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Patrick McDowell named Ecovative global design ambassador

British fashion designer Patrick McDowell, renowned for their avant-garde sustainable and circular fashion creations, has been named the inaugural global design ambassador for Ecovative’s innovative Forager mycelium materials. In a statement, Ecovative said they will work with McDowell to “push the boundaries of traditional design by creating...

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Biotech company Mogu raises 11 million euros in funding

Italian biotech company Mogu Srl, also known as Sqim, which specialises in biofabricated materials made from pure mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, has raised 11 million euros in Series A funding to allow for further industrial scaling of its innovative technologies and to develop its Ephea and Mogu product lines. The funding round was...

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MycoWorks to open commercial-scale Fine Mycelium plant

Biomaterials technology company MycoWorks is opening the world’s-first commercial-scale Fine Mycelium production plant on September 20. The 136,000-square-foot facility located in Union, South Carolina in America will employ more than 350 people and enable MycoWorks to supply its luxury partners with millions of square feet of its premium and...

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Sqim wins 2023 ANDAM Innovation Prize

Italian materials company Sqim, which specialises in biofabricated materials made from pure mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, has been awarded the ANDAM 2023 Innovative Prize. Sqim is the first biotech company to be cultivating mycelium on a pure basis, explains ANDAM in the press release, a process that eliminates the use of...

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Ecovative acquires new facility to expand mycelium production

Mycelium technology company Ecovative has announced the acquisition of Lambert Spawn Europa, a mushroom spawn production facility in the Netherlands. The purchase will vertically integrate a source of mushroom substrate within the operations of Ecovative to further expand its production of mycelium materials and products. The new line of supply...

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Ecco Leather joins forces with Ecovative to pursue new mycelium materials

Premium leather producer Ecco Leather, part of the Danish footwear brand Ecco, is partnering with mycelium tech company Ecovative to develop and commercialise the "next generation of mycelium materials” for footwear, fashion and apparel. In a statement, the two companies said they will collaborate directly to pursue new mycelium materials, from...

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Stella McCartney to launch first commercial luxury bag crafted from mycelium

British fashion brand Stella McCartney is to launch the world’s first-ever luxury bag crafted from mycelium, the root-like structure of fungi at a commercial level this summer. The Stella McCartney ‘Frayme Mylo’ will be available from July 1 and marks a milestone for the British conscious brand and a significant progression in vegan material...

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A plant-based leather producer just secured 60 million dollars in funding

The next leather jacket you buy could soon be made from mushrooms. Leather alternatives, particularly plant-based, have largely been the subject of laboratory studies rather than large-scale producers of apparel. This may now change, as mycelium technology company, Ecovative, secured 60 million dollars in a funding round to grow materials,...