Bolt Threads

Eco-Friendly Fashion Materials

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Approximate capitalization

$1.17 B

Foundation year

2009

Pre-IPO

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About

Total Funding

$473M

Bolt Threads develops fashion fibers and skincare products from sustainable sources including mycelium (mushrooms), bioengineered silk fibers, and silk proteins. Bolt Threads claims that its materials are safer and less destructive to the environment than traditional leather and petroleum-based fibers. Bolt Threads also partners with fashion companies to incorporate its sustainable materials into product lines.

Bolt Threads was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Oregon, and The Netherlands. Notable investors include Baillie Gilford, Formation 8, and Foundation Capital.

Number of employees

51 - 100

Headquarters

Emeryville CA, US

Investors

Battery Ventures

AppDynamics, Dollar Shave Club, Cohesity, Nutanix, Avalara, ServiceTitan, Wag!, InVisionApp, Fungible, Collibra

East West Capital Limited

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Fidelity Investments

Uber, JUUL, Snap, Alibaba, SpaceX, Spotify, Jet, Airbnb, Magic Leap, Compass

Formation 8

Wish, Oscar Health, Virgin Hyperloop One, Guardant Health, Collective Health, Blend, Bolt Threads, Vicarious, NextVR, OpenGov

Foundation Capital

Cohesity, Cerebras Systems, LendingHome, States Title, Chegg, ForgeRock, Kik, Bolt Threads, Aquion Energy, Venafi

Founders Fund

Lyft, SpaceX, Spotify, Airbnb, Palantir Technologies, Stripe, Wish, Compass, Just, Flexport

Greylock Partners

AppDynamics, Airbnb, Dropbox, Nuro, Pure Storage, Cloudera, Convoy, Domo, Rubrik, Lookout

Icon Ventures

FireEye, Ionic Security, Bolt Threads, Exabeam, Datrium, Duetto, Delphix, Ripcord, Reputation.com, TrustArc

In-Q-Tel

Palantir Technologies, Cloudera, MongoDB, Tenable Network Security, Inc., Bolt Threads, VeraCode, Domino Data Lab, OmniSci, RedSeal, Paxata

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Snap, AppDynamics, OYO, Epic Games, LivingSocial, Affirm, Netskope, Inc., QuantumScape, Rubrik, Nutanix

Silicon Valley Bank

FireEye, Proteus Digital Health, Remitly, Petal, MapR Technologies, Rover, Personal Capital, Upgrade, 10X Genomics, Meltwater

Summit Partners

Fuze, Sharecare, Darktrace, Liquidnet, Thrive Market, Podium, Bolt Threads, Gainsight, Klaviyo, Markforged