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Modern Synthesis

PRESS RELEASE / Financials

11 February 2025

2 minutes

Modern Synthesis’ technology enables brands to reduce this shortfall by proactively adjusting their preferred raw materials mix whilst delivering new looks, feels, and material functions.

Modern Synthesis Secures $5.5M to Commercialise Groundbreaking Biomaterial Technology

LONDON, UK: Modern Synthesis, a biotechnology company pioneering the development of microbially-derived biomaterials, today announces the successful close of a $5.5 million funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by Extantia Capital, with participation from Artesian and Collaborative Fund. This investment will enable Modern Synthesis to...

Nex-Gen Materials / Leather Alternative

8 April 2024

The researchers worked with designers to grow the upper part of a shoe (without the sole) by growing a sheet of bacterial cellulose in a bespoke, shoe-shaped vessel.

Researchers Engineer Plastic-Free Leather Alternative that Dyes Itself

Well, you now have a leather alternative that dyes itself! Researchers at the Imperial College London have created the sustainable, self-dyeing leather alternative by modifying the genes of a bacteria species that produces a strong, flexible and malleable material.

Staff Writer

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

15 March 2022

4 minutes

Fashion for Good selects 8 innovators for 2022 global innovation programme

AMSTERDAM: Fashion for Good welcomes eight innovators into its 2022 Global Innovation Programme, chosen from a group of innovators scouted across the globe, who pitched their innovative solutions to Fashion for Good partners. The selected innovators participate in the nine-month programme, which provides a bespoke approach to validate their...