What if we could make leather without the animal? We are a biomaterials company combining the power of nature and technology to reimagine leather.
Location: United States, New York, Troy
Total raised: $7.6M
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 28.05.2023 | Stray Dog ... | straydogca... |
| - | Alwyn Capi... | alwyncapit... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 11.07.2024 | Seed | $5.6M | - |
| 28.06.2023 | Pre-Seed | $2M | HackCapita... |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.07.2024 | UNCAGED Innovations Raises $5.6M for its Sustainable Leather Alternative Made from Grain | Animal agriculture and its byproducts, such as traditional leather, significantly contribute to climate change. Consider this: producing just one leather bag requires clearing nearly a quarter acre of land for cattle feed. Moreover, convent... |
| 04.07.2024 | Sustainable Leather Revolution: UNCAGED Innovations Leads the Charge | A game-changing $5.6M Seed funding round has propelled UNCAGED Innovations, a NYC-based biomaterial company, to the forefront of the sustainable leather industry. Co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital, with backing ... |
| 04.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon | This week, Rohlik, which runs automated robotic fulfillment centers and 15-minute delivery, scored a new round of funding and agtech startup eAgronom raised capital for its carbon program. Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and a... |
| 04.07.2024 | Uncaged Innovations Bags $5.6M for Plastic-Free Leather Made From Grain-Based Protein | 4 Mins Read US startup Uncaged Innovations has raised $5.6M in seed funding to commercialise its grain-based, plastic-free leather alternative. Uncaged Innovations, which makes vegan leather from grains, has closed a $5.6M seed investment r... |
| 02.07.2024 | UNCAGED Innovations Raises $5.6M for “World’s First” Sustainable Leather from Grains | New York-based UNCAGED Innovations today announces it has raised an oversubscribed $5.6M Seed investment for its sustainable leather made from grains. The round was co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital, with partic... |
| 02.07.2024 | Uncaged Innovations Closes $5.6M Seed Funding | Stephanie Downs Uncaged Innovations, a NYC-based biomaterial company creating sustainable leather from grains at scale, raised $5.6M in Seed funding. The round was co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital, with partici... |
| 03.05.2024 | Op Ed: Stephanie Downs, CEO and Co-Founder of UNCAGED Innovations, Combatting the Argument that Leather is “Natural” | Stephanie Downs is the CEO and Co-Founder of UNCAGED Innovations, the “world’s first” biomaterial company to create sustainable leather from grains at scale. Combining its proprietary software platform, BioFuze, with biomaterial manufacturi... |
| 28.06.2023 | Uncaged Innovations Raises $2M for its Leather Alternative That Eliminates All the Harm Associated with Traditional Leather | Animal agriculture and its byproducts like leather are leading contributors to climate change. It’s been estimated that the production of one leather bag requires the clearing of just under a quarter acre of land to provide feed for the cat... |
| 22.06.2023 | UNCAGED Innovations Secures $2M in Pre-Seed Funding to Create Plastic-Free, Luxury Vegan Leather | UNCAGED Innovations, a US biomaterials startup focused on leather alternatives, announced it has raised $2M in pre-seed funding from investors, including InMotion Ventures, the investment arm of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). The funding will be ... |
| 14.06.2023 | Uncaged Innovations Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding | Uncaged Innovations, a New York-based biomaterials startup focused on sustainable leather alternatives, raised $2M in Pre-Seed funding. The round saw participation from InMotion Ventures, JLR’s investment arm. Other participants included Ve... |
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