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Ginevra Boralevi joins MycoWorks leadership team

San Francisco-based biomaterials company MycoWorks, known for its patented Fine Mycelium technology, has appointed Ginevra Boralevi as director of communications. Boralevi, who will be based in Paris, joins the MycoWorks' leadership team from French cashmere brand Eric Bompard, having led marketing and communications prior for major luxury...

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MycoWorks announces first harvest of leather alternative following new plant opening

Biotechnology company MycoWorks has confirmed that its commercial-scale fine mycelium plant in South Carolina, US, has successfully harvested the first 1,000 sheets of its luxury leather-alternative biomaterial. The sheets have left the plant to be delivered to MycoWorks’ partner tanneries across Europe to transform the fine mycelium innovation...

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MycoWorks to take leather-alternative commercial with new plant

Biotechnology company MycoWorks is preparing to commercialise its leather-alternative Reishi with the opening of a 136,000 square foot factory in South Carolina, US. The major step has been made possible through partners such as Hermès and General Motors, as well as a 125 million dollar Series C funding round secured in 2021, and led by Prime...

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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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MycoWorks establishes European operations in Paris

Biomaterials manufacturer MycoWorks has expanded to Europe with the opening of its new office in Paris to meet the luxury and fashion industry’s demand for its Fine Mycelium leather alternative. Located on the prestigious Rue de la Paix, the Paris office will allow leading fashion houses, designers, brand partners and local leather ateliers to...

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The rise in plant-based leather alternatives

To this day, leather is one of the most coveted and standard brand materials in fashion. Leather is also the material behind some of the most coveted luxury brands in the world from the Hermès Birkin to the Chanel 2.55. Leather shoes, like virtually any men’s loafer from Salvatore Ferragamo, are also a status symbol. Leather has long had its...

Fashion

MycoWorks unveils first commercialised use of mushroom material, Reishi

Biomaterials manufacturer MycoWorks has revealed the first commercial launch of its mushroom based material, Reishi. The alternative material has been used to create the Reishi Collection by luxury hatmaker Nick Fouquet, consisting of three hat designs available to purchase through the designer’s e-commerce website. Fouquet used Reishi as the...

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MycoWorks raises 125 million dollars in Series C funding

MycoWorks has raised 125 million dollars in Series C funding round led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from new investors SK Networks and Mirabaud Lifestyle Impact & Innovation Fund, in addition to other new and existing investors. The Series C funding round will be used to launch the first full-scale Fine Mycelium production plant to...

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Starting at the Start for Sustainable Fashion: The Argument for Focusing on Raw Materials

By now, anyone who’s paying attention to the fashion industry knows that we have an urgent sustainability problem on our hands. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if we stay on our current path, the fashion industry alone will take up a quarter of the entire world’s carbon budget by 2050. To avert climate catastrophe, we’re going to...