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| 16.01.2026 | Natural Fiber Welding Secures Major Investment: Propelling Green Materials Global Expansion | Peoria, Illinois-based Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) announced a significant strategic investment. Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners provided joint funding. This capital injection propels NFW's global expansion. It accelerates ... |
| 15.01.2026 | Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners Announce Strategic Joint Investment in Natural Fiber Welding Inc. | Partnership Accelerates Innovation and Market Introduction of High-Performance, Plant-Based Materials Platform
PEORIA, Ill., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Fiber Welding Inc. NFW, a pioneer in high-performance, plant-based materials,... |
| 14.01.2026 | Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners Announce Strategic Joint Investment In Natural Fiber Welding | Natural Fiber Welding (NFW), a Peoria, Illinois-based materials science company developing high-performance, plant-based alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics and synthetics, said it has secured a strategic joint investment from Proves... |
| 14.01.2026 | Natural Fiber Welding Receives Investment from Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners | Natural Fiber Welding Inc., a Peoria, Illinois-based developer of high-performance, plant-based materials, received a strategic investment from Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. In c... |
| 03.04.2024 | Global Bio-based Leather Market Report 2024, Featuring Ananas Anam, Bioleather, Bolt Threads, Desserto, Hzcork, Modern Meadow, Mycoworks, Natural Fiber Welding, Oleago and Vegea | DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Global Bio-based Leather Market” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The Global Bio-based Leather Market is expected to grow from USD 668.6 million in 2023 to USD 902.4 million by the end ... |
| 09.02.2024 | Natural Fiber Welding Introduces World’s First Plant-Based Cured Natural Rubber Outsoles | US Plant-based material company Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) has developed PLIANT, a 100% biobased material made from plants, not plastic, designed for outsoles.
PLIANT is made with natural rubber derived from the sap of the Hevea brasiliens... |
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| 02.12.2022 | Unless And NFW Debut The World’s First Regenerative Sneaker | The Unless Degenerate is the world's first regenerative sneaker, made entirely from plant and ... [+] mineral-based materials. Unless |
| 01.12.2022 | The exec behind Adidas' partnership with Kanye West just released a biodegradable sneaker expected to be a 'game changer' for the industry | Unless Collective's "Degenerate" sneaker, which biodegrades Courtesy Unless Collective
Unless Collective, cofounded by Eric Liedtke, on Thursday unveiled its first sneaker. Like the startup's apparel, the shoes are biodegradable a... |
| 04.07.2022 | Veshin Announces Partnership With Natural Fiber Welding | Sustainable fashion factory Veshin has partnered with Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) to produce accessories made with the company’s leather alternative, Mirum.
As part of the partnership, a team of expert designers and craftspeople with decade... |
| 14.04.2022 | Natural Fiber Welding nabs $85M Series B | Natural Fiber Welding has raised $85 million from investors including Evolution VC Partners and BMW i Ventures. The Illinois-based company is a manufacturer of sustainable plant-based textiles that are designed to reduce microplastic pollut... |
| 13.04.2022 | Natural Fiber Welding Closes $85M Series B Funding | Natural Fiber Welding, Inc., a Peoria, IL-based material innovation company, raised $85m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Evolution VC Partners with participation from Tattarang, Lewis & Clark AgriFood, Collaborative Fund, AiiM... |
| 12.04.2022 | NFW Closes $85 Million Series B Round |
PEORIA, IL, Natural Fiber Welding, (NFW) today announced that they have closed an $85 million funding round.
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| 12.04.2022 | NFW Closes $85 Million Series B to Scale First Naturally Circular Materials Platform and Reach New Markets | The Peoria-based company is also extending its product offerings to molded composite materials to enable and encourage global brand partners to design unprecedented, comprehensively circular products.
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| 13.01.2022 | Ralph Lauren : Unveils First-to-Market Product Innovation with the RLX Clarus® Polo, Exclusively at the Australian Open 2022 | Ralph Lauren Unveils First-to-Market Product Innovation with the RLX Clarus® Polo, Exclusively at the Australian Open 2022
Debuts the world's first cotton-based performance material
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| 22.11.2021 | Purpose At Work: How Unreasonable Collaborates With Barclay’s To Give Businesses An ‘Unreasonable’ Advantage | Purpose At Work: How The Unreasonable Group with Barclays PHOTO PROVIDED BY Unreasonable Group |
| 20.11.2021 | Melina Bucher Launches Designer Handbags Made From Mirum Plastic-Free Vegan Leather | German luxury fashion label Melina Bucher has launched handbags made with Mirum®, an entirely biodegradable and plastic-free leather alternative made by Natural Fiber Welding (NFW).
Founded in 2019, Melina Bucher is an ethical and sustainab... |
| 16.09.2021 | NFW and Patagonia Affirm Commitment to Sustainable Materials | When it comes to performance, we’ve learned that nature does it best. We have been able to decisively prove that not only can natural materials perform just as well as synthetics, but unlike plastic-based materials, they can also sustainabl... |
| 16.07.2021 | BMW Invests in “Comprehensively Sustainable” Textile Company Natural Fiber Welding | BMW i Ventures, the investment arm of car manufacturer BMW, has invested in plant-based textile company Natural Fiber Welding. The company produces Mirum, a leather alternative made entirely from biodegradable ingredients.
Mirum is said to ... |
| 15.07.2021 | Natural Fiber Welding Raises $15M in Funding | Natural Fiber Welding (NFW), a Peoria, IL-based developer of technologies based on the sustainable use of plants and natural fibers to obtain durable goods and textiles, raised $15M in funding.
The round was led by The Community Development... |
| 13.07.2021 | Natural Fiber Welding Raises $15M to Spur Growth in Automotive and Textile Markets | Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) With this new funding, NFW will continue to scale production to meet the needs of existing partnerships and move into new markets like the automotive industry that need a permanent, sustainable solution to replac... |
| 15.06.2021 | Natural Fiber Welding Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum | Natural Fiber Welding In the company’s role as Technology Pioneer, NFW will continue to help tackle society’s dependence on petroleum and create a textile supply chain fueled entirely by natural materials, not oil and other finite fossil re... |
| 02.04.2021 | NFW Collaborates with Richemont to Advance Innovation and Sustainability Initiatives in Luxury Goods | Natural Fiber Welding Through their collaboration with Richemont, NFW continues to demonstrate the attractiveness of their materials to even the most discerning clients, as well as their dedication to scaling the technology.
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| 30.03.2021 | Ecovative sees a fungal future for fashion, food and foam packaging and has a fresh $60M to make it | Eben Bayer has spent the better part of 14 years proving out the power of the humble mushroom as the world’s truly functional food.
As the chief executive and founder of Ecovative Design, Bayer has made replacements for foam packaging, lamp... |
| 10.03.2021 | Anthony Traymore named General Counsel for Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. | Traymore brings significant expertise in all aspects of corporate law with deep knowledge of intellectual property, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, e-commerce and digital transformation.
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| 02.03.2021 | Chicago startups raise nearly $200M in February | This is a roundup of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the last month. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
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| 25.02.2021 | Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December | The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding.
Announced this morning, the investment in Natural Fiber Weldin... |
| 04.02.2021 | Natural Fiber Welding Builds Dedicated Mirum® Production Facility | "NFW is pioneering an entirely new system that will enable humanity to break our addiction to synthetic plastics in major global industries. Making our clothes, shoes, furniture, and automobiles from plants grown by regenerative agricu... |
| 13.08.2020 | Ralph Lauren invests in Illinois materials startup | A startup in downstate Peoria wants to help Ralph Lauren make clothes of the future.
Natural Fiber Welding, a startup that turns recycled cotton into new high-performance materials, announced Thursday that it received a minority investment ... |
| 02.07.2019 | Natural Fiber Welding: “Mirum Will be the Standard in Vegan Leather – a Standard Where Vegan Will Mean Plants and Never Plastic.” | Founder & CEO Dr. Luke Haverhal
Founded in 2015 on the premise that our planet is too dependent on petroleum-based products, Natural Fiber Welding is a technology company that is disrupting the plastic and synthetics industries.
NFW has... |
| 04.06.2019 | Vegan Leather – Made Without the Moo Or the Toxic Glue | By unlocking nature’s potential, Natural Fiber Welding is changing the face of the plastic industry. Using soon to be patented methods, the company is producing Mirum, a new style of leather that is made from agricultural waste and is fully... |
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