Neeka Mashouf is co-founder and CEO of Rubi Laboratories. Starting by co-authoring her first scientific paper on artificial photosynthesis at age 15, Neeka has dedicated her career to researching & developing technologies to unlock abundance and prosperity for people and the planet.
Her company, Rubi, is focused on building the next era of manufacturing – symbiotic manufacturing – by replacing intensive production methods with a waste-carbon-to-materials process. Their technology captures and converts CO2 into cellulose pulp for use in textiles, helping to decarbonize the most intensive steps of textile manufacturing and avoid deforestation. Neeka has been recognized on the Business of Fashion 500, Vogue Business 100, Forbes 30 under 30, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, and TIME Top Greentech Companies.