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| 19.08.2026 | Finnish Govt-Backed Project Creates New Way to Make Large Amounts of Mycelium Leather | 4 Mins Read Researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a pulp-based approach to growing mycelium leather, enabling large-scale production of the biomaterial.
In June, Italian luxury fashion house Bottega Ve... |
| 10.08.2026 | Korean County Debuts Plant-Based Leather Made From Discarded Melons | 3 Mins Read South Korea’s Chilgok County has created a plant-based leather alternative from discarded melon peels, with the aim of boosting farm incomes and the local economy alike.
As leather’s true climate impact speeds up efforts to comm... |
| 06.03.2024 | Global Mushroom Packaging Market is Expected to reach US$ 94.3 Million by 2034 | Future Market Insights Inc. | - |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should? | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
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Alt-protein is taking the food world by storm. Plant-ba... |
| 15.04.2021 | Atlast raises $40m to make mycelium-based whole cuts | US alt-protein startup Atlast has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Viking Global Investors. Also participating in the round were 40 North – an investment fund affiliated with building materials manufacturer Standard Industries ... |
| 15.04.2021 | Meat… from mycelium? Fungi fueled startups Meati Foods and Atlast Food Co raise cash to make Holy Grail of alt meat: whole cuts | Unlike most players in the meat alternative space, who are making processed products such as burgers, sausages and grounds, typically from extruded soy, pea or wheat, Green Island, NY-based Atlast Food Co and Boulder, CO-based Meati Foods... |
| 14.04.2021 | I can’t believe it’s not meat! Mycelium meat replacement company aims for summer launch of first products | Meati, a company turning mycelium (the structural fibers of fungi) into healthier meat replacements for consumers, is prepping for a big summer rollout.
Co-founder Tyler Huggins expects to have the first samples of its whole-cut steak and c... |
| 01.04.2021 | Ecovative Raises $60M in Funding For Mushroom-Based Leather, Packaging & Food | Ecovative is a US company using mushrooms to make everything from bacon to leather. It has just raised $60M in a Series D funding round led by Viking Global Investors, with contributions from Senator Investment Group, AiiM Partners, and oth... |
| 30.03.2021 | Ecovative Raises $60M in Series D Financing | Ecovative, a Green Island, NY-based mycelium technology company, raised $60M in Series D funding round.
The round, which brings Ecovative’s total capital raised to $100M, was led by Viking Global Investors, with participation from Senator I... |
| 30.03.2021 | Ecovative sees a fungal future for fashion, food and foam packaging and has a fresh $60M to make it | Eben Bayer has spent the better part of 14 years proving out the power of the humble mushroom as the world’s truly functional food.
As the chief executive and founder of Ecovative Design, Bayer has made replacements for foam packaging, lamp... |
| 30.03.2021 | Ecovative : Propels Commercial Scale Mycelium Applications for Textiles, Packaging, and Food with new $60M Series D Financing led by Viking Global Investors | GREEN ISLAND, N.Y., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecovative, the mycelium technology company, today announced a $60M Series D round to grow mycelium materials better and faster, in key markets, at industrial scale. Ecovative has mastered t... |
| 30.03.2021 | Ecovative Propels Commercial Scale Mycelium Applications for Textiles, Packaging, and Food with new $60M Series D Financing led by Viking Global Investors | GREEN ISLAND, N.Y., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecovative, the mycelium technology company, today announced a $60M Series D round to grow mycelium materials better and faster, in key markets, at industrial scale. Ecovative has mastered t... |
| 30.03.2021 | New York-Based Mycelium Innovation Firm Ecovative Nabs $60M in Funding | The mycelium (mushroom) market is heating up with New York on the radar for grown-in-America innovation.
On Tuesday, materials innovation firm Ecovative announced $60 million in Series D funding, bringing its total funding to $100 million. ... |
| 17.03.2021 | Are Mushrooms The Answer For Everything? Eben Bayer of Atlast Foods and Ecovative Design | CEO of Atlast Food Co and Co-Founder of Evocative Design, Eben Bayer discusses the true power of the mushroom with Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour. Could leaning into biology create solutions to the world’s largest environm... |
| 21.12.2020 | Atlast Mushroom Bacon Sells All Planned Capacity Through 2023 | US startup Atlast Food Co, a spinoff of Ecovative, has partnered with several businesses that plan to use its mycelium-based meat alternatives as ingredients in their products. Despite only recently launching its first product, Atlast has a... |
| 15.12.2020 | ‘Made from mushrooms, tastes like bacon…’ Atlast Food Co launches consumer product, builds b2b strategy | “We’ve designed our process to fit into existing white button mushroom farms with beds 100 feet long and 10 or 20 feet wide,” said Eben Bayer, CEO at Atlast, which has just launched MyBacon, the first retail product under the MyEats bran... |
| 17.11.2020 | MycoWorks banks $45m Series B funding; DCVC, AgFunder & celebs invest | MycoWorks, which produces an animal-free leather alternative, has raised $45 million in a Series B round co-led by Taiwan’s WTT Investment and California’s DCVC Bio.
New investors included Valor Equity Partners, Humboldt Fund, and Gruss &am... |
| 16.11.2020 | Ecovative Launches Mushroom-Based Bacon Following $7M Seed Funding Round | ©Ecovative
The startup Atlast Food Co, a spinoff of Ecovative, has announced it will be launching its mushroom-based bacon alternative this month. The bacon is made from mycelium, the part of the fungus which is below the ground.
Already, E... |
| 16.11.2020 | Ecovative Launches Mushroom-Based Bacon Following $7M Seed Funding Round | The startup Atlast Food Co, a spinoff of Ecovative, has announced it will be launching its mushroom-based bacon alternative this month. The bacon is made from mycelium, the part of the fungus which is below the ground.
Already, Ecovative ha... |
| 20.09.2020 | Коробки из грибницы, съедобные «бутылки» для воды и колготки из бамбука: чем заменяют пластик и сколько это стоит Статьи редакции... | Чтобы решить проблему загрязнения пластиком, учёные и предприниматели заново придумывают ему альтернативы или «возвращают» материалы из прошлого.
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| 14.04.2020 | Ecovative: “Focused on Earth-Friendly Product Solutions for Two Major Industries: Plastics & Animal Agriculture” | Ecovative is developing revolutionary products across multiple categories spanning from bacon to shoes. The miracle material is mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms; a highly sustainable self-assembling microorganism that can provide s... |
| 11.03.2020 | Atlast Food Co plans small-scale launch of 'best in class' meatless bacon from mushroom mycelium | While most meatless bacon uses soy and/or wheat protein, Atlast Food Co grows mushroom mycelium in trays via solid state fermentation to create ‘meaty’ fiber- and protein-rich slabs in a matter of days that can be cut and sliced into mult... |
| 15.01.2020 | 2020 Consumer Packaged Goods Trends Driving Food & Beverage Innovation | After posting our view of the big, transformative changes driving foodservice innovation, here’s Mattson’s innovation-focused take on what’s hot in consumer foods and beverages. |
| 25.11.2019 | Ecovative Announces $10 Million in Capital for Launch of launch of Mycelium Foundry | ©Ecovative Design
Ecovative Design is a specialist in the research of the fungus mycelium in its “journey to bring self-assembling microorganisms to the consumer market.” The company uses the organism’s unique structure to grow fully formed... |
| 25.11.2019 | Ecovative Announces $10 Million in Capital for Launch of launch of Mycelium Foundry | Ecovative Design is a specialist in the research of the fungus mycelium in its “journey to bring self-assembling microorganisms to the consumer market.” The company uses the organism’s unique structure to grow fully formed materials for com... |
| 17.09.2019 | ‘By 2030, the US dairy and cattle industry will have collapsed,’ as microbial protein factories take over, predicts think tank | A new wave of companies using a suite of engineered microorganisms (yeast, bacteria, fungi) capable of producing everything from collagen and gelatin (Geltor) to egg proteins (Clara Foods), heme proteins that can be used in plant-based meat... |
| 11.09.2019 | Atlast Food Co: Mycelium scaffold can unlock the ‘Holy Grail’ of plant-based meat: whole cuts | Plant-based meat companies typically rely on extruded soy, wheat, or peas to create processed meat products such as burgers and nuggets, but have been unable to create realistic steaks, bacon, chicken breasts, or other whole cuts, said the ... |
| 17.01.2019 | TemperPack Closes $22.5m Series B for Sustainable Packaging to Replace Styrofoam With No Competition, Slow Incumbents | Sustainable packaging startup TemperPack recently closed a $22.5 million Series B led by billionaire Steve Case’s DC-based firm Revolution Growth. This brings the Virginia-based company’s total funding to nearly $40 million. It completed a ... |
| 14.11.2018 | Sprout Accelerator is Looking for Startups Reimagining the Food System & Avoiding the Hype | Sprout Accelerator is accepting applications for its fourth accelerator with a focus on companies reimagining the food system. Applications close on November 23, 2018.
The accelerator has had a wealth of applications from startups across th... |
| 16.04.2018 | Bolt Threads joins Modern Meadow in the quest to bring lab-grown leather to market | There’s a new world of lab-grown replacements coming for everything, from the meat department in your grocery store to a department store near you.
Lab-made leather replacements will soon join vegetable-based meat replacements on store shel... |
| 19.08.2016 | These gnarly lampshades are made of ‘shrooms and they’re weirdly perfect | Walking into Danielle Trofe’s bright, minimalist gallery in Industry City, you’re immediately struck by the display of lampshades throughout the room. They’re different shapes and sizes and appear to be made of plaster. Some feel like clay.... |
| 20.01.2016 | $100,000 up for grabs in Bucky Fuller Challenge | Six figures are there for the taking for a motivated person with a good idea.
The Williamsburg-based Buckminster Fuller Institute recently announced an open call for its 2016 Fuller Challenge, to be awarded to, “innovative solutions to huma... |
| 20.01.2016 | $100,000 up for grabs in Bucky Fuller Challenge | Six figures are there for the taking for a motivated person with a good idea.
The Williamsburg-based Buckminster Fuller Institute recently announced an open call for its 2016 Fuller Challenge, to be awarded to, “innovative solutions to huma... |
| 21.01.2015 | UK headquartered Innoverne named runner-up in global Circular Economy award scheme | Showcasing companies that are ‘disrupting business as usual’, Innoverne comes second in ‘Circular Economy Digital Disruptor’ category, becoming the sole representative from the United Kingdom to win award
READING, United Kingdom – 21st Janu... |
| 26.11.2013 | The next frontier in innovation: It’s a material world | This sponsored post is produced in conjunction with Ford.
Material science majors, rejoice! Now is your time to shine. As people become more aware of how humans interact with the planet, it’s becoming clear exactly how much we consume in ma... |
| 09.11.2013 | Ecovative Design Raises $14M in Equity Financing | Ecovative Design, a Green Island, NY-based materials science company, raised $14m in equity financing.
Backers included the DOEN Foundation and 3M Company.
The company will use the funds to continue to scale its technology in the U.S. with ... |
| 28.05.2012 | F50: A Different Kind Of Tech Conference | Faster than you can say “Can I borrow your copy of ‘How To Win Friends And Influence People,’” it’s tech conference season again. There hasn’t been a week during the month of May where I haven’t attended a tech conference or traveled to som... |
| 24.05.2011 | Ecovative Design Receives Equity Investment | Ecovative Design, LLC, a Green Island, NY-based producer of home-compostable replacements for conventional petrochemical foams using mycelium as a self-assembling glue, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount.
Investors incl... |
| 14.05.2011 | One Day Will People Be Living In Shroom Houses? | Construction material manufacturing often produces hazardous byproducts that are either toxic or difficult to recycle, as are many of the materials themselves. Brooklyn based Planetary ONE is experimenting with the idea of grow-your-own con... |
| 08.10.2010 | How To Replace Styrofoam With Mushrooms | Lately at my house we’ve been getting a lot of packages. And with packages, comes styrofoam. My three-year-old loves styrofoam. Me, not so much. He breaks it up and it makes a huge mess. The little bits get everywhere and they are impossibl... |
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