Our Innovation History
Nature has already invented technologies for making the products we need and love in harmony with the planet. The key is knowing where to find them: in the form of abundant mushrooms in old-growth forests, and the mycelial webs that produce them. We call this The Forager’s Secret, because for centuries, those who wander the woods for mushrooms have known nature’s resilient abundance, moving in a collaborative relationship with the living world that directly inspires Ecovative’s research into mycelial materials, engineering, and biofabrication.
Ecovative Story
First Experimental
MycoComposite Material
2006
MycoComposite Material
Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre
Founded Ecovative
2007
Founded Ecovative
Lemelson-MIT Prize
awarded to Eben
2008
awarded to Eben
Postcard Lottery
Green Challenge Winner
2008
Green Challenge Winner
Eben Bayer
TEDGlobal Presentation
2008
TEDGlobal Presentation
MycoBoard™
Wood Replacement
2009
Wood Replacement
MycoComposite™
Launch
2009
Launch
Mushroom® Packaging
(formerly EcoCradle)
2009
(formerly EcoCradle)
Greener Packaging
Innovator of the Year
2010
Innovator of the Year
Steelcase Partnership
(formerly EcoCradle)
2010
(formerly EcoCradle)
EPA Environmental
Quality Award
2010
Quality Award
Dell Partnership
2011
Dupont Award for
Packaging Innovation
2011
Packaging Innovation
World Economic Forum
Tech Pioneer Award
2011
Tech Pioneer Award
Series B Raise with
3M, RPI and DOEN
2012
3M, RPI and DOEN
Sealed Air
Partnership
2012
Partnership
Cradle2Cradle
Gold Certified
2012
Gold Certified
Biodegradable
Drone
2013
Drone
UN Climate
Summit Keynote
2013
Summit Keynote
Buckminster Fuller
Challenge Winner
2013
Challenge Winner
Biopolymer
Exploration
2014
Exploration
Tibbetts
Award
2014
Award
MyOMy Mycelium
Leather Handbag
Prototype
2014
Leather Handbag
Prototype
Prototype
30 Under 30
2015
30 Under 30
Gunlocke
Partnership
2015
Partnership
Grow-lt-Yourself
Kits Launch
2015
Kits Launch
Series C Raise
2016
IKEA
Partnership
2016
Partnership
First International
MycoComposite™ Licensee
2016
MycoComposite™ Licensee
Ellen MacArthur
Foundation
Innovation Prize
2017
Foundation
Innovation Prize
AirMycelium™
Foundation
Platform Launch
2017
Foundation
Platform Launch
Launch Grow.bio
Education
2018
Education
Bolt Threads
Licenses AirMycelium
Technology
2018
Licenses AirMycelium
Technology
MyOMy Mycelium
Leather Handbag
Prototype
2018
Leather Handbag
Prototype
Apparel
2019
Footwear
2019
Beauty
2019
Food
2019
Cell-Based
Meat
2019
Meat
Mycelium
Foundry Opens
2019
Foundry Opens
First Mycelium Meat
Analog Created
2019
Analog Created
Second International
MycoComposite™ Licensee
2019
MycoComposite™ Licensee
First US
MycoComposite
Licensee
2019
MycoComposite
Licensee
Market
Exploration
2019
Exploration
My®ForestFoods
Launched
2020
Launched
Second US
MycoComposite™
Licensee
2020
MycoComposite™
Licensee
Third International
MycoComposite Licensee
2021
MycoComposite Licensee
Operating Largest
Mycelium Farm
in the World
2021
Mycelium Farm
in the World
$60MM
Series D
2022
Series D
Forager™ Hides
Launch
2022
Launch
Debut Forager Hides
Lineapelle Milan
2023
Lineapelle Milan
Swersey Silos
Groundbreaking
2023
Groundbreaking