Hide Biotech
Hide Biotech is transforming fishing industry waste into a sustainable collagen-based biomaterial.
As the fashion and textile industry is responsible for 10-15% of global greenhouse gases emissions, the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion and other organisations are calling for a new fashion economy. Unfortunately the alternative materials in leather are difficult to produce and not nearly as popular or scalable as animal leather. At least, for now.
Leveraging state-of-the-art protein chemistry and engineering technologies, Hide Bio obtains collagen, the fundamental protein of skin structure, and reassembles it into a biomaterial. Hide Bio’s sustainable biomaterials are high quality and surpass traditional materials in terms of environmental credentials.
Founder
Yudi Ding
CEO
Yudi holds a PhD in Organic and Protein Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and an Engineering degree at Ecole Polytechnique. He has worked for Johnson & Johnson in manufacturing QA and in the advanced research unit at L’Oréal, developing new anti-ageing molecules.
Milestones
Founded at Entrepreneur First
Seed ($1.3 million)
Seed extension ($4.5 million)