What Mori does

Mori (legal entity: Cambridge Crops, Inc.) is a Boston-based food technology company founded in 2016 that has developed a natural, edible protective coating for perishable foods. The company extracts silk protein (fibroin) from Bombyx mori silk moth cocoons using only water, salt, and heat, and applies the resulting protein as an invisible, tasteless, and odorless coating that slows oxidation and dehydration in fresh produce, meat, seafood, confectionery, snacks, and baked goods. Mori has validated its platform across 50+ food types and integrates the product into existing customer supply chain and processing steps including washing, dipping, spraying, glazing, and formulation.

Mori operates a B2B enterprise sales model, selling its silk protein solution (branded as Mori Silk) directly to grower-shippers, food producers, and supply chain companies on a quote-based engagement customized to each customer’s production environment. The company is protected by a strong international portfolio of patents, applications, trade secrets, and trademarks covering the technology across the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, and other jurisdictions. Founded in 2016, Mori has raised approximately $82M+ across multiple funding rounds, including a $50M Series B1 led by Prelude Ventures in March 2022, and operates offices in Boston, Salinas, Washington DC, and Mexico City with a headcount of 101–250 employees.

Name

Mori

Legal name

Cambridge Crops, Inc.

Website

https://www.mori.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mori (Cambridge Crops, Inc.) is a Boston-based food technology company that sells an edible silk protein coating to grower-shippers and food producers, extending shelf life and reducing waste across 50+ food types.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Preservation Coatings

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (3117)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Plastics Products, Nec (3089)

akta.pro primary industry

Water-Soluble & Edible Packaging (PVOH-based, Edible Films) (IMALAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging (MAP/Vacuum/Skin) (IMALAHAF)

Keywords

• Food shelf life extension
• Silk protein coating
• Food waste reduction
• Edible protective coating
• Post-harvest food preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Silk Protein Food Protection Solutions: Mori generates revenue by selling its silk protein solution to food producers, grower-shippers, and supply chain companies. The product is integrated into food processing and supply chain operations to extend freshness and reduce waste. The solution is applied at various points in food production and distribution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mori develops and sells a natural edible protective protein coating, branded as Mori Silk, derived from silk protein extracted from Bombyx mori cocoons using only water, salt, and heat. The coating is applied to foods such as fresh produce, meats, seafood, baked goods, and confectionery through washing, dipping, spraying, glazing, or formulation steps to slow oxidation and dehydration and extend shelf life. The product is sold B2B to grower-shippers, food producers, and supply chain companies to reduce spoilage, improve shipping efficiency, and cut food waste.

Product overview

Mori offers a single core product — Mori Silk — a natural protective protein coating for food. The company extracts silk protein from cocoons using a simple process of water, salt, and heat to create an edible, invisible, tasteless, and odorless protective layer. The product integrates into supply chain and processing steps including washing, dipping, spraying, glazing, and formulation. Mori Silk is applied to extend freshness and reduce waste across diverse food categories including fresh produce (avocados, broccoli, romaine, bananas, herbs, pineapples, leafy greens), proteins (fish, pork, poultry, beef), and packaged goods (gummies, nuts, chocolate, baked goods, cereal, hard candy, snack bars, natural flavors, natural colors). The company operates as Cambridge Crops, Inc. d/b/a Mori, with its headquarters in Boston, MA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mori Silk

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% reduction in food waste globally (20% of annual food production is currently wasted)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Sealed Air: Global food packaging and food protection giant (Cryovac, etc.) that addresses the same downstream need—extending shelf life and reducing food waste—through packaging-based rather than edible-coating solutions.
• Cargill: Major agrifood and food ingredient company; relevant as a potential strategic customer, partner, or acquirer of Mori's food protection technology rather than as a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Apeel Sciences: Closest direct competitor: Apeel develops plant-derived edible coatings that extend the shelf life of fresh produce, directly overlapping with Mori's silk protein coating use case for grower-shippers and retailers.
• Hazel Technologies: Provides post-harvest freshness solutions (1-MCP, active packaging inserts) targeting the same grower-shipper and food producer customers as Mori, with a focus on extending produce shelf life.

Broad incumbents

• AgroFresh Solutions: Established, larger incumbent in post-harvest food preservation with a broad portfolio of coatings, fungicides, and digital freshness solutions; competes with Mori across produce customers but at much greater scale.

Emerging players

• It's Fresh!: UK-based food freshness technology company selling filters and inserts to extend produce shelf life; smaller and regional but addressing the same food waste value proposition as Mori.
• StixFresh: Smaller emerging player marketing produce freshness stickers using natural compounds; competes for the same shelf-life extension customer use case as Mori's edible coating.
• Lactips: French company developing water-soluble, protein-based (casein) packaging and coating materials; shares Mori's protein-based edible film approach and food sustainability positioning.
• Xampla: UK startup producing plant-protein based coatings and films as alternatives to plastic packaging; comparable to Mori in material science approach (natural protein films for food/industrial applications).
• Danimer Scientific: Developer of PHA-based bioplastic and coating materials used in food packaging and preservation; addresses the same food sustainability and shelf-life customer needs as Mori.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/moriglobal
• Facebookfacebook.com/moriglobal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/moriincorporated

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors23 records

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M&A

Investments

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