Company · Energy & Climate

S.Lab

s-lab.bio ↗ ·Málaga ·Pre-seed

S.Lab grows 100% biodegradable protective packaging from agricultural waste (hemp) and mushroom mycelium as a replacement for expanded polystyrene, with material that composts in under 45 days and is certified OK Home Compost. Founded in Ukraine and now producing from an automated line in Málaga, Spain (legal entity registered in Tallinn, Estonia; office also in Kyiv), it is an early-stage climate/biomaterials company that closed a ~€700k pre-seed in 2023 and has raised over €1.3M total including grants and accelerator funding, with pilots at L'Oréal, JTI and Nespresso.

Founded

2020

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SectorsSustainable Packaging, Biomaterials, Climate Tech, Circular Economy, Manufacturing Start-up MapEnergy & Climate › Waste valorisation & biomaterials

Profile updated 30 Aug 2026

Founders

Eugene Tomilin

CTO & Co-Founder

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Julia Bialetska

CEO & Co-Founder

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Investors 7

Beamline Accelerator

beamline.fund ↗

Investor Estonia

Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund

startup.google.com ↗

Investor

Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures

www.morganstanley.com ↗

Investor United States

Techstars

Investor United States

Vesna Capital

www.vesna.capital ↗

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ZAS Ventures

zas.ventures ↗

Investor United States

Funding rounds 2

Other · €288k

S.Lab, which makes biodegradable packaging from agricultural waste bound with mycelium as a replacement for foamed plastic, was named to Mor…

2025-09-15

Pre-seed · €700k

S.Lab closed its pre-seed at roughly €700k, announced at IT Arena in Lviv in early October 2023 where the company disclosed a final ~$210k t…

2023-10

News & media 8

Published	Article
2026-01-08	Startup of the day: S.Lab, eco-friendly packaging made from waste and mycelium ↗ AIN.Capital
2025-12-15	Mycelium breakthrough shows there's mush-room to grow in greener manufacturing ↗ The European
2025-09-18	S.Lab receives £250,000 in investment from Morgan Stanley ↗ AIN.Capital
2024-12-30	S.Lab scales ag waste-based packaging in Spain ↗ Biofuels Digest
2024-12-24	Ukrainian Startup Is On A Mission To Scale Biodegradable Packaging ↗ Forbes
2024-10-28	Julia Bialetska, co-founder and CEO of S.Lab, on the technology of eco-friendly packaging production and investments in a startup ↗ Mezha.Media
2024-10-01	S.Lab secures $100,000 from Google for biodegradable packaging ↗ Tech.eu
2024-03-19	Commission announces winners in three categories of the European Prize for Women Innovators ↗ European Commission