# Rubi Laboratories

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/rubi-laboratories

- Industry: Materials
- Headquarters: Alameda, US
- Website: www.rubi.earth
- Total disclosed funding: $18M
- Latest round: Seed (Feb 16, 2023)
- Investors on record: 13

## About

Founded in 2020 by Neeka and Leila Mashouf, and based in California, US, Rubi Laboratories, Inc. turns carbon emissions into natural carbon-negative textiles. The company is building a future where human prosperity and economic growth are planet-positive. 

In March 2026, Rubi Laboratories, Inc. raised USD 7.5 million in venture funding co-led by AP Ventures and FH One Investments, with participation from CMPC Ventures, Understorey Ventures, Talis Capital and H&M Group Ventures. As of 2022, Neeka Mashouf is the CEO of the company.

The company creates carbon-negative cellulosic textiles through its patent-pending, cell-free biocatalytic process that includes viscose. The firm's technology unlocks CO2 as a natural resource for making things and directly synthesizes the fibers from CO2. 

The company will use the March 2026 funding to scale its production system to an industrial demonstration level and accelerate the commercialization of materials produced from carbon dioxide.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Feb 16, 2023, $13M — Collaborative Fund, Plug and Play, Talis Capital, Tin Shed Ventures, Incite Ventures, H&M Group Ventures, Darco Capital, Necessary Ventures, CapitalX, Climactic, Axial VC, Cayuse Partners, LLC., Climate Capital
- Seed, Feb 16, 2022, $4.5M — Collaborative Fund, Plug and Play, Talis Capital, Incite Ventures, Darco Capital, Necessary Ventures, CapitalX, Climactic, Axial VC, Cayuse Partners, LLC., Climate Capital

## Investors

- Collaborative Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/collaborative-fund) — Seed
- Plug and Play (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/plug-and-play) — Seed
- Talis Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/talis-capital) — Seed
- Incite Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/incite-ventures) — Seed
- Darco Capital — Seed
- Necessary Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/necessary-ventures) — Seed
- CapitalX (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/capitalx) — Seed
- Climactic (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/climactic) — Seed
- Axial VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/axial-vc) — Seed
- Cayuse Partners, LLC. — Seed
- Climate Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/climate-capital) — Seed
- Tin Shed Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tin-shed-ventures) — Seed
- H&M Group Ventures — Seed