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In 2016, Miroslava Duma’s goal of transforming the global fashion ecosystem motivated the launch of a disruptive new movement: Future Tech Lab (FTL, previously Fashion Tech Lab). FTL aspires to accelerate the fashion, automotive, aerospace and healthcare industries to a more technologically advanced, renewable, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible future.
Part investment company, part multinational accelerator, part agency, and part experimental laboratory, Future Tech Lab helps new technologies and sustainable innovations connect, collaborate, and create products and brands that evolve the industry and improve its social and environmental footprints.
FTL specializes in new and sustainable technologies created for the fashion and apparel, automotive, healthcare, aerospace industries: new materials, wearable electronics, nanotech, biotech, textiles, innovations in manufacturing, responsible sourcing, upcycling, and product design.
Part investment company, part multinational accelerator, part agency, and part experimental laboratory, Future Tech Lab helps new technologies and sustainable innovations connect, collaborate, and create products and brands that evolve the industry and improve its social and environmental footprints.
FTL specializes in new and sustainable technologies created for the fashion and apparel, automotive, healthcare, aerospace industries: new materials, wearable electronics, nanotech, biotech, textiles, innovations in manufacturing, responsible sourcing, upcycling, and product design.
Overview
Location
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2016
Investment Type
Venture Capital; Accelerator
News 20
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| The Lifetime Closet | “Convincing people to “ stop buying clothes” is a relatively impossible mission, considering there is a 550 billion $ industry telling you to do the opposite”. Artist and conservation photographer Benjamin Von Wong has partnered with a soci... | |
| The bespoke ring by Diamond Foundry | Apple Chief Design Officer Sir Jony Ive in collaboration with renowned industrial designer Marc Newson designed a carbon neutral diamond ring for RED auction. The one-of-a-kind diamond ring was grown at the facilities of FTL’s portfolio com... | |
| The electric future of delivery | The goods delivery industry is rapidly growing thanks to globalisation and e-commerce. According to research the market for electric trucks and vans will reach $480B by 2028. Electrification has become a major focus for local and national g... | |
| Capturing CO2 | CO2 capturing factories are a part of the green revolution which can save us from climate change. Technically feasible factories can capture CO2 from the air and turn it into useful products, creating more jobs around the globe. According t... | |
| The Economist's take on the future of clothing | A new wave of innovation is fueling a radical change in fashion. Wearable technology, data, automation and lab-grown materials will have a major impact on what people will be wearing in the future. "The future of fashion is a mixture ... | |
| Reformation’s “Carbon is Canceled” Initiative | FTL’s portfolio company Reformation has launched a campaign called “Carbon is Canceled”, featuring programs that encourage sustainable behavior and enable customers to offset their individual carbon footprints. By partnering with a sustain... | |
| Technologies and medicine | Technologies disrupt industries with innovative solutions and accelerate us toward a better future. Today’s advances in bio and nano technology, pharmaceuticals, information technologies and novel medical devices significantly contribute to... | |
| Tencent Global Partner Conference | CEO and Founder of Future Tech Lab Miroslava Duma presented FTL’s vision of disrupting the 3$ trillion fashion industry with the most sustainable solutions available and spoke on the importance of solidarity among female entrepreneurs from ... | |
| Bioengineered Beauty by Bolt Threads | FTL’s portfolio company Bolt Threads launched a beauty company Eighteen B that uses bioengineered and lab-grown silk protein as a key ingredient for beauty products, including moisturizers. The properties of silk which are used in medicine ... |
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Mentions in press and media 2
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| Nov 7, 2017 | FashionTech Map: 44 участника рынка | Как показало наше первое исследование, российский рынок FashionTech очень невелик, хотя спрос на такие продукты уже есть. Карта состоит из двух больших блоков: стартапы (компании и технологии в сфере моды и дизайна) и экосистема (инвесторы ... |
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FAQ about Future Tech Labs
When was Future Tech Labs founded?
Future Tech Labs was founded in 2016.
What is the latest news about Future Tech Labs?
Parsers VC has 20 news items about Future Tech Labs, among them “The Lifetime Closet” and “The bespoke ring by Diamond Foundry”.
What has the press written about Future Tech Labs?
Parsers VC has collected 2 articles mentioning Future Tech Labs, among them “FashionTech Map: 44 участника рынка” (Nov 7, 2017).
Is Future Tech Labs still active?
Future Tech Labs is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 15, 2020.