Mycocycle Raises $2.2M in Seed Funding to Scale Mushroom-Based Circular Solutions for the Built Environment

With $3.7M total raised to date, Mycocycle is expanding operational capabilities, validating the reuse of its biobased byproduct, and growing its team.

Mycocycle, Inc., announced that it has joined Chicago H1-B Connect, a coalition of Chicagoland companies who are willing to sponsor the H1-B visas for technology workers who have been displaced in the nationwide technology industry layoffs.

The company’s continued growth and success has created the need for leadership to focus on research, innovation, operations and product development.

Mycocycle, Inc., joined fellow winners of the Chicago Innovation Awards, the Chicago region’s foremost annual celebration of innovation, in New York City on Friday, July 15 to ring the Closing Bell of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The event emphasized the surge of innovation that is occurring in the Chicago region and shined a spotlight on the organizations that make up its vibrant economy.

Mycocycle, Inc. announced that Founder and CEO Joanne Rodriguez has been selected to be part of Argonne National Labs’ Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) Cohort 6.

The 24-month project will collect data and develop a life cycle analysis with metrics on embodied energy, emissions, and costs for metalware and plastic materials used in the healthcare sector.

Mycocycle, Inc., announced that CEO Joanne Rodriguez has been named to the 2021 Environment+Energy Leader 100 Honoree List.

Mycocycle, Inc., was named a finalist for 1871’s Momentum Award in the Industry Disrupter category. The award is presented to a company that has developed or introduced an ingenious, non-traditional, and innovative product or service that has significantly disrupted the industry.

Mycocycle, Inc., a leader in using mycoremediation to process toxins out of waste, announced today that it has become a member of The REMADE Institute, a public-private partnership established by the United States Department of Energy.

Mycocycle, Inc., was named to the inaugural class of companies for Startup Chicago. Startup Chicago is a new startup growth program developed by ChicagoNEXT, and World Business Chicago to drive national venture capital (VC) investment for Chicago entrepreneurs.