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GALY

Agriculture made from cells in a facility, not plants on a field.

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Luciano Bueno

Founder & CEO at GALY

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Employees 21–50
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States
GALY is a developer of cellular agriculture using biotechnology and sustainable, less energy-intensive methods to produce natural products. The company creates cotton in a laboratory context from cells using a proprietary method instead of field cultivation that is faster, of higher quality and cheaper than natural cotton, with a drastically lower environmental impact. GALY's cell culture platform can be applied to produce products other than cotton; It is currently testing its cotton products with customers, but is prototyping cocoa, with more products in the pipeline The company raised its Series A in 2021, with which it is building the foundations of the business and testing its products in the market with customers. In the future, it plans to build a pilot plant and validate its low-CapEx production facilities and develop new cell culture products. In its hyperscale plan, GALY will build 5 Giga factories on 5 different continents with a production capacity of 200,000 tons/year each and 1,000 low-CapEx modular facilities to produce its products worldwide and significantly reduce its cost profile.

Notable Achievements

  • Raised over USD 60M to date. Investors include John Doerr, Sergey Brin, Material Impact, Sam Altman,
  • 1st place on H&M Global Change Awards - the nobel prize for sustainability - from more than 4,000+ c
  • 1st place on Sutainability category for the LVMH Innovation Awards

Currently Operating in Four Regions

Press Mentions

May 5, 2026

GALY Recognized at 2026 Edison Awards for Redefining the Future of Cocoa and Cotton Production

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September 26, 2024

Big backing for lab-grown cotton developer

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September 20, 2024

GALY raises $33M to advance lab-grown cotton product to scale

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September 8, 2024

Lab-grown cotton startup can make clothes greener, more ethical

Read on The Seattle Times »

September 4, 2024

Galy Raises $33M in Series B Financing

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September 3, 2024

GALY Raises $33 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Financing to Advance its Cellular Agriculture Platform

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