Sheep Inc ushers in novel merino/cotton blend
09/05/2025
Shunning any synthetic content, Fibregen is the result of two years of R&D and extensive trials to produce a material “that feels like air”, the company said. Careful to source its raw materials from high quality suppliers, Sheep Inc uses merino wool from New Zealand, and chose Australia’s Good Earth Cotton. This allows the company to claim that the innovative three-layer fabric is also ‘regenerative’.
The two outer layers of the knit fabric are made from cotton and provide softness, structure and breathability. Undyed merino wool makes up the inner layer and offers its usual properties including thermoregulation and odour control.
Sheep Inc founders Edzard van der Wyck and Michael Wessely said they had “met with growers, walked the fields, and worked side-by-side with [its] Portuguese fibre partners to build something new — from the ground up”. They recently finalised a Series A funding round which raised £5 million. A sum they said would be used in part to build up the brand’s proprietary Connected Dot technology, an NFC chip-based traceability system from “farm to final stitch”.
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