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AlgiKnit Closes $13 Million Series A For Kelp-Based Fashion Revolution
New York sustainable materials startup AlgiKnit has closed a $13 million Series A funding round, led by Collaborative Fund. Other participants include H&M CO:LAB, Starlight Ventures, Third Nature Ventures, and existing backers Horizons!-->…
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Your Wardrobe Staples Could Be Made From Fermented Protein Fibres
Alternative material innovator and casual wear brand Pangaia Lab has announced the launch of a capsule collection powered by Brewed Protein, a biomaterial made by Spiber. The collection includes the NXT GEN Hoodie, a sweater that contains!-->…
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Modern Synthesis Bags $4.1 Million For Sustainable Microbial Textile Platform
Modern Synthesis has closed a $4.1 million seed funding round. The U.K.-based biomaterials startup scooped investment from AgFunder, Collaborative Fund, Acequia Capital and Petri Bio, amongst numerous others. Funding will be used to!-->…
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‘World’s First’ Lab Grown Leather Backed By Kering Bags $46 Million Series A
French-based luxury fashion corporation Kering has announced it has backed San Francisco's VitroLabs, a biotech startup that has created a platform for growing highly scalable, cultivated animal-derived leather that is environmentally!-->…
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Breaking Down Fermentation Shaping The Alt Protein Industry: From Precision To Biomass
It’s everywhere. Impossible Foods, Perfect Day, MeliBio, Nature’s Fynd, Mighty Drinks — these are just a few of the dozens of companies championing fermentation to make greater strides in the alternative protein sector, particular when it!-->…
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Are Bottles Made From Sugar A Sweet Solution to the Plastic Crisis? Maybe.
In the effort to curb plastic waste, scientists from the U.K.’s University of Birmingham and Duke University say they’ve succeeded in turning elements found in sugar alcohols into what they claim is degradable and recyclable bioplastic.
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Mushroom Leather Startup MycoWorks Lands $125 Million In Latest Funding Round
Turning mushrooms into leather is proving to be big business for MycoWorks, the Bay Area startup that has produced vegan leather for a number of brands including luxury French fashion house Hermès. Now, MycoWorks has raised $125 million in!-->…
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Investors Back Seaweed Packaging Innovators As Plastic Waste Crisis Creates Demand For Sustainable Alternatives
As consumer dissatisfaction with traditional plastic packaging grows stronger and as the global plastic waste crisis continues to worsen daily, a slew of new material science startups are looking to algae for solutions, and investors are!-->…
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Australia’s WOA, the ‘World’s Lowest Carbon Milk’, Raises $20 Million
Australia’s Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) announced it has raised $20 million to support a move to domestic plant-based production for its low carbon oat milk. Funding was raised through share purchases, both institutional and individual,!-->…
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This Japanese Startup’s Animal-Free ‘Brewed Protein’ Biomaterials Replaces Cashmere and Wool
Could brewing protein for biomaterials become the future of fashion? Japanese biotech Spiber thinks so.
Conscious consumerism is on the rise, with sustainable cruelty-free fabrics becoming trendier day by day. But while brands!-->!-->!-->…
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This NY Startup Has A Biomaterial Solution For Leather. It Just Got $550K To Scale It.
Bucha Bio, the New York startup growing sustainable biomaterials from renewable bacterial-nanocellulose, has secured funding to scale up.
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Pangaia Launches Sustainable Denim Jeans Made From Wild Himalayan Nettle Fiber
The latest in sustainable fashion is denim made from wild Himalayan nettle. Instead of using resource-intensive cotton, Pangaia just launched a new collection of jeans and jackets made from a new kind of denim blend, one that contains!-->…
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Why Investors Just Poured $80M Into This Startup’s Cloud Bioreactor Platform
Culture Biosciences just closed its Series B financing with $80 million to expand its cloud bioreactor platform for synbio solutions.
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Vegan Pitch Competition VWS Records 25% Increase in Women of Colour Founders
VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first pitch competition for female vegan founders, has recorded a 25% rise in women of colour founders this year.
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8 Startups Using Seaweed, From Algae Milk To Vegan Shrimp
Algae is revolutionising everything from milk to shrimp. We take you through 8 ways the super seaweed has come to the rescue.
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Ginkgo Bioworks Goes Public, Looks To Grow Cell Programming Platform
Ginkgo Bioworks, the Boston-based synbio startup, has gone public on the NYSE and raised $1.6 billion to fuel its cell programming platform.
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Kering Breaks Up with Fur For Good As Luxury Fashion Shifts To Cruelty-Free
Luxury fashion group Kering has pledged to ditch fur across all its brands, as high-end labels face greater scrutiny over animal welfare and environmental practices. From late 2022, none of Kering’s brands, including Alexander McQueen,!-->…
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These Sunglasses Are Made From Captured Carbon Emissions
There’s no shortage of innovation in sustainable fashion, with brands making bags out of mushroom leather and clothing from recycled plastic bottles. But what about sustainable eyewear? Prepare to be impressed, because sunglasses are now!-->…
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Swiss Big Food Trio Team Up To Build Cell-Based Meat Factory
Three of Switzerland’s largest food companies, Givaudan, Bühler and Migros, are now joining forces to build a new cell-based meat factory. Located in Zurich, the Cultured Food Innovation Hub will house a pilot production plant, as well as!-->…
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Oslo Startup Secures Funds For Fungi Food and Materials Solutions
NoMy has announced the closing of a seed funding round to accelerate its fungi-powered sustainable solutions. Based in Oslo, the Norwegian startup uses fungal mycelium to develop alternatives for everything from food to materials, such as!-->…
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Future Food-Tech To Bring Industry Heavyweights To Table On Sustainable Nutrition
Bringing together 700 executives and food experts, the upcoming Future Food-Tech Summit will showcase the latest in sustainable nutrition.
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