michael newton

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American executive who spent a decade at Nike driving high-performance product innovation and supply chain sustainability. Joined Qorium (spelled Cororeium in transcript) to commercialize cellular agriculture technology from Maastricht University (Prof. Mark Post) for animal-free real leather, targeting the $100B leather market. Recently closed a €22M Series A.

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Qorium CEO targets $100B leather market with animal-free cellular agriculture

Qorium uses bovine fibroblasts and cellular agriculture to grow real leather without animals, offering a uniform, consistent product that drops into existing tannery supply chains. The company targets the top 30% of the $100B leather market (luxury goods and automotive) and aims for price parity with no green premium, planning to scale to millions of square meters annually.

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Qorium CEO targets $100B leather market with animal-free cellular agriculture
Qorium uses bovine fibroblasts and cellular agriculture to grow real leather without animals, offering a uniform, consistent product that drops into existing tannery supply chains. The company targets the top 30% of the $100B leather market (luxury goods and automotive) and aims for price parity with no green premium, planning to scale to millions of square meters annually.
"Cororeium is a company that makes beautiful leather. Uh, we do that involving no cows and no animals at all. And so, there's obviously a massive sustainability benefits what we do…"
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