Faircraft

Faircraft is a material science company revolutionizing the fashion industry by creating lab-grown leather without animals. Leveraging cell biology and advanced material science, they engineer a new class of sustainable materials with exceptional touch and feel properties, high transformability, and a low environmental footprint. Their platform allows brands to fine-tune material characteristics at a cellular level to evoke specific emotions, enabling unique storytelling and design. They are actively seeking collaborations with designers and brands to bring their innovative materials to life.

BiotechnologyEthicalFashionInnovationLab-grownLeatherMaterial ScienceSustainablefaircraft.bio

Faircraft

BiotechnologyEthicalFashionInnovationLab-grownLeatherMaterial ScienceSustainablefaircraft.bio

HQParis, FR

Team Size30

Open Jobs9

Total Funding$20M

Latest Fundraiselast year

TL;DR

What they do: Biofabricated lab-grown real leather for fashion brands (B2B)

HQ & founding: Paris, France — founded 2021

Founders / leadership: Haïkel Balti (Co‑Founder & CEO), Cesar Valencia‑Gallardo (Co‑Founder & CTO)

Stage signal: Reported Series A

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Sustainable materials and alternatives to animal leather for the fashion and luxury industry.

Founded

2021

Industry

Biotechnology Research

Tech Stack

AWS Lambda

CloudFront

Cloudflare

Content Delivery Network

Google Font API

Funding Track Record

Series A

Company listed as having completed a Series A; some funding details are redacted in sources.

Investor Signal

“AFI Ventures, Alliance for Impact, Arthur Waller, Blue Wire Capital, Bpifrance, CapHorn Invest, Entrepreneurs First, Heirloom, Joyance Partners, Kindred Ventures, Nicolas Douay, Sake Bosch”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Faircraft

BiotechnologyEthicalFashionInnovationLab-grownLeatherMaterial ScienceSustainablefaircraft.bio

Faircraft

BiotechnologyEthicalFashionInnovationLab-grownLeatherMaterial ScienceSustainablefaircraft.bio

HQParis, FR

Team Size30

Open Jobs9

Total Funding$20M

Latest Fundraiselast year

TL;DR

What they do: Biofabricated lab-grown real leather for fashion brands (B2B)

HQ & founding: Paris, France — founded 2021

Founders / leadership: Haïkel Balti (Co‑Founder & CEO), Cesar Valencia‑Gallardo (Co‑Founder & CTO)

Stage signal: Reported Series A

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Sustainable materials and alternatives to animal leather for the fashion and luxury industry.

Founded

2021

Industry

Biotechnology Research

Tech Stack

AWS Lambda

CloudFront

Cloudflare

Content Delivery Network

Google Font API

Funding Track Record

Series A

Company listed as having completed a Series A; some funding details are redacted in sources.

Investor Signal

“AFI Ventures, Alliance for Impact, Arthur Waller, Blue Wire Capital, Bpifrance, CapHorn Invest, Entrepreneurs First, Heirloom, Joyance Partners, Kindred Ventures, Nicolas Douay, Sake Bosch”

Founders

What we do

Join the Team

6 months internship - Purification and testing of small proteins to enhance media performance

On-SiteParis, Île-de-, FR

On-Site • Paris, Île-de-, FR

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