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Our Story in the World

A living timeline of Ecovative’s journey—captured by journalists, designers, scientists, and partners around the globe. Each card links to the original source and a local archive for resilience.

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)

TEDGlobal “Are mushrooms the new plastic?”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Ideas2010
TED (2010)

Replacing packaging foam with fungus

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2010
Wired (2010)

Dell grows mushroom packaging for servers

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2011
Forbes (2011)

Dell first to use mushroom packaging

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2011
SustainableBusiness (2011)

Steelcase introduces bio-based packaging

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2010
Steelcase PR (2010)

Sealed Air licensing Mushroom Packaging

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2012
Sealed Air IR (2012)

CNN Money: Ford car parts made of mushrooms

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Industrial2011
CNN (2011)

New Yorker profile “Form and Fungus”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Narrative2013
New Yorker (2013)

Guardian “Can mushrooms replace plastic?”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2013
Guardian (2013)

PBS NOVA “Mushroom Material”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Video2013
PBS (2013)

CNN video “Mushrooms: future of packaging”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Video2014
CNN/YT (2014)

Wired “DIY kit lets you make designs out of mushrooms”

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)DIY2014
Wired (2014)

Weather.com: IKEA tests mushroom packaging

Origins & Packaging (2007–2015)Packaging2016
Weather (2016)
Architecture & Design (2013–2014)

Hy-Fi preview

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
Buckminster Fuller Institute (2014)

Hy-Fi build recap

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
BFI (2014)

40-foot tower made of fungus

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
Wired (2014)

Behind Hy-Fi mycelium bricks

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
ArchDaily (2014)

Holcim Foundation case study

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
Holcim (2014)

TED Blog: tower of mushroom bricks

Architecture & Design (2013–2014)Architecture2014
TED Blog (2014)
Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)

Fashion for Good cooperative launch (PVH, Bestseller)

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2021
PRNewswire (2021)

PANGAIA & Vivobarefoot foam collab

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2022
BusinessWire (2022)

Reformation & Wolverine join cooperative

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2022
BusinessWire (2022)

ECCO Leather x Ecovative hides

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2022
Textiles.org (2022)

Vogue Business: leather alternatives club

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2022
Vogue (2022)

Vogue Business: leather alternatives (mirror)

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2022
Vogue Business (2022)

Dr. Conny Wittke named Forager President

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Fashion2024
BusinessWire (2024)

Limbraco machinery alliance (AirMycelium)

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Equipment2023
BusinessWire (2023)

Limbraco partnership coverage

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Equipment2023
FoodNavigator (2023)

Balenciaga Ephea coat (sector context)

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Category Context2022
Vogue Business (2022)

Designboom: walls, packaging, meat ambitions

Fashion / Forager Track (2021–2026)Cross-sector2019
Designboom (2019)
Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)

Atlast $40M Series A

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2021
PRNewswire (2021)

Atlast $40M coverage

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2021
Forbes (2021)

Axios: Swersey Silos largest aerial mycelium farm

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Scale2022
Axios (2022)

MyForest Foods $15M Series A-2 + new CEO

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2023
FinSMEs (2023)

MyForest Foods $15M A-2 coverage

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2023
FoodBusinessNews (2023)

MyForest blog: $11M + 1,200 doors

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Traction2025
MyForest (2025)

Yumda recap of $11M raise

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Traction2025
Yumda (2025)

Times Union: Green Island 180k sq ft expansion

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Scale2025
Times Union (2025)

HortiDaily: $28M raise for bacon + eco-leather

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2025
HortiDaily (2025)

BusinessWire: $30M+ Series E global distribution

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Funding2023
BusinessWire (2023)

FoodNavigator: Limbraco partnership for animal-free meat

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Equipment2023
FoodNavigator-USA (2023)

Current site metrics (3,300+ PODs, DM+, 18 yrs)

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)KPIs2026
Ecovative.com (2026)

PBS NOVA “Mushroom Bacon” clip (airmycelium food)

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Video2024
PBS (2024)

Bloomberg Quicktake “Future of Plant-Based Meat” (Atlast)

Food / MyForest Track (2020–2026)Video2021
Bloomberg (2021)
Capital & Institutional (2021–2025)

$60M Series D

Capital & Institutional (2021–2025)Funding2021
PRNewswire (2021)

Series E $30M+

Capital & Institutional (2021–2025)Funding2023
BusinessWire (2023)

$28M round

Capital & Institutional (2021–2025)Funding2025
HortiDaily (2025)

Albany/Advance grants/loan

Capital & Institutional (2021–2025)Funding2025
Times Union (2025)
Ideas & Media (2010–2026)

TED Talk “Are mushrooms the new plastic?”

Ideas & Media (2010–2026)Ideas2010
TED (2010)

Manufacturing.net: “Are mushrooms the new plastic?”

Ideas & Media (2010–2026)Ideas2010
Manufacturing.net (2010)

TED Blog “9 ways mushrooms could drastically improve the world”

Ideas & Media (2010–2026)Ideas2014
TED Blog (2014)

TED Ideas: curb plastic addiction citing MycoFoam

Ideas & Media (2010–2026)Ideas2017
TED (2017)

Forbes profile “Made From Mushrooms…”

Ideas & Media (2010–2026)Narrative2016
Forbes (2016)
Sector Context (Mycelium Leather Landscape)

Balenciaga Ephea coat

Sector Context (Mycelium Leather Landscape)Context2022
Vogue Business (2022)