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VitroLabs scoops $47m of funding to build 'world first' lab-grown leather plant

Michael Holder

Michael Holder

09 May 2022 • 2 min read

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Investors in the fundraising round include luxury fashion group Kering and Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio

Biotech start-up VitroLabs has secured $47m to support plans to build the "world's first" pilot production plant for lab-grown leather, after a host of big-name investors including Hollywood actor Leonado...

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