# Gozen Bioworks

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/gozen-bioworks

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey
- Website: www.gozen-bioworks.com
- Total disclosed funding: $0.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Aug 31, 2022)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Based in Istanbul, Turkey, and founded in 2020 by Ece Gözen Akin (CEO), Gozen Bioworks is a multidisciplinary material science and design company that invents and develops microbe-derived leather to be used in the fashion, footwear, automotive, and home goods industries industry. In August 2022, Gozen Bioworks raised USD 525,000 in seed funding from new investors Genesis Consortium and SOSV.

The firm’s product Xylozen™ is an animal-free and plastic-free premium leather alternative to conventional and synthetic leather that is derived from lab-grown bio enzymes. The leather thus produced is stronger and thinner than its animal-based alternatives and offers a sustainable solution to the fashion industry.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Aug 31, 2022, $0.5M — SOSV, Genesis Consortium

## Investors

- SOSV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sosv) — Seed
- Genesis Consortium — Seed