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Year In Review:  Five Next-Gen Funding Rounds Worth Taking Note Of

SuperCircle, Uluu, Eeden, Circ and AMSilk earned investors as next-gen backers chased infrastructure…

Everbloom Uses AI to Turn Protein Waste into Luxury-Grade Fiber

The New York startup's Braid.AI platform predicts fiber performance before production, enabling consistent…

Seaweed Startup Snags $16M Series A to Rethink Plastic

Australian materials science firm Uluu eyes commercial-scale facility for seaweed bio-plastics with $16…

Material World: Spinnova Cultivates Consortium, GFA’s Next Next-Gen Assembly

Fashion for Good backs Spinnova to build an ecosystem scaling the Finnish firm's fiber tech while GFA opened…

Armedangels Eyes Spinnova for Future Fiber Volumes

Armedangels has signed a non-binding LOI with the Finnish firm for future access to Spinnova fiber from its…

Material World: Hot Bodies to the Front, Uncaged Nabs Natalie Portman as Partner

A new exhibition in Singapore explores a burning Earth while Natalie Portman joins Uncaged Innovations as a…

Material World: Bluesign, Black Pearl ‘Shift the Needle’ on Concert Clothing Consumption

The #NoSingleUseFashion campaign encourages live music fans to break the cycle of single-use fashion.

Ponda to ‘Make Wetlands Wet Again’ with $2.4M Raise

Over the next 18 months, Ponda will expand production capacity, scale its European wetland farming network…

Material World: Seawool’s New Stateside Spin, Lisa Says Gah, Cotton!

The Cotton x Lisa Says Gah! drop serves some holiday humor.

The Ambercycle Accord for Fashion’s New Fiber Frontier

How Ambercycle is leveraging strategic offtake agreements and key retail partnerships to de-risk investment…

Fashion for Good Tries to Stop the Price Spiral Killing Next-Gen Materials

The goal is straightforward—stop the cost from mutating downstream so lower-impact materials can finally…

Material World: Innovera Purses Debut in Germany, Circulose Scales With M&S

The London retailer is Circulose's first UK-based scaling partner while Melina Bucher teams with Modern…

Beyond the Storm: Polartec Redefines Weather Protection for the Next Generation

Revolutionizing weather protection with sustainable, breathable and performance-driven fabrics.

Material World: Trove Adds Repairs, Mud Jeans Taps Tencel

Trove expands its circular platform with repair services as Mud Jeans debuts recycled-cotton denim blended…

MycoWorks Closes Factory as ‘Cheaper Mycelium Sources Exist’

Less than six months after its flagship mycelium material, Reishi, expanded into interior design on the…