Qorium raises \u20ac 2.6 million to expand R&D to scale up its cell cultured collagen based leather technology. Brightlands Venture Partners led the investment round and was joined by an undisclosed reputed international biotech investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qorium is a biotechnology driven company aiming to provide the world with a premium, cell cultured collagen-based leather. Qorium was founded in 2014, by Rutger Ploem, Stef Kranendijk, Mark Post and Maastricht University, and recently realized a proof of concept of cultivated real leather, a true breakthrough. Compared to conventional leather Qorium\u2019s cultivated leather is made by using 99% less water, 66% less energy, without the most polluting first two phases of the tanning process and, importantly, without any methane gas as emitted by the numerous cows responsible for the global 2 billion square meter\/year conventional leather market. With the current funding large sheets of cultivated real leather, will be made from just a few living cells from a bovine skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stef Kranendijk, co-CEO and co-founder at Qorium says: \u201cOur aim is to develop an expected fast growing cultivatedleather market. We look forward to provide real high-quality leather made in a dramatically more sustainable way than conventional leather. This will be a game changing, revolutionary transformation of the current leather market.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n