We are excited to share a significant commercial milestone for Sapro-Tech as we celebrate our first commercial partnerships with Taylor Boutique, SABEN, Velvet Heartbeat & YY Nation. #mycelium based materials are the future. We are so honoured to have partnered with these four organisations on our, and now their, mission to produce sustainable materials & textiles from mycelium.
Sapro-Tech
Biotechnology Research
Auckland, Parnell 606 followers
Combining science and design to disrupt the conventional textile industry
About us
Sapro-Tech combines science and design to disrupt the conventional textile industry. With their exclusive technology and by leveraging the inherent properties of fungi, Sapro-Tech is producing innovative, long-lasting, and visually appealing textiles. These sustainable alternatives are aimed at revolutionizing the fashion industry and extending their application to various other sectors
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www.sapro-tech.com
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- Biotechnology Research
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- 2-10 employees
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- Auckland, Parnell
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- Privately Held
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Come join us online - we can’t think of a better way to spend your lunch break! 🍄🟫🍄
Want to know more about next-generation materials that are leading the way? Come learn about Sapro-Tech and our fungi inspired & based materials. NZT this Wednesday the 27th November at 12 Midday for 30 minutes (that's tomorrow)! Link - https://lnkd.in/gdNxYFjx On the call will be the Sapro-Tech team including Gayani Weeraratne Keith Hudson Iain Hosie and special guest Suzie Eggleton the founder of Velvet Heartbeat who has made our first set of sample products from our amazing new material that we have developed. We will also be talking about reflections from pitching in Singapore and the progress of our investment round. See you tomorrow at Midday NZT.
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It's Fungi Fact Friday! Researchers have shown that mycelial leather may have the capacity to self-repair, meaning that ripped leather could be a thing of the past! Imagine self-healing jackets, shoes, or even car seats - the possibilities could be endless Read more about it here: https://buff.ly/4fPB9JE #fungifactfriday #fungi #fungileather #mycelia #innovation
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Inspired by our work with mycelium and fungi over the last three years, Sapro-Tech’s latest creation is a patent pending material that is an industry breakthrough. Using 100% natural materials derived from fungi and plants, Sapro-Tech has created a leather material that rivals animal leather, with incredible growth times and performance. The result: a sustainable, cost effective and competitive leather that is biodegradable and animal-free. Sapro-Tech is already producing samples for our pioneer partners to make prototype products from, like that pictured here made by the very talented Suzie from Velvet Heartbeat #fungi #mycology #fungalleather #fungileather #innovation #biotechnology #mycoleather
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It's fungi fact Friday! Have you ever noticed your houseplants bending to grow towards the light? Phototropism is the curvature of the growing part of an organism towards or away from light. For example, plant leaves grow towards light in order to photosynthesis, while roots grow away from light. Some fungi also demonstrate phototropism, with growth and sporulation being cued by light!
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Some exciting stuff coming out of the Sapro-Tech x Velvet Heartbeat collaboration 👜🍄🟫 Check it out!
Sometimes we never thought the day would come - when we would have samples! Suzie Eggleton of Velvet Heartbeat one of our Pioneer Partners at Sapro-Tech was busy in her 'office' today, making a few samples from our epically sustainable material that is sort of hush hush. Already at 'parity' with animal based leathers. Sustainable. Low emissions. Cost looks promising. The dreams of the team are becoming real, a nice day in the world of a deep tech startup. I am taking these samples with me to Singapore next week, to be on the wing of Sandhya Sriram, PhD and to close our safe note, so we can keep building. The mission is to make a contribution to changing the impacts of climate change - we are on it! Well done Keith Hudson, Gayani Weeraratne for your leadership, inspiration and mahi alongside our awesome team of Toree Deepanwita Shara van de Pas Grace Drummond Yubing Mao and Erin Stroud - alongside our board chair Iain Hosie and Warren Bebb By the way, the formulation is a secret, I sort of don't know it, that is easier for me to not know the detail, just look at it! Thank you Suzie Eggleton for making our day. Work to be done. Velvet Heartbeat YY Nation taylor SABEN Sprout Agritech
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It's fungi fact Friday! New Zealander's have always been world-leaders in the fungi space. Did you know that there was once a booming business in the cultivation and export of wood ear fungus, also know as hakeke, in Puhoi and Taranaki? You can read more about the cool history of New Zealand's fungal background here: https://buff.ly/40laKPc Thanks to https://buff.ly/4fh4zjm for the cool photo!
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Have you seen the new Sapro-Tech laboratory extension? To cope with our growth, we have expanded to new horizons (aka the lab space next door!). We are still housed in the Parnell-based Outset Ventures and making the most of our custom space.
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Happy Halloween! Fungi come in all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes, sizes, and colours, but Clathrus archeri (the devil's fingers fungus) is definitely on the weirder side. This fungi 'hatches' from a slimy egg, stretching its long, red tentacle-like arms out of the ground. If that wasn't odd enough, the 'arms' of this fungus are coated with a thick, foul smelling goo to attract flies and other pollinators. These fungi are very common in wood chip and garden spaces, so your chance of running into them is higher that you might think (or want)! #fungi #mushroom #mycology #innovation #fungifactfriday
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Our very own Andy Hamilton is heading to the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. While there, Andy is keen to connect with other innovators - drop us a line if you are going to be there! 🍄
Scientist-serial entrepreneur-investor | CEO, Sprout Agritech | Founder, Shiok Meats | 2021 Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst | Featured on TIME & Forbes | Ecosystem builder| Successfully completed 2 M&As
Sprout Agritech is on tour! Singapore, here we come. We are really excited to announce our delegation to the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, Singapore 2024 from November 19-21. I am accompanying five Sprout Accelerator Alumni to the annual event. They will participate in Pitch sessions and exhibit at the conference. I will also be speaking in a Fireside session on Investment Opportunities for Climate Adaptation in Asia-Pacific's Agri-Food Tech Ecosystem on Nov 19. We look forward to showcasing the below Sprout Accelerator alumni/portfolio companies in Singapore, and would love to meet you. > Jooules - David McLellan - Creating climate-positive proteins from Carbon Dioxide. > Forever Harvest - Mick Riley and Jan Grant - Re-imagining fruit, grown anywhere – reliably, rapidly, sustainably. > Sapro-Tech - Andy Hamilton - The world's most sustainable textile from mycelia. > Kelvius - Adeline Bartoletti - Thermal batteries, turning waste process heat into high-grade and storable heat for the industrial food tech sector. If you are an investor/corporate/collaborator interested in learning more about our companies or about Sprout, send me a message, and we will arrange a catch-up. We look forward to connecting with everyone at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. Stay tuned as we share insights and experiences from the event -
Home - Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, November 19-21
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