Bolt Threads

Mylo™

Website:

Bolt Threads

Product Brand:

Mylo™

Founded:

2009

CEO:

Dan Widmaier

Funding:

Coming soon

Locations:

San Francisco, CA & Portland OR, USA; Arnhem, Netherlands

No. of employees:

51-200

Mylo™

Category:

Leather Alternatives

Product:

Leather Alternative Sheet

Availability:

No longer available

Technology:

Solid state fermentation of mycelium to produce a sheet material (bioassembled) which is then 'tanned' and finished. Sheets may be backed with a textile

Scale:

Initial commercial volumes

TRL:

Coming soon

Technical Partners:

Ginkgo Bioworks (to optimise silk proteins in beauty), Heller-Leder

Brand Partners:

adidas, GANNI, Kering, Lululemon, Mercedes-Benz, objcts.io, Stella McCartney, Tsuchiya Kaban +++

Composition:

Mycelium + PU

Feedstock:

Not publicly disclosed

Other materials:

Not publicly disclosed

Other Finishes / Chemistries:

Green Chemistry

Spec Sheet/s:

Not publicly disclosed

LCA:

Certifications / Standards:

Gold rating from the Leather Working Group, OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 Certified, Bluesign®-Approved Dyes, Vegan-Verified

Product Images:

Mylo™

MYLO™ - Ganni

MYLO™ - Stella McCartney

MYLO™ - Lululemon bag

MYLO™ - Lululemon prototype

MYLO™ - Stella McCartney prototype

MYLO™ - Adidas prototype