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Nov 21, 2022

Are we ready for a future fabricated by biology?

A future built by biology The promise that biology holds the answers to the world’s biggest problems feels almost too tantalising. Could a solution be this elegant? This claim increasingly seems more legitimate despite our tendency to overhype nature’s benevolence. Earlier this year, our founder, Veronica Stevenson, travelled to New…

Biology

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Are we ready for a future fabricated by biology?
Are we ready for a future fabricated by biology?
Biology

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May 26, 2022

We closed a NZ$5M oversubscribed round.

WELLINGTON 27 MAY 2022 We have closed an oversubscribed round of NZD $5M. The raise will allow the development and sampling of alternative coatings to replace current hazardous water-repellent chemicals used by the global textiles and apparel industries. Veronica H. Stevenson, CEO and founder of Humble Bee Bio, said that…

Biotechnology

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We closed a NZ$5M oversubscribed round.
We closed a NZ$5M oversubscribed round.
Biotechnology

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Apr 29, 2022

Humble Bee Bio connects with the rocking world of synthetic biology.

We attended the Global Synthetic Biology Conference hosted by Built with Biology in San Francisco. The conference brought together an enthusiastic crew of innovators, investors, engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists, thought leaders, policymakers, and academics providing opportunities for us to create strong connections with the wider syn-biosphere. …

Synthetic Biology

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Humble Bee Bio connects with the rocking world of synthetic biology.
Humble Bee Bio connects with the rocking world of synthetic biology.
Synthetic Biology

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Apr 12, 2022

Research collaboration developing sustainable textile coating inspired by bees

FROM IMCRC | MELBOURNE |12 April 2022. In a bid to replace the harmful chemicals used in durable water repellent (DWR) textile coatings, a new research collaboration is developing a sustainable alternative made from biopolymers. The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) has granted New Zealand based biotechnology research company…

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Research collaboration developing sustainable textile coating inspired by bees
Research collaboration developing sustainable textile coating inspired by bees

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Mar 9, 2022

"Are you going to have a baby and ruin my investment?"

Returning from maternity leave, our CEO and founder, Veronica Stevenson, reflects on her experiences of running a company and getting pregnant. It's 2019, and I'm sitting with a prospective investor. He asks, "Are you going to have a baby and ruin my investment?" Fourteen months later, I was pregnant. This…

Pregnancy

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“Are you going to have a baby and ruin my investment?”
“Are you going to have a baby and ruin my investment?”
Pregnancy

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Dec 19, 2021

Humble Bee Bio to use Ginkgo Bioworks Cell Development Kit to Advance Biomaterials Product

Humble Bee will leverage Ginkgo’s cell programming platform to build its custom microbe for the development of bioplastic material. — WELLINGTON, NZ and BOSTON, MA (December 20, 2021) Humble Bee Bio, a developer of a novel bioplastic designed to replace petrochemical plastics in textiles, announced it will use the Cell Development Kit (CDK) product offered by Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, to advance its…

Biotechnology

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Humble Bee Bio to use Ginkgo Bioworks Cell Development Kit to Advance Biomaterials Product
Humble Bee Bio to use Ginkgo Bioworks Cell Development Kit to Advance Biomaterials Product
Biotechnology

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Apr 4, 2021

Plastic pollution is not your fault, and recycling wasn’t designed to work. Part Two.

The real solutions to pollution (including plastic) are movements, and if implemented fully, will not only solve the pollution problem they’ll add trillions to the global economy. — First, holding producers responsible for the full life cycles of their products. In the United States, Democratic lawmakers introduced the “Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act 2020,” analogous to the EU’s “extended producer responsibility” schemes, that would require plastic producers to “collect and recycle their own waste” and “phase out…

Right To Repair

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Plastic pollution is not your fault, and recycling wasn’t designed to work. Part two.
Plastic pollution is not your fault, and recycling wasn’t designed to work. Part two.
Right To Repair

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Apr 2, 2021

Plastic pollution is not your fault and recycling was never designed to work. Part One.

Among the biggest pieces of global gaslighting the world has ever seen is the one that convinced consumers and local governments to accept responsibility for litter and plastic pollution. Gaslighting at this level is a decades-long endeavour, but it can be undone with less effort than it takes you to…

Plastic Pollution

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Recycling was never designed to work; it was designed to make us buy more. Part One.
Recycling was never designed to work; it was designed to make us buy more. Part One.
Plastic Pollution

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Aug 18, 2020

What happens to your body on a plastic diet?

Exposure to plastic adversely affects our health, but in ways that often go unnoticed until it is too late. Unbeknownst to many of us, plastic occupies a fair share of our diets. To put its impact into perspective, data published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology quantifies that the…

Biotechnology

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What happens to your body on a plastic diet?
What happens to your body on a plastic diet?
Biotechnology

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Jun 4, 2019

Directing Humble Bee

We are looking for an amazing human to fill a Director of the board at Humble Bee With our wonderful Chair, Greg Sitters leaving [see post on this here] we’re looking for someone to join our board as we prepare for our Series A. I’ve taken inspiration from fellow wāhine founder, Anna Guenther of PledgeMe fame and we’ve decided to crowdsource applications. We want to go wider…

Startup

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Directing Humble Bee
Directing Humble Bee
Startup

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