# Future Tech Lab

> Future Tech Lab is a VC fund in Stockholm backing Fashion and Textiles. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ftlab/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/miraduma
- Website: http://ftlab.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FutureTechLab/

Future Tech Lab is a VC fund in Stockholm focused on Fashion and Textiles. Equal parts investment company, multinational accelerator, and experimental laboratory, Future Tech Lab (FTL) is a hybrid created to both disrupt and transform the fashion ecosystem.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Future Tech Lab. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Future Tech Lab. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ftl-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 3 | 38% |
| Textiles | 3 | 38% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 38% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 25% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 63% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 88% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Karthick Gopal | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karthick-gopal |
| Miroslava Duma | CEO and Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miroslava-duma |
| Amanda Parkes | Chief Innovation Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-parkes |
| Fara Mirboboeva | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farah-mirboboeva |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C16 Biosciences | C16 Biosciences is a biotechnology firm that uses microbiology to brew sustainable alternatives to palm oil.Utilizing its exclusive platform, the company is generating innovative ingredients without concessions for top global consumer goods manufacturers. Recently, they introduced the Palmless™ platform for sustainable ingredients, along withtheir inaugural biodesigned ingredient, Torula oil—a premium bioactive oil with clinically proven benefits for enhancing skin and hair health. | $20M | Series A | Mar 02, 2020 |  |
| MycoWorks | MycoWorks is engaged in the creation of sustainable design solutions with advanced biomaterials. The company’s proprietary custom-engineered material is sustainable, versatile, and animal-free, and feels and performs like leather. Their first product, Reishi, and the proprietary platform to make it, Fine Mycelium, are a groundbreaking approach tobiomaterials that delivers unparalleled versatility and unmatched performance in strength, durability, and hand feel. The perfect intersection of art and science, Reishi is the only natural material that performs like cowhide leather and is engineered to meet the highest quality standards.MycoWorks was founded by Sophia Wang and Philip Ross in 2013 and is based in Emeryville, California. | $17M | Series A | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Evrnu | Evrnu is a technology and business model that recycles cotton garment waste to create premium, renewable textiles. It is an innovative new technology that recycles post-consumer cotton textile waste to create premium, renewable fiber. Evrnu reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to polyester production, and water usage by 98% compared to traditionalcotton fiber. | $9.1M | Series A | Oct 02, 2019 |  |
| Dropel Fabrics | Dropel is the performance-based yarn and cotton fibers company. Dropel’s patent-pending technology applies material science and cotton processing technology to make clothing “life proof”, including stain proof and spill proof. Dropel won Demo China’s Silicon Valley Summit in 2016 and was named Apparel magazine’s 2016 Top Innovator. At SXSWInteractive, Dropel was a World Technology finalist, wowing the audience with its presentation at SXSW’s Innovative World Technology forum. |  | Angel | Jan 15, 2017 |  |
| VitroLabs | VitroLabs is a startup working on the cutting edge of 3D tissue engineering using stem cell-based technologies. The company develops a fully scalable tissue engineering platform combining the latest breakthroughs in stem cell research and biomaterials. It manufactures real leather without the need to raise and slaughter animals using breakthroughsin stem cell research and tissue engineering.VitroLabs was founded on 2016 and is based in San Jose, California. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Worn Again Technologies | Worn Again has developed a disruptive, game-changing chemical textile to textile recycling technology that can break down and recapture the raw materials in old clothing and textiles to be reintroduced into the supply chain as new. It is unique in addressing the problem of mixed fibre textiles while overcoming other barriers in current recyclingmethods, including the inability to remove dyes and other contaminants. |  |  | May 01, 2016 |  |
| Diamond Foundry | We are delivering the future of tetrahedrally crystallized carbon, aka diamond: a material with a dozen of the most extreme properties of any in the universe.Our proprietary manufacturing technology can now deliver diamond at mining scale -- without the social & environmental toll of mining.In our zero-emission foundry, we sustainablycreate diamond for the jewelry and semiconductor industries.Our VRAI brand brings iconic innovation in diamond jewelry direct to consumers.Our semiconductor solutions address the key challenge limiting the performance of everything from electric cars to 5G wireless to cloud & AI compute: heat dissipation. | $50M | Series A | Nov 15, 2015 |  |
| Reformation | Reformation designs limited-edition collections and manufactures styles in their downtown Los Angeles factory. This allows the company to release designs that reflect the latest fashion trends within a few weeks. By cutting out the middleman and selling in own boutiques and online store, Reformation is able to control costs and pass these savingsto customers. Reformation also sources vintage garments and sustainable fabrics and incorporates green practices throughout its supply chain to make beautiful styles at a fraction of the environmental impact generated by most fashion brands. | $12M | Series A | Apr 02, 2015 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [14W](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/14-w) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplifyher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifyher-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Future Tech Lab invest in?

Future Tech Lab invests primarily in Fashion, Textiles and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Future Tech Lab?

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### Who are the partners at Future Tech Lab?

The team at Future Tech Lab includes Karthick Gopal (Partner), Miroslava Duma (CEO and Founder) and Amanda Parkes (Chief Innovation Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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