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Los Angeles textile-to-textile molecular recycler; cycora® regenerated polyester with Inditex €70M+ supply deal and Goldwin FW2025 partnership; $44M raised with 250,000 T-shirt/day facility by 2026 competing with Evrnu for circular fashion materials.
Ambercycle is a Los Angeles, California-based materials science company — backed with approximately $44 million in total funding including investments from Goldwin Play Earth Fund, Shinkong Synthetic Fibers, and others — providing the global apparel and textile industry with cycora®, the world's first commercial-scale textile-to-textile regenerated polyester produced through the company's proprietary Ambercycling™ molecular regeneration technology that transforms post-consumer textile waste into virgin-grade polyester fiber. Key brand partnerships include Inditex/Zara (€70+ million three-year supply agreement), Athleta, REI, Reformation, and GANNI, with manufacturing through MAS Holdings. Ambercycle plans to open a commercial-scale facility capable of processing the equivalent of 250,000 T-shirts per day by 2026. cycora® won Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024 recognition. Founded 2015 by UC Davis alumni Shay Sethi (CEO) and Moby Ahmed.
Kering-owned (KER) Italian luxury house with $7-9B revenue competing with LVMH and Hermes; Gucci Ancora creative direction under Sabato De Sarno addressing 2024 revenue decline from Chinese luxury slowdown.
Gucci is a Florence, Italy-based luxury fashion house — among the world's most recognized luxury brands — designing and retailing leather goods, handbags, shoes, clothing, watches, jewelry, fragrances, and eyewear under its interlocking double-G logo identity globally. Owned by Kering Group (Euronext Paris: KER, which also owns Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, and Balenciaga), Gucci generates approximately €7-9 billion in annual revenue as Kering's largest brand, operating 500+ directly operated stores across 60+ countries. In 2023, Kering appointed Sabato De Sarno as creative director (replacing Alessandro Michele), launching the "Gucci Ancora" collection that returned the brand toward refined Italian elegance from Michele's ornate maximalist decade.
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