SMUSH Materials
Protective packaging designed to disappear
Italy · Founded 2024 · $1.1M raised
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2024
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- smushmaterials.com
- Total Funding
- $1.1M
- Last Round
- $1.1M Pre-SeedApr 2025
- Rounds
- 1
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About
SMUSH Materials is an Italian startup that produces 100% natural, compostable, high-performance secondary packaging using mycelium technology — the root system of fungi — to transform agricultural by-products into a sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS). Their products include standard forms (corner pieces, dividers, blocks, filling chips, bottle inserts) and custom-designed shapes. Compared to conventional EPS production, SMUSH packaging reduces CO2 emissions by up to 90% and cuts disposal costs by 80%. The company participated in Plug and Play's New Materials & Packaging program and raised a €1M pre-seed round in April 2025.
Summary
SMUSH Materials is an Advanced Materials company based in Italy, founded in 2024. It has raised $1.1M in total across 1 round, most recently a $1.1M Pre-Seed round in Apr 2025. Investors include Plug and Play, SOSV and IndieBio.
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Funding History
Apr 2025
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