Mycel (CEO Sungjin Sah) attended the Korea-US Startup Summit, which was held from Sept 20th(Tues) to the 21st(Wed, local time) in Pier 17 in New York, USA.
Mycel is an eco-friendly startup that utilizes the physiological, biochemical, and physical properties of mushrooms and fungus to develop and produce industrial and food materials such as leather and protein (meat) using mycelium obtained from a bio process. After splitting off from Hyundai Motors in 2020, they have focused on developing a differentiated biomanufacturing process by continuing to improve raw material cultivation, materialization research, and facility development,
The processing of mycelium-based material processing drastically reduces the amount of water used and carbon emissions in comparison to animal-based material processing, and being able to repurpose industrial by-products into high-value raw materials is expected to enable collaboration with various industrial partners.
The company explained that Mycel’s mycelium protein has a much better texture, taste, and smell compared to currently used soy-based textured vegetable protein (TVP). The length and thickness of mycelium produced as fungi grow are structurally similar to that of meat fibers. It has no smell or odor, and is white, allowing it to be introduced as an ideal material to be used for a wide variety of food products.
In addition, mycelium leather shows a comparable durability and flexibility to that of animal leather. It also does not require the environmentally burdensome facilities such as wide farmlands and slaughterhouses that animal leathers require, minimizing spatial requirements as leather can be produced within 2 weeks if you simply have the fungi and fermenter. At the same time, unlike existing vegan leathers that imitate animal leathers by pulverizing raw materials and blending them with chemical products and materials, the unique property of mycelium that tightly intertwines with itself allows it to imitate the properties of animal leather on its own.
Mycel Project was awarded the ‘Global Media Award’ and was recognized for its innovation and eco-friendliness at the ‘Korea-U.S. Startup Summit.’ ‘Global Media Award’ at the ‘Korea-U.S. Startup Summit,’ selected by a panel of judges including Aving News, Lecafedugeek (French media), Lon.TV (American tech YouTube channel), Geekazine, and IT specialized media Übergizmo among others. Evaluated through a diverse set of criteria, the award is presented to excellent products based on product technology, innovation, marketability and audience response and critique.
On the other hand, the Korea-U.S.STARTUP SUMMIT hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups(Minister Young Lee) and supervised by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development(Director Yongmoon Kim) and Korea Venture Investment is providing scene of network between South Korean startups and global companies, VC and startups from New York with the nickname Silicon Alley where ecosystem and IT industry are well-developed. Through this event, they are seeking new business models of K-startups and advances into the global market, and promotes domestic investment of global capital. During the event, a corporate PR booth (joint pavilion between large corporation-startup) was set up, and U.S. VC and investment attraction IR, AC, Tech Media, and meetups and seminars were held with companies succeeded to enter the U.S. market.
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마이셀, ‘한-미 스타트업 서밋’서 버섯·곰팡이 균사체 활용한 단백질과 가죽 소재 알려... ‘글로벌 미디어 어워드’ 선정!
마이셀(대표 사성진)은 9월 20일(화)부터 21일(수, 현지 시각)까지 미국 뉴욕 Pier 17에서 개최된 ‘한-미 스타트업 서밋(KOREA-U.S. STARTUP SUMMIT)’에 참가했다.
마이셀은 버섯·곰팡이 균의 생리적, 생화학적, 물리적 특성을 활용해 바이오 공정에서 얻어진 균사체로 가죽과 단백질(고기) 등 산업 및 식품 소재를 개발, 생산하는 친환경 스타트업이다. 지난 2020년 현대자동차에서 분사한 후, 원재료 배양부터 소재화 연구, 설비 개발을 지속 개선해오며 차별화된 생물제조 프로세스 개발에 몰두했다.
한편, 중소벤처기업부(장관 이영)가 주최하고 창업진흥원(원장 김용문)과 한국벤처투자가 주관한 한-미 스타트업 서밋은 실리콘앨리라 불릴 만큼 스타트업 생태계와 IT 산업이 발달한 뉴욕에서 현지의 글로벌 기업, VC, 스타트업과 한국의 스타트업 간 네트워크를 형성하는 자리를 마련했다. 이를 통해 K-스타트업의 새로운 비즈니스 모델 모색과 글로벌 진출을 도모하고 글로벌 자본의 국내 투자 유치도 추진한다. 행사 기간 기업 홍보부스(대기업-스타트업 공동관)를 조성하고, 미국 VC와 투자유치 IR, AC·테크미디어·미국 진출 성공기업과 밋업, 세미나를 운영했다.
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