Fashion For Good

Fashion For Good is a global initiative established in 2017 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, focused on transforming the fashion industry into a more sustainable and circular model. The organization promotes innovation and practical solutions to improve the design, production, and consumption of fashion. It encompasses six complementary initiatives, including programs aimed at identifying and scaling circular technologies and business models, as well as providing guidance for sustainable practices in fashion. Additionally, Fashion For Good offers a co-working space for like-minded organizations and features the Fashion For Good Experience, which serves as an interactive platform for education and engagement in sustainable fashion. Through these efforts, Fashion For Good aims to foster a fashion industry that benefits companies, communities, and the planet.

Katrin Ley

Managing Director

Rogier Van Mazijk

Investment Manager

30 past transactions

Matoha Instrumentation

Seed Round in 2025
Matoha Instrumentation is a manufacturing company that produces material identification devices.

BlockTexx

Series B in 2024
BlockTexx is an early-stage clean technology company focused on recovering polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing. Utilizing a patent-pending process developed in Australia, the company employs advanced chemical recovery technology to convert textile waste into high-quality recycled materials, specifically rPET pellets and cellulose powder. By operating at the end of the textile value chain, BlockTexx addresses significant environmental challenges associated with waste while also capturing revenue potential from the recycling market. Their innovative multi-fiber recycling ecosystem aims to divert textiles from landfills, thereby contributing to a more sustainable future for the global textile industry.

Zymochem

Series A in 2024
ZymoChem, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Emeryville, California, founded in 2013. It specializes in the development of eco-friendly chemicals and bioprocesses using engineered microbes to convert renewable feedstocks, such as sugars, into industrial chemicals. The company’s bio-manufacturing platform aims to produce bio-based materials while minimizing carbon emissions during production, thereby supporting a carbon-efficient economy. By establishing cost-effective bioprocesses and novel biosynthetic pathways, ZymoChem enables clients to reduce production costs and enhance their competitiveness in the market. Through its innovative approach, the company contributes to sustainable manufacturing practices and the advancement of a real-zero economy.

Natural Fiber Welding

Debt Financing in 2023
Natural Fiber Welding, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Peoria, Illinois, specializes in the manufacturing and supply of sustainable fabrics and materials derived from plants. The company has developed a circularity platform that produces high-performance, plastic-free materials suitable for various industries, including fashion, footwear, automotive, and upholstery. By integrating its innovative technology into existing supply chains, Natural Fiber Welding enables brands to design and scale eco-friendly products effectively.

Kintra Fibers

Venture Round in 2023
Kintra Fibers has developed a proprietary bio-based and compostable polymer that offers apparel brands versatile and strong performance, while retaining plug-and-play manufacturability through the synthetic textile value chain. Kintra materials provide an alternative to fossil-fuel based textiles, which represent 70% of the global fiber market. With a compostable chemistry, Kintra fibers are designed to be digested to CO2 and water within a wastewater treatment facility, solving for clean, microplastic-free oceans and soil. To enable circularity, textiles made with Kintra can fit chemical and mechanical recycling schemes, or industrial compost.

Smartex.ai

Series A in 2022
Smartex.ai is an AI and computer vision company that uses automated inspection to detect textile defects. It also uses cutting-edge AI tech in order to solve some of the biggest problems of an outdated yet so relevant sector which is the Textile Industry. Our company is bringing the most sophisticated state-of-the-art technologies of Machine Learning and Computer Vision in order to detect textile defects and irregularities in real-time, acting on the knitting machines as a way to reduce defective production to close to 0%. This high-tech solution is able to not only stop the production of defects during production, using hardware and software but also improve the business by offering a user interface where the factories can check their stats regarding the production.

MYCL | Mycotech Lab

Seed Round in 2022
Mycotech is a mining company which deals on future bio-material with agricultural waste to empower farmers. Starting business since 2012 as mushroom gourmet producers, our team realize that mushroom can save the world. After one year growing mushroom medium, we found mushroom grown bag are become harden and hard to breakdown. Since then we initiate a research to develop this kind of phenomenon from our kitchen by borrowing mom’s pressure cooker. Luckily we don’t have to break many mom’s kitchen tools after had a full access to mycology lab of Indonesian government owned research agency and world class laboratories in Singapore and Switzerland. Since then, the company is developing this material from scratch from lab scale into pilot scale. Our mission is to deliver sustainable material from renewable resources with affordability.

Materra

Seed Round in 2022
Materra provides agriculture, design, transparency, engineering, innovation, cotton, fashion, farming, and sustainability services. They also provide farm management and sustainable cotton farming services.

Biophilica

Seed Round in 2022
Biophilica focuses on transforming green waste into a sustainable leather-like material, offering an innovative alternative to traditional leather. The company has developed Treekind, a plastic-free and polyurethane-free substitute that utilizes non-edible agricultural feedstock and lignocellulosic materials sourced from urban parks and gardens. By creating recyclable and compostable materials, Biophilica provides clients with a non-toxic option that eliminates the use of plastics, contributing to more environmentally friendly practices in material production.

TrusTrace

Series A in 2021
TrusTrace operates a traceability as a service platform designed to enhance transparency and compliance in the fashion supply chain. Founded in 2016 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, with an additional location in Coimbatore, India, the company offers a suite of tools to support product traceability and environmental management. Its primary offerings include T-Tracem, which tracks products from fiber to garment; T-CET, a customer engagement tool; I-CAT, which helps manage the environmental footprint; T-VeM for vendor management; T-BlockS, a blockchain solution for enhanced traceability and collaboration; and T-EMS, an evidence management tool. TrusTrace's technology enables global brands and suppliers to standardize the collection, digitization, and sharing of reliable supply chain data, allowing them to substantiate product claims and ensure regulatory compliance effectively.

Dimpora

Seed Round in 2021
Dimpora produces eco-friendly functional membranes for the outdoor textile industry. The 2D products involve a conventional lamination of the dimpora membrane onto a textile. The waterproof fluorine-free membrane is mainly based on polyurethane and undergoes a template removal approach to create the necessary porosity, thus achieving excellent breathability. Dimpora vision is to provide sustainable solutions for performance wear in order to enjoy nature in its fullest, without damaging it. The company's mission is to innovate and develop the next-generation functional and sustainable high-performance membranes for outdoor enthusiasts.

Graviky Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Graviky Labs specializes in capturing carbon emissions from vehicle exhausts and converting them into usable products. The company has developed a device that retrofits onto fossil fuel-based vehicles, such as cars and trucks, to capture pollution before it is released into the atmosphere. The collected emissions are processed and transformed into inks, paints, and coatings, as well as solutions like ethylene and ethanol. By recycling these pollutants, Graviky Labs aims to provide sustainable alternatives while contributing to environmental preservation.

SeaChange Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
SeaChange Technologies, Inc. is a Raleigh, NC based startup company focused on developing industrial wastewater management solutions. Their novel water treatment systems purify the most complex industrial wastes in a single step, transforming waste into value.

Keel Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Keel Labs is a biomaterials company focused on producing sustainable materials derived from renewable resources, specifically seaweed. The company addresses the ecological damage associated with the fashion industry by developing a platform for creating durable and rapidly degradable yarns from kelp. This innovative approach integrates scientific research and design with waste reduction in textile production, offering a viable alternative to conventional textiles for the footwear and apparel industries. By utilizing kelp, Keel Labs provides a functional and environmentally friendly resource that aims to mitigate the negative impacts of traditional material sourcing.

Reflaunt

Seed Round in 2021
Reflaunt is a platform designed to facilitate the resale and recycling of fashion items directly through brands' e-commerce sites. This service allows customers of fashion brands and retailers to easily resell or recycle their previous purchases, promoting a circular fashion model. The items are subsequently listed across more than 25 marketplaces, which include regions such as North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia, thereby reaching over 50 million secondhand buyers globally. By enabling brands to manage and benefit from second-hand systems, Reflaunt provides customers with options to resell, donate, or recycle their wardrobes, contributing to sustainable fashion practices.

Reflaunt

Series A in 2021
Reflaunt is a platform designed to facilitate the resale and recycling of fashion items directly through brands' e-commerce sites. This service allows customers of fashion brands and retailers to easily resell or recycle their previous purchases, promoting a circular fashion model. The items are subsequently listed across more than 25 marketplaces, which include regions such as North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia, thereby reaching over 50 million secondhand buyers globally. By enabling brands to manage and benefit from second-hand systems, Reflaunt provides customers with options to resell, donate, or recycle their wardrobes, contributing to sustainable fashion practices.

Resortecs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Resortecs is a company focused on advancing sustainability in the fashion industry through innovative design for disassembly. It offers heat-dissolvable stitching threads and thermal disassembly systems that simplify the recycling process for brands and recyclers. The Smart Stitch™ thread is designed to dissolve at specific temperatures, allowing garments to be easily transformed into recyclable materials from the manufacturing stage. Additionally, the Smart Disassembly™ system enables recyclers to efficiently process large volumes of garments, recovering up to 90% of the original fabric without damaging the material. This solution enhances the ability to recycle textiles, aiming to meet the environmental challenges of the fashion industry while maintaining high standards of quality and design. Resortecs is committed to facilitating the circular economy by making recycling more accessible and effective, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable future in fashion.

The Renewal Workshop

Series A in 2021
The Renewal Workshop Inc. is a company based in Cascade Locks, Oregon, that focuses on manufacturing renewed apparel and upcycled materials from discarded textiles. Founded in 2014, it partners with leading brands and retailers to transform unsellable returns and excess inventory into viable products. The company offers a diverse range of items, including jackets, hoodies, dresses, and swimwear, as well as luggage and gift cards. By integrating renewal services for apparel and home goods, The Renewal Workshop aims to minimize waste and promote sustainable practices within the fashion industry. Its operations not only generate revenue for clothing brands through resale but also contribute to reducing environmental impacts associated with textile waste. The products are available through both physical stores and online platforms.

Natural Fiber Welding

Venture Round in 2020
Natural Fiber Welding, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Peoria, Illinois, specializes in the manufacturing and supply of sustainable fabrics and materials derived from plants. The company has developed a circularity platform that produces high-performance, plastic-free materials suitable for various industries, including fashion, footwear, automotive, and upholstery. By integrating its innovative technology into existing supply chains, Natural Fiber Welding enables brands to design and scale eco-friendly products effectively.

Spintex

Seed Round in 2020
Spintex is focused on producing sustainable and cost-effective silk fibers through an innovative biomimetic spinning process inspired by spiders. The company utilizes alternative proteins and a water-based solution to significantly lower energy consumption in fiber production. Spintex's technology is designed to cater to various industries, including aerospace, automotive, and healthcare, by creating high-performance textiles suitable for advanced applications. Additionally, the company aims to incorporate recycling of pre-consumer waste streams, further enhancing its commitment to sustainability in the textile sector.

LIZEE

Seed Round in 2020
LIZEE is a logistics and managed services solution to kick-start your rental business.

Reverse Resources

Venture Round in 2020
Reverse Resources operates a tracking and trading platform focused on textile waste, aiming to enhance transparency in the fashion industry's waste management practices. The platform serves garment factories, cloth mills, and retail brands, allowing them to register and list their waste materials for resale. Recycling firms can then purchase these listed scraps or request specific types of waste, facilitating a more efficient marketplace for textile recyclers. By streamlining the sourcing of waste, Reverse Resources contributes to the scaling of a circular economy and reduces the costs associated with waste management in the fashion sector.

Mango Materials

Series A in 2019
Mango Materials produces a naturally-occurring biopolymer from waste biogas (methane) that are economically competitive with conventional oil-based plastics. Mango Materials is a start-up with a first-class team of engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

Smartex.ai

Seed Round in 2019
Smartex.ai is an AI and computer vision company that uses automated inspection to detect textile defects. It also uses cutting-edge AI tech in order to solve some of the biggest problems of an outdated yet so relevant sector which is the Textile Industry. Our company is bringing the most sophisticated state-of-the-art technologies of Machine Learning and Computer Vision in order to detect textile defects and irregularities in real-time, acting on the knitting machines as a way to reduce defective production to close to 0%. This high-tech solution is able to not only stop the production of defects during production, using hardware and software but also improve the business by offering a user interface where the factories can check their stats regarding the production.

TrusTrace

Seed Round in 2019
TrusTrace operates a traceability as a service platform designed to enhance transparency and compliance in the fashion supply chain. Founded in 2016 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, with an additional location in Coimbatore, India, the company offers a suite of tools to support product traceability and environmental management. Its primary offerings include T-Tracem, which tracks products from fiber to garment; T-CET, a customer engagement tool; I-CAT, which helps manage the environmental footprint; T-VeM for vendor management; T-BlockS, a blockchain solution for enhanced traceability and collaboration; and T-EMS, an evidence management tool. TrusTrace's technology enables global brands and suppliers to standardize the collection, digitization, and sharing of reliable supply chain data, allowing them to substantiate product claims and ensure regulatory compliance effectively.

Sonovia

Seed Round in 2019
Sonovia Ltd. is an Israeli company specializing in the production of ultrasonic coatings for textiles, aimed at creating anti-bacterial and odorless fabrics. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Nano-Textile Ltd., the company developed a unique sono-coating process that leverages cavitation, allowing for a highly effective and environmentally friendly application without the use of chemical binders. This innovative technology is applied to various textiles used in hotels, restaurants, hospitals, and clothing, including patient gowns and bedding. Additionally, Sonovia manufactures reusable masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

&Wider

Venture Round in 2019
&Wider specializes in enhancing supply chain compliance through a worker engagement technology platform. This platform enables companies to conduct due diligence and monitor working conditions across global supply chains. By collecting and analyzing data related to these conditions, &Wider assists businesses in identifying areas for improvement, ultimately fostering continuous enhancements in the lives of workers. The company's approach emphasizes the importance of social justice and human rights within the supply chain, promoting a collaborative and caring environment for all stakeholders involved.

Bext360

Seed Round in 2019
bext360 develops technologies to streamline critical supply chains in emerging economies. Its “bext-to-brew” platform utilizes IoT, blockchain, machine vision and artificial intelligence, to transform the supply chain -- bringing more transparency to the process, allowing for the traceability of products, and ensuring that fair-trade payments are made. A guiding principle of bext360 is to build community, by enabling buyers and other organizations with direct paths to improve the quality of both the product and the communities that provide product.

Stuffstr

Seed Round in 2019
Stuffstr Ltd is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2014. As a public benefit corporation, it focuses on reducing waste through the reuse of unused items. The company has developed a mobile application that facilitates the buyback of used products in partnership with retailers, allowing users to capture value from their items regardless of their condition. Stuffstr's mission is to transform consumer habits and perceptions around purchasing, promoting a more sustainable approach to consumption while enabling communities to profit from the resale of their unused belongings.

Pili

Venture Round in 2018
PILI Inc. is a company based in Paris, France, that specializes in researching and manufacturing bio-fabricated colors derived from microorganisms. Founded in 2012, the company focuses on designing enzymes and fermentation biotechnologies that convert sugar into sustainable and long-lasting dyes and pigments. PILI produces renewable inks as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional toxic and non-recyclable options. The company emerged from a collaboration among a biologist, a designer, and a financial analyst in a biohacker space, leading to the creation of innovative products like a pen fed by bacteria. By utilizing microorganisms, PILI aims to replace petrochemical and non-sustainable vegetable dyes, promoting sustainable development while also helping businesses reduce costs.
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