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Reishi™️ is a new class of material crafted from Fine Mycelium™️ and refined for performance in fashion and luxury.
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| Jul 19, 2022 | Fun guys can keep the sun off with MycoWorks’ new mycelium-based hats | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in MycoWorks. MycoWorks, a US startup developing alternative biomaterials based on mycelium, has launched a line of hats made from its Reishi alt-leather product in partnership with... |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Fungus fashion: Mushrooms used as an alternative to animal leather | Out west, where cattle ranches have long held sway, cowhide leather may be losing its luster. "You can't grow a cow to spec," said MycoWorks co-founder Sophia Wang. "Cows just do what they do. So, that is what's remarkable ab... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Brief: MycoWorks banks $125m Series C funding to build alt-leather factory | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in MycoWorks. MycoWorks has raised $125 million in funding as it seeks to scale up production of its animal-free leather analog, Reishi. The Series C round was led by Prime Movers L... |
| Mar 23, 2021 | How Ballet Inspired This Entrepreneur to Reinvent Her Career | March 23, 2021 3 min read This story appears in the March 2021 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » I always assumed I’d work in academia, but then I took a ballet course in my 30s. I did it on a whim while getting my Ph.D. in English, thinki... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | MycoWorks Closes US$45M In Star-Studded Series B To Scale-Up Animal-Free Reishi Leather For Consumer Launch | 3 1 4 Shares 3 Mins Read Alternative mycelium-based material firm MycoWorks has announced the completion of a US$45 million Series B funding round, which will go towards the scale-up of its Reishi animal-free leather material. The round saw... |
| Nov 17, 2020 | MycoWorks banks $45m Series B funding; DCVC, AgFunder & celebs invest | MycoWorks, which produces an animal-free leather alternative, has raised $45 million in a Series B round co-led by Taiwan’s WTT Investment and California’s DCVC Bio. New investors included Valor Equity Partners, Humboldt Fund, and Gruss &am... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Why we invested in MycoWorks | Editors note: Rob Leclerc is a founding partner at AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company. MycoWorks, which produces a lab-grown leather from mycelium (the root structure of mushroom) announced its $17 million Series A earlier this week, a... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Why we invested in MycoWorks | Rob Leclerc is a founding partner at AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company. MycoWorks, which produces a lab-grown leather from mycelium (the root structure of mushroom) announced its $17 million Series A earlier this week, after its unvei... |
| Feb 26, 2020 | MycoWorks Raises $17M to Meet Demand for Luxury Leather Products Made From Reishi Mushroom | MycoWorks, creator of a sustainable, fine mycelium leather alternative called Reishi, today announces $17 million in Series A financing for its mycelium based fabrics for the luxury fashion market. The round was led by DCVC Bio, with partic... |
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What has the press written about Mycoworks?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Mycoworks, among them “Fun guys can keep the sun off with MycoWorks’ new mycelium-based hats” (Jul 19, 2022) and “Fungus fashion: Mushrooms used as an alternative to animal leather” (Jun 20, 2022).
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Yes, Mycoworks is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 22, 2022.