Ukrainian startup Mycelia Tech has launched the first products made from self-grown plant leather. The Ivano-Frankivsk-based company is researching the properties of mycelium, a root-like structure of fungi, to create a sustainable biomaterial, the startup team shared with AIN.
Photo: Mycelia Tech for Promprylad
"We are excited to announce the launch of the first finished products made from our material. Shuflia craftswomen are helping us with this. This is a very important step for us, as we strive to create a perfect material that is accessible to people and brands. Affordable, with high quality and durability," Marta Kondrin, co-founder of Mycelia Tech startup and Shuflia craft manufactory, says.
Together with biotechnologist Oleh Leshchak, the team continues to work on the project in the laboratory of the Precarpathian National University and the laboratory of the Center for Development and Product Design Pole at Promprylad in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Photo: Mycelia Tech for Promprylad
You can buy the products on the Mycelia Tech website. Every UAH 200 of the sold products will be used to 3D print items for our defenders. Mycelia Tech has been doing this kind of printing for six months already at its laboratory.
