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UCF Alumi Led Start-up Has begun a new initiative
UCF Alum led startup had a breakthrough when they started using seaweed to start manufacturing leathers & fibers that are 100% renewable.
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2023 Startups to Watch: Soarce to launch seaweed-to-leather manufacturing
The orlando-based startup can turn seaweed in a high-function leather that can be fashioned into apparel and shoes while still 100% renewable.
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'I know this is not nothing.' UCF alum produces cloth material with seaweed
"We were enamored with the concept of using plant-based material like flax or hemp in our previous start up and carried that philosophy over to what we're building now." 
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Orlando's Soarce seeks manufacturing space in Lake Nona
The 2-year-old firm needs a wet lab facility — space where chemicals and biological materials can be handled — to begin its efforts to re-engineer...
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LeAD Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator Announces Third Cohort
The material is designed to resist fires and optimize thermal comfort for outdoor, motorsport, or everyday athletes while avoiding toxic treatments...
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Exclusive: LeAD sports tech accelerator brings startups... to Orlando's Lake Nona
Soarce: This Orlando-based business makes sustainable athletic wear that's better than conventional fibers...
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Two UCF students are developing a plant-based alternative for synthetic threads
Two UCF students are developing eco-friendly fibers, and hope to eventually make eco-friendly first responder uniforms...
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UCF Joust Champion Update (2021) - Soarce
Soarce aims to bridge the gap between performance and sustainability by using leftover plant matter from local suppliers...
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Selene San Felice
February 21, 2023
Tampa's Synapse Summit boosts Florida tech startups

Thousands of tech innovators and entrepreneurs connected at Tampa's Synapse Summit last week...

By: Steven
July 25, 2023
Textiles: a viable market for seaweeds?

Clothes enabled our naked species to conquer the world. In the process of dressing ourselves, we remade the planet...

By: Avery Joens
April 29, 2023
UCF Alumni Led Start-up Has Begun A New Initiative

UCF Alum led startup had a breakthrough when they started using seaweed to start manufacturing leathers...

By: Alex Soderstrom
February 1, 2023
2023 Startups to Watch: Soarce to launch seaweed-to-leather manufacturing

The orlando-based startup can turn seaweed in a high-function leather that can be fashioned into apparel and shoes while still 100% renewable.

September 28, 2022
‘I know this is not nothing.’ UCF alum produces cloth material with seaweed

"We were enamored with the concept of using plant-based material like flax or hemp in our previous start up and carried that philosophy..."

By: Alex Soderstrom
September 20, 2022
Orlando’s Soarce seeks manufacturing space in Lake Nona

The 2-year-old firm needs a wet lab facility - space where chemicals and biological materials can be handled — to begin its efforts...

By: LEAD
May 27, 2022
leAD Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator Announces Third Cohort...

The material is designed to resist fires and optimize thermal comfort for technical wear such as work & outdoor wear, while avoiding toxic treatments...

By: Alex Soderstrom
March 26, 2022
Exclusive: LeAD sports tech accelerator brings startups from the Netherlands and New York to Orlando’s Lake Nona

Soarce: An Orlando-based business making sustainable athletic wear that's better than conventional fibers...

By: Giulia Silva
March 23, 2021
Two UCF students are developing a plant-based alternative for synthetic threads

Two UCF students are developing eco-friendly fibers, and hope to eventually make eco-friendly...

By: UCF
April 5, 2021
UCF Joust Champion Update (2021) – Soarce

Soarce aims to bridge the gap between performance and sustainability by using leftover plant matter...