18 March 20242 April 2024 Biotech fashion takes naturally sourced textiles literally As fashion weeks in both the U.S. and Europe come to a close, it begs the question of staying fashionable and environmentally friendly
16 February 20246 February 2024 MycoWorks Announces First 1000 Sheets Harvested and First Commercial Shipments The sheets will first pass through the expert hands of MycoWorks' partner tanneries across Europe, transforming Fine Mycelium™ into products including the company's own flagship material Reishi™
28 September 202325 September 2023 Biotech Company MycoWorks Begins Production at the World’s First Commercial-Scale Fine Mycelium™ Plant in Union, South Carolina Providing the company's luxury leather alternative Reishi™
MycoWorks plant kommerzielle Myzelfabrik für luxuriöses, tierfreies Leder Nach Angaben von MycoWorks erfüllt Reishi die Luxusstandards für Materialleistung, ohne Kunststoffe zu verwenden
16 August 202311 August 2023 MycoWorks to Open World’s First Commercial-Scale Fine Mycelium™ Plant In September 136,000 Square Foot Facility to Scale Production of Luxury Leather Alternative Reishi™
28 February 202323 February 2023 From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse
29 August 202222 August 2022 MycoWorks Commercializes Reishi™, the World’s First Plastic-Free, Mycelium Leather Alternative, with Luxury Hatmaker Nick Fouquet Nick Fouquet introduces the Reishi™ Collection, comprised of three new hat styles made with Reishi™ by MycoWorks, now available to shop on NickFouquet.com
12 May 20229 May 2022 The Future Is…Fungi?: This Biotech Company Transforms Mushrooms Into Luxury Materials Used by Hermès At MycoWorks' "Freedom of Creation" exhibit, co-founder and chief of culture Sophia Wang discusses how artistic beginnings launched a biotech company that's churning out fungi-fueled materials fit for "a prince's yacht" - and driving sustainability and diversity in the corporate world
22 February 202216 February 2022 5 Dinge, die aus Pilzmyzel bestehen können (und sollten!) Pilzmyzel ist ein nachwachsender und komplett recyclebarer Rohstoff und kann sogar als Nahrung für neue Pilze dienen - ein Schritt in Richtung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft
3 February 202226 January 2022 Mushroom Leather: The Next Big Trend in Sustainable Fashion? MycoWorks, a San Francisco based biotechnology company, has been working on a mushroom leather alternative and is now ready to scale it up
28 January 202227 January 2022 MycoWorks Raises $125 Million Series C Financing to Fund Mass Production of Fine Mycelium™ Led by Prime Movers Lab, Financing to Launch MycoWorks' First Full-Scale Production Plant to Meet Demand for Sustainable, Luxury-Quality Leather Alternatives
29 September 202129 September 2021 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 alternative meat and bioplastics
12 August 20213 August 2022 Baustoffe aus Pilzen, Algen und Sonnenlicht natureplus Web-Seminar präsentierte inspirierende Innovationen, die den Bausektor nachhaltig verändern könnten
11 June 202116 June 2021 Hermès präsentiert Tasche aus Pilzleder Im Labor gezüchteter Lederersatz erreicht den Luxusmarkt
21 October 202016 October 2020 Why the search for the perfect vegan leather starts on the forest floor One of the biggest challenges with fungi-derived leather is making a uniform "mat" with consistent thickness, appearance and color, while to balance durability with biodegradability
28 September 202023 September 2020 Vegan leather for sustainable fashion Recent publication in Nature Sustainability on vegan leather investigates ‘fungus-derived renewable leather substitutes’ versus animal and synthetic leathers
8 October 20194 October 2019 Can We Redesign The Modern City With Synthetic Biology? Could We Grow Our Houses Instead Of Building Them? Incorporating living organisms into our existing construction methods— is already underway
17 November 201715 November 2017 Lab-grown leather and spider silk are the future of your wardrobe Burgeoning startups are hacking cells to create ‘unnatural’ and ‘smart’ clothing