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$406.4m
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Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.
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- Dan Widmaier linkedin
- David Breslauer linkedin
- Ethan Mirsky ********@alum.mit.edu
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$331.1m
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Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.
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- Gabor Forgacs
- Francoise Marga ******@modernmeadow.com
- Karoly Jakab ******@modernmeadow.com
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$37.0m
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Reformation is a women's fashion company aimed at designing sustainable clothing and accessories.
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$2.0b
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Allbirds is a startup company manufacturing wool footwear.
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$1.1b
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Spiber, Inc is a private biomaterials company using industrial biotechnology to develop silk.
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14
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$87.2m
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A medical company in Massachusetts focusing on lowering the cost of vaccine distribution.
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- Michael Schrader (entrepreneur) *******@vaxess.com
- Fiorenzo Omenetto ********.********@tufts.edu
- Livio Valenti *****@vaxess.com
3
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$113.0m
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Natural Fiber Welding is a Peoria, Illinois-based company developing a scalable fabrication platform that can offset the global dependence on petroleum-based, human-made materials.
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$2.9m
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Stuffstr is a London-based recommerce technology company, founded by John Atcheson in 2014.
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$14.0m
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A biotechnology company developing and commercializing spider silk for textiles and performance polymers. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories uses genetic engineering to produce recombinant spider silk based fibers on an industrial scale.
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$151.6m
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A carbon sequestration technology and bioplastics company based in Huntington Beach, California, founded in 2003, that uses their technology to capture carbon from greenhouse emissions for production of bioplastics.
Key people:
- Mark Herrema ***@newlight.com
- Kenton Kimmel **@newlight.com
3
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$54.4m
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Vitrolabs is a San Francisco based company developing lab-grown leather and pelts for fashion and interiors, with aspirations to use their platform to grow human organs.
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- Dusko Ilic *****@vitrolabsinc.com
- Ingvar Helgason ******@vitrolabsinc.com
2
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$43.0m
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Outdoor Voices is a company founded in 2014 by Cheryl J. Tyler.
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2
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$31.7m
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Cuyana is a e-commerce and women's fashion brand focused on women's essentials.
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$5.3m
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WOODOO manufactures a new wood material, translucent, weatherproof, stronger and durable, transforming lower grade wood species into high-performance materials.
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- Timothée Boitouzet ********@woodoo.com
$16.0m
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MOGU manufactures materials and technologies that are based on fungi as main constituent.
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$41.0m
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Frank & Oak is a company founded in 2012 by Hicham Ratnani.
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$10.0m
Money raised
Aunt Flow is a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded by Claire Coder.
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$2.7m
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Reflaunt allows retailers to offer a new service to their customers: the possibility to resell, donate or recycle their past purchases in a click directly from the retailer's e-commerce site.
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$15.0m
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Yulex is a company founded in 2017 by Jeffrey A. Martin.
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Key people:
- Jeffrey A. Martin *******@yulex.com
3
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$13.7m
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Modern Synthesis is a biomaterials producer for textile industry founded in 2019 by Ben Reeve.
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$2.5m
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unspun uses body scanning technology to manufacture bespoke jeans.
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- Walden Lam ******@unspun.io
- Beth Esponnette ****@unspun.io
- Kevin Martin *****@unspun.io
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$11.0m
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Xampla is a Cambridge, Cambridgeshire-based company founded in 2018 by Tuomas Knowles.
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1
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$2.0m
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ADAY is a London-based company founded in 2015 by Nina Faulhaber.
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$42.8m
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Summersalt is a company founded in 2017.
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2
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$445.0m
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Operator of a clothing brand intended to offer premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle.
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Brand focused on creating sustainable everyday essentials from organic cotton and recycled materials.
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1
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$3.0m
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Faircraft is a sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather founded in 2021.
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2
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$12.7m
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Spinnova has developed a new technology for making textile fibre out of wood or waste, such as leather, textile or food waste, without harmful chemicals.
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Key people:
- Janne Poranen
- Juha Salmela ****.*******@spinnova.com
1
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$30.0m
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Circ is revitalizing the future of material technology and recycling using hydrothermal technology to separate polyester from cotton in blended materials, recovering both to be re-made into new fibers, closing the loop for fashion and textiles.
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$4.5m
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Wolf & Badger is a Mayfair-based company founded in 2010 by George Graham.
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$2.7m
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The Company produces natural degradable biopolymers from non-food sources.
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$525.0k
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United By Blue is a company founded in 2010.
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1
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$16.0m
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1
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$14.1m
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Nisolo is a Nashville, Tennessee-based company founded by Patrick Woodyard.