Venture — Early Stage
Banana Fiber
Turning agricultural waste into durable, sustainable goods.
Banana plants produce fiber as a byproduct of every harvest. We are exploring how that material becomes something useful, lasting, and worth making.
The Idea
Every banana harvest leaves behind the plant's stem — a dense, strong fiber that is typically discarded or burned. In communities where bananas are a primary crop, this waste is enormous and constant. Banana fiber is naturally strong, biodegradable, and requires no additional land or water to produce. The raw material already exists. The question is what to make from it.
We are starting with everyday carry goods — bags, totes, and accessories — where the material's texture and durability are an advantage, not a compromise.
Connection to energy work
The energy transition is about more than how we power things — it is also about what we make them from. Banana fiber is part of the same shift: using what already exists, wasting less, and building systems that do not require new extraction to function. The logic is identical to what drives the grid research — find the resource that is already there and use it better.
Product Direction
Where It Comes From
Banana plant waste — a material hiding in plain sight
After every harvest, banana plants are cut down. The stems and stalks — full of long, strong natural fibers — are typically left to decompose or burned. Globally, this represents millions of tons of unused material each year. Our work is in learning how to turn that into something people want to own.
Core Team
Current Status