Colorifix

A very special project — we're on the green carpet! 💛 We’re thrilled to share that our Colorifix process has made its debut on the global green carpet! This milestone is more than just a moment—it's a testament to the power of collaboration, innovation and artistry in fashion. A heartfelt thank you to the brilliant Aisha Ayensu at Christie Brown for your visionary creativity and to the incredible ambassador Nomzamo Mbatha for representing this project with such elegance and grace. Together, we’ve brought Solar Citrine to life, a radiant colour that symbolises boldness. This journey has been about more than just about colour—it's about pushing boundaries, celebrating craftsmanship and reimagining possibilities for the fashion world. Thank you to The Earthshot Prize for bringing us all together. Here’s to creating a brighter, more sustainable future—one thread, one colour, one step at a time. 🌍

A couple of weeks back, our founder and CEO Orr Yarkoni participated in The Business Fashion Environment Summit 2024, speaking about the future of material innovation with brilliant Amanda Parkes from PANGAIA and Kenji Higashi from Spiber Inc. moderated by Vera Banas. We're also very proud to have been featured in this year's report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Vogue Polska Exploring New Dynamics in Fashion. Read the full report https://lnkd.in/dWcdjHVx

We're in the BBC! 💥 "We hope to show brands and manufacturers they can do the same thing without displacing everyone: you don’t need new dye machines or quality controls. You don’t need to start from scratch. To be sustainable, it has to be socially and financially sustainable; you don’t want to take jobs away or people’s livelihoods away," Orr Yarkoni, CEO and co-founder Colorifix. Read the full article below, thanks Louise Parry for a great chat.

We're coming to New York! For this year's Climate Week, our COO Christopher Hunter will speak with Robert Carleke from IKEA at our brilliant investor and partner Regeneration.VC Annual General Meeting. The programme is a convergence of ideation, innovation and investment. This year's event will gather hundreds of financial visionaries, policy architects, storytelling gurus and conservation champions with the aim to explore how to bring technology and industry back in harmony with planetary boundaries.  Apply to attend - https://lu.ma/67q1hg77 or if you're in New York, reach out! 💙

HOW do you create this insanely vibrant colour without any toxic chemicals!? 💡 Happy you ask! Sometimes we also feel like it's too good to be true. Here's a breakdown of our process, from creating the pigment in our laboratories in Norwich to testing at our Cambridge site until it finally reaches our customer's site in Portugal where it's grown and used at a commercial scale. Thank you team, for making it look so easy that we can put it into a five-slide-post. Every colour has its journey, just as we do - on our way to making colours that are better for everyone. 💛

We have a new colour! 💫 🌼 🍋 ⭐ ☀ Our team is no stranger to hard work, but calling this a team effort would be an understatement. After years of tireless dedication, we're absolutely thrilled to finally share it with the world—and with our customers. Solar Glow is more than just a stunning colour. It's a significant milestone for us and the industry proving that vibrant and eye-catching colours can be created through biology, without relying on toxic chemicals. At a commercial scale. Stay tuned for more. 💛

For the last few years, every time a new team member joined us, they would hear "You're really joining at the most exciting time" from several colleagues. That says a lot about the dynamic environment in a fast-moving scale-up. 🤘 We're now looking for an inspiring and experienced Head of Informatics to manage our talented team of software developers, data scientists, and engineers in building creative and flexible solutions that will significantly impact our business. So if you are interested or know someone that would be a right fit, we're looking forward to hearing from you! And to be clear: this is the most exciting time to join us.

Collaboration and scaling - two words that get us very excited. That's probably why our partnership with Siderquímica is a very important one for us. This week, we celebrated a game-changing moment: the inauguration of their very first textile biotech laboratory in Brusque, Santa Catarina, marking our official entry into Brazil. 🇧🇷 This is a massive milestone, and we’re ready for all the hard work ahead as we join forces to transform the textile industry together. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen. More to come!

We're on a podcast! 💥 And not just any podcast. Our co-founder and CSO Jim Ajioka joins the brilliant Brooke Roberts-Islam and Helene Steiner to discuss the challenges of textile innovation and struggles (!) of changing the fashion industry for the better - moderated by Mili John Tharakan. The perfect summer listen to learn more about the people and start-ups working to change one of the largest industries in the world. And get excited to join us on the journey. We need all the help we can get, to say the least. Listen where you get your podcast but here's a link to YouTube https://lnkd.in/eUjwa-Hy

Today, our co-founder and CEO Orr Yarkoni was awarded The Princess Royal Silver medal by Royal Academy of Engineering which recognises an outstanding and demonstrated personal contribution to UK engineering. Colorifix was born out of the environmental devastation witnessed on the ground of textile effluents in Bangladesh and Nepal by our founders Orr and Jim. They realised that there has to be a way to create colour and put it on fabric the same way nature does, without harming our planet and its people. It has taken them on a decade-long journey to make that idea real and working. A day to celebrate all the hard work achieved and to get excited for all the hard work still ahead! 💙