Hackathon - the 1st chapter

1. Making Textiles from
Bacteria
A Pitch by
Pia Mathis & Thomas Haschka

2. Pia Mathis, BA
Anthropologist, Marketeer
Dr. Thomas Haschka,
Molecular Biophysicist
A business driven by the best of Marketing and Science

3. The Problem

5. You have to:
Grow and water it for
4 to 6 month
Harvest it
Spin it
Weave it

6. Not taking into account
Shipping around the world

7. 1.2$ trillion
annual turnover of the fashion industry

8. 170M children
are working for the european fashion customers

9. The Solution

10. Bacteria Water Sugar T-Shirt

11. Bacteria at work
Water with Sugar

12. Bacteria at work
Water with Sugar

13. Bacteria at work
Water with Sugar
Biofilm
= woven fabric

14. Control of fabrics quality
by protein engineering
Cellulose Strain
Celluloseproducingproteincomplex

15. Business Insides

16. Key Goals
1. Target group (2 year)
Small couturiers, fabrics retailers (haute couture)
2. Target group (4 years)
Direct competition with the classic fabrics market
3. Target group (8 years)
Mass market, like H&M, Zara, Uniqlo,…

17. Financial
Insights
Running costs:
Glucose: 2 Euros
Vinegar: 0.05 Euros
per 1m x 1m40
Research:
funded by public research funds
Office Space (Lab): 1000 Euros/month
Salaries: 6000 Euros/month
Total: 8000 Euros/month

18. Break Even After 2
Years
● 40 meters of textiles for 200 euros / meter (Haute Couture)

19. What is a bacterial fabrics company?
Bacteria Water Sugar T-Shirt
Research
- Genetics
- Molecular
Biology
Control of the
Substrate
- pH
- Temp.
- Saccharides
Level
High and
Constant
Quality

20. Let’s start a new chapter in the textile industry