In this episode, Mick Liubinskas from Climate Salad interviews Lucie Semenec, the co-founder and CEO of Newera Bio. Lucie discusses her journey from academic research at Macquarie University to launching Newera Bio with her co-founder Xin Xu through the UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator. She explains how their work focuses on creating sustainable microbial dyes for textiles to replace fossil fuel-based dyes. Lucie delves into the challenges and breakthroughs in developing these dyes, the impact of textile dyes on the environment, their experience with funding and mentorship from programs like Main Sequence Ventures and the Climate Salad Global Growth program, and their plans for global expansion. The conversation also highlights the importance of collaboration, overcoming market resistance, and the regulatory landscape affecting the textile industry.