January
NSF-SBIR (Phase I Grant)
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The Mango Materials Story
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How We Got Here
Our technology & manufacturing has been meticulously tested over the years...and we have been recognized for it.
2012
September
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge (winner)
2013
January
NSF-SBIR (Phase II Grant)
2014
June
CleanEquity Monaco (Excellence in the Field of Technology Research)
August
WERF (Research Grant)
November
40 Hottest Smaller Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#33)
2015
January
LAUNCH (top Green Chemistry Innovator)
April
American Chemical Society ERC Showcase (winner)
July
Think Beyond Plastic (Most Innovative Business)
August
Pauchon Award
November
40 Hottest Smaller Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#36)
2016
April
NSF-SBIR (Phase IIB)
June
NASA-STTR
November
40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#12)
2017
July
Hello Tomorrow (Top 500 deep-tech start-ups)
August
NASA-STTR (PhaseII)
October
40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#12)
November
Global Entrepreneurship Summit (Amazon "Women First" award)
2018
March
50 Hottest Companes in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#47)
April
Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (Champions Award)
Fast Company's 2018 World Changing Ideas (finalist in Consumer Products category)
November
50 Hottest Technologies in the Bioeconomy (#12)
December
C3E (Award for Entrepreneurship)
2019
March
San Mateo County Economic Development Association (2019 Award of Excellence)
April
50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy (#36)
June
NASA-STTR (Phase IIE)
September
50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World
2020
January
Global CleanTech 100
July
Schmidt Marine Coast Pollution Challenge
2021
August
NASA Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP)
December
Microfiber Innovation Challenge (semi-finalist)
Soap dish from Mango Materials' PHA for Natura's Biōme line
2022
March
Microfiber Innovation Challenge (winner)
July
Best for the World B Corporations by B Lab
August
100th fermentation of methane-to-PHA technology in Bay Area
September
Natura's Embrace Supplier Award (for soap dish project)
October
NSF Convergence grant (with UCSB, URI, and UR)
2023
January
Exclusive negotiating rights for methane emissions at Easterly WWTP in Vacaville, CA
February
Fiber production scales
March
M0.0nshot shoe (Allbirds x Mango Materials)
November
Methane-to-PHA technology at Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant opens
December
Stella McCartney partnership (sunglasses at COP28)
2024
April
NASA Tech Flights grant (Zero-G parabolic flight to study gas transfer
September
Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture & Design exhibit at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles
November
White House visit to celebrate EO 14081
2025
April
Grow Everything Podcast
May
Energy Secretary Chris Wright visit
