stock pursuant to the Distribution? page 5

7.
In this question or in the question discussing fractional shares above, please include the information that the cash distribution in respect of fractional shares will be taxable.

Response:

 In response to the Staff
comment, the answer on page 5 of the Information Statement and the tax disclosure section on page 34 have been revised to include the information that the cash distribution in respect of fractional shares will be taxable.

Summary, page 7

 Overview, page 7

8.
Please revise the Overview to include the information that the company has experienced losses since inception, and quantify your net losses over the past two years.

Response:

 In response to the
Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 7 of the Information Statement.

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 Relationship of AquaBounty and Intrexon after the Distribution, page 8

9.
Please revise your disclosure in this section to include the following: a brief description of the Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreements (“ECCs”); the information that Intrexon will continue to receive
16.66% of AquaBounty’s profits for each developed product, and that AquaBounty is obligated to pay 50% of any quarterly revenue obtained from sublicensors (if any), pursuant to the ECCs; and that AquaBounty will be a “controlled
company” by virtue of Intrexon’s continued majority holding following the Distribution.

 Response:

In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 9 of the Information Statement.

10.
Briefly describe the material terms of the $10 million Convertible Loan and the debt financing agreement with Intrexon in the Summary section.

Response:

 In response to the
Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 8 and 9 of the Information Statement.

 Risk Factors, page 11

11.
Please provide a risk factor outlining the information disclosed under “Restrictions on Atlantic Salmon Farming” on page 57. Disclose in a new risk factor that some state