We create materials using bacterial-nanocellulose, an infinitely replenishable resource found in nature that provides strength, durability, and a premium texture. Our mission is to completely replace animal & plastic leather on planet Bucha Bio creates a novel biomaterial grown from infinitely renewable bacterial-nanocellulose. Strands of natural fibers interlock to form a high-performance textile with a luxuriously soft handfeel. Produced in weeks rather than months or years, use it in premium applications instead of animal leather, polyurethane, latex, vinyl, and so much more.
Our biomaterial’s expansive applications & unrestricted design potential are enabled by the distinguished team of scientists, artists, & entrepreneurs at Bucha Bio.
Our biomaterial’s expansive applications & unrestricted design potential are enabled by the distinguished team of scientists, artists, & entrepreneurs at Bucha Bio.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $1.65M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.09.2022 | Seed | $1.1M | - |
| 20.10.2021 | - | $550K | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2023 | Brief: Modern Synthesis and GANNI unveil ‘Bou Bag’ made by bacteria for London Design Festival | [Disclosure: AgFunder—the parent company of AgFunderNews—is an investor in Modern Synthesis] Biomaterials startup Modern Synthesis and Danish fashion brand GANNI have teamed up to create GANNI’s signature ‘Bou Bag’ using a leather-alternati... |
| 29.09.2022 | Bucha Bio Raises $1.1M in Seed Funding | Bucha Bio, a Houston, TX-based biomaterials science company, raised $1.1M in Seed funding. Backers included New Climate Ventures, Lifely VC, Beni VC, Prithvi VC, Asymmetry VC, Alwyn Capital, and Chris Zarou. The company intends to use the f... |
| 01.06.2022 | BREAKING: Modern Synthesis raises $4.1m from AgFunder, others to grow textiles from microbes | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Modern Synthesis. UK-based biomaterials startup Modern Synthesis has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to support its microbial textile platform that aims to make the fashion i... |
| 18.02.2022 | Bucha Bio Relocates From NY to Houston to Open Next-Gen Materials Headquarters | Bucha Bio relocates from New York City to Houston, is accepted into Greentown Labs Incubator US biomaterials company Bucha Bio, which makes textiles and composite materials from bacterial nanocellulose, has announced a move from New York Ci... |
| 20.10.2021 | Bucha Bio Raises $550K in Funding | Woman’s top made with Bucha Bio’s MIRAI™ in a black colorway. BUCHA BIO INC., a New York-based company that develops novel biomaterials from fermented bacterial nanocellulose and plants, raised $550K in funding. Backers included New Climate... |
| 18.10.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Bucha Bio banks funding for its next-gen bacterial biomaterials | US biomaterials company Bucha Bio has raised $550,000 in funding to scale up production of its bio-textile product called Mirai. Investors included New Climate Ventures, Beni Venture Capital, Lifely VC, QKZ Design, and MicroVentures, alongs... |
| 26.07.2021 | Bucha Bio Develops Infinitely Renewable, Plastic-Free Vegan Leather | Vegan leather is often criticised for its reliance on fossil-fuel derived plastics. But US biotech company Bucha Bio has found a solution — bacterial nanocellulouse. Nanocellulose is made from a network of cellulose fibres, with several lay... |
| - | Bucha Bio | “Bucha Bio is creating novel biomaterials from bacterial-nanocellulose. MIRAI™ is our luxury biotextile and a solution to the unsustainable animal and plastic materials industry. Kombucha Leather. Animal Free Leather. Petrochemical Free. Bi... |