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

Sr./Lead Skin Tissue Engineering Scientist

On-SiteParis, Île-de-, FR

On-Site • Paris, Île-de-, FR

Job Description Faircraft develops a sustainable alternative to leather based on cell culture.

We are looking for a skilled Sr./Lead Scientist with experience in Skin Tissue Engineering to join our Applied Research team. Your knowledge in producing and characterizing Skin Tissue in vitro models will be needed to fulfill your missions at Faircraft. You will be part of a highly skilled and interdisciplinary team of world-class scientists working in the development of our cultivated leather.

Main Tasks You will lead or significantly contribute to applied research initiatives focused on developing robust, scalable in vitro cultivated leather alternatives.

Expertise is required in cellular biology and skin tissue engineering, with more than 5 years of experience in academic and/or industrial research.

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