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BioDesign in Motion: Funding Surges, Strategic Collaborations, and Tech Breakthroughs Propel the Landscape of Sustainable Solutions

BioDesign in Motion: Funding Surges, Strategic Collaborations, and Tech Breakthroughs Propel the Landscape of Sustainable Solutions

From Vinted’s new venture arm to Spiber’s commercial momentum and breakthroughs and developments in textile recycling and AI, the last month marks a pivotal surge in motion for the biodesign space.

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Supply Chain Integration Signals the Shift in the Maturing of Next-Gen Solutions

Supply Chain Integration Signals the Shift in the Maturing of Next-Gen Solutions

What Branded Material Collaborations Reveal About Supply Chain Strategy and Shareholder Signals

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How Brands and VCs Are Betting Big on Bio-Based Innovation

How Brands and VCs Are Betting Big on Bio-Based Innovation

From Lululemon’s biotech breakthrough to Daphni’s €200M deep science fund, here’s how climate-driven startups and both new and legacy players are looking to innovation in biodesign

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Materials Industry Update: Investments, Certifications and a Voice in Policy

Materials Industry Update: Investments, Certifications and a Voice in Policy

Epoch Biodesign and Circ complete funding rounds, the recycled-textiles industry find a voice in the EC and the first Butterfly Mark Certificate for a materials supplier.

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Bio-Based Fur, Microbial Dyes & More: Recent Biodesign Collabs You Need to Know About

Bio-Based Fur, Microbial Dyes & More: Recent Biodesign Collabs You Need to Know About

From Spiber’s fur alternative to scalable microbial dyes, partnerships are accelerating technologies, bringing biodesign closer to commercial scale

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How Seamless Integration - Beyond the Supply Chain - Could Support The Financing of Biodesign

How Seamless Integration - Beyond the Supply Chain - Could Support The Financing of Biodesign

The dream is price parity but how do we get there?

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A Crossroad: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Power of Collaboration

A Crossroad: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Power of Collaboration

The challenges the Biodesign industry faces, and how collaborative strategies can accelerate innovation for 2025

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From Alternatives to Enhancements: How Material Collaborations Are Redefining Functionality

From Alternatives to Enhancements: How Material Collaborations Are Redefining Functionality

How innovators can go beyond the “suitable alternative” narrative to be the better alternative

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Industry Updates: Investments, Scaling and Carbon Credits

Industry Updates: Investments, Scaling and Carbon Credits

Progress in scaling biobased processes, unpacking the biggest agreement from COP29, more details on Patrick McDowell's SS25 collection, and an opportunity to get involved in the BioDesign community.

BusinessBusiness
Industry Updates: Expanding Frontiers and Global Partnerships

Industry Updates: Expanding Frontiers and Global Partnerships

From Tokyo to Cape Town, this week’s updates highlight how innovation thrives through collaboration.

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The Cali Fund: A New Global Initiative to Share the Benefits of Nature's Genetic Resources

The Cali Fund: A New Global Initiative to Share the Benefits of Nature's Genetic Resources

What if those that benefitted from nature, paid back their dues? - That is exactly the proposition (and deal) made at the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16

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Strategic Partnerships Push for Commercial Scale Textiles Recycling

Strategic Partnerships Push for Commercial Scale Textiles Recycling

This month, we explore the collaborations driving next-gen materials from lab to life, transforming sustainability goals into consumer-ready products.