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Ethical leather and meat creator secures 拢90k towards proof of concept work

3D Bio Tissues is hoping to secure commercial agreements with leather goods manufacturers

Che Connon, chief executive of 3DBT and managing director of BSF(Image: Mike Urwin)

Lab grown tissue innovator BSF Enterprise says it has secured £90,000 of funding towards proof of concept projects.

Investors in the owner of Newcastle University spin-out 3D Bio Tissues (3DBT) were told it has received more than £50,000 in payments from a partnership with an international leather fashion company. 3DBT's scientists have produced bio-engineered samples measuring up to 10cm by 10cm in size and 2mm in thickness for the partner, following a 60-week study.

The firm said production of tissues with such thickness and their use by a global manufacturer marked an important milestone. In its update to the London Stock Exchange, BSF also pointed to several other proof of concept projects with other leather companies to establish whether its lab-grown skin product could become a sustainable and ethical alternative to traditional leather. It also hinted a commercial agreements in the offing.

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Earlier this year, 3DBT announced it was working with French fashion brand Maison Amelie Pichard. The firm, which is building a leather tanning facility at its Newcastle laboratories, said it would provide material for use in Maison Amelie Pichard's handbags.

In a further update, BSF said it had also secured £38,000 in grant funding from Innovate 海角视频 - the Government's national innovation agency - to start a project with the University of Northampton. The work will combine 3DBT's bio-equivalent dermal tissue and the university's leather manufacturing knowledge, looking at using the firm's material as a replacement for animal skin and hide in the making of footwear, clothing, furniture, automotive products and accessories.

3DBT creates the skin tissue using its City-Mix cell growth agent which is said to boost production yields and use fewer expensive supplements as well as negating the need for animal-derived serum which means no animals suffer as part of the process.