We are a start-up based in Bermondsey, London developing biomaterials for the circular economy. Funnily enough, Bermondsey is home to the famous ‘Beer Mile’, and even more so, Bermondsey is the historic leather tanning district of London — and here we are transforming brewery waste into an alternative leather. We have even built our lab in an aptly named building called the Leather Market! We’ve had a very serendipitous and coincidental path, and we’re thrilled to be building Arda.

Arda was founded in the summer of 2022, following some (odd looking) prototyping in the founder’s kitchens. Since, Arda has gone on to raise a pre-seed round of £1.1M (2023), enabling the founders to build a lab and onboard a team. More recently Arda closed another fundraising round (to be announced very soon & hence why we're hiring again)...