Spiber

Spiber is a Japanese biomaterials company engaged in the research of synthetic spider silk and other protein-based materials.

Spiber is a business in brand & retail based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2007.

Profile

Spiber is a biomaterials company based in Japan that is garnering attention for QMONOS™, its synthetic spider silk fiber. Spiber has announced a prototype jacket called the MOON PARKA™ with GOLDWIN INC., distributor of The North Face brands in Japan and South Korea. They are also partnered with Kojima Press Industries, a tier-one Toyota supplier, to jointly develop auto parts with its revolutionary protein materials. Spiber raised the most financing of any other startup in Japan in 2015, and is currently scaling up its production to allow for more and more competitive pricing in the future. Reducing society’s reliance upon petroleum-based materials through alternatives such as Spiber’s tailor-made proteins is an absolute necessity for humanity. Spiber is committed to a vision of a truly sustainable future based around synthetic protein materials for industrial use.

Its activity falls under brand & retail; the profile below is assembled from public directory data.

The company is recorded as being based in Tokyo, Japan.

It is recorded at the Private_Equity stage.

The company reports a headcount in the c_00251_00500 range.

Total disclosed funding stands at about $976.1M.

Website: www.spiber.jp/en