What Vollebak does

Vollebak is a London-based direct-to-consumer apparel company founded in 2008 by twin brothers and designers Nick and Steve Tidball. It designs, markets and sells premium clothing built from advanced materials including Dyneema (ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene), graphene, copper, aerogel, mycelium and Spiber's Brewed Protein, applied to jackets, suits, t-shirts, pants, knitwear and accessories. Hero and limited-edition SKUs span from $145 entry-level t-shirts to a $65,995 Mycelium Jacket, and the Sonic Jacket is positioned "price on application" with 180 embedded speakers for brain-entrainment frequency delivery.

The business operates exclusively through DTC channels: its vollebak.com storefront with multi-currency support shipping to 100+ countries, and the Spaceshop, a SAGA Space Architects-designed rocket-shaped pop-up retail experience that launched in Copenhagen in June 2025 and rolled out to London. The marketing model relies on experiential launches, TIME Best Inventions and WIRED Gear of the Year recognition, Joe Rogan Podcast coverage, and content-driven storytelling around material science. Customer segments identified are tech-forward consumers, extreme-environment adventurers, luxury statement buyers, and privacy/EMF-conscious individuals.

The company has raised $10 million in a single disclosed round (Series A, Nov 2021, led by Venrex with DEV Capital and OODA). It maintains 11-50 employees, holds partnership relationships with Schoeller, Shieldex, Spiber, SAGA Space Architects, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) and Bang & Olufsen, and has extended brand activity into architectural concepts (Vollebak Island) and consumer audio (Beosound 2 Vollebak Edition, $5,800). No AI/ML systems are described in source material.

Name

Vollebak

Legal name

Vollebak

Website

https://vollebak.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vollebak is a London-based direct-to-consumer apparel brand designing premium futuristic clothing from advanced materials — Dyneema, graphene, copper, aerogel, mycelium and lab-grown proteins — sold globally to tech-forward consumers, adventurers and luxury buyers via vollebak.com and Spaceshop pop-up events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: Vollebak generates revenue primarily through direct-to-consumer sales of premium technical apparel and accessories through their e-commerce platform, with products ranging from $145 t-shirts to $65,995 mycelium jackets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vollebak designs and sells premium direct-to-consumer apparel built from advanced materials including Dyneema, graphene, copper, aerogel, mycelium, and lab-grown protein fibers. The product range spans jackets, suits, t-shirts, pants, knitwear, and accessories, complemented by a co-developed Bang & Olufsen speaker and an experiential pop-up retail concept called the Spaceshop.

Product overview

Vollebak is a high-end futuristic clothing brand that designs and sells advanced apparel products using cutting-edge materials science. The product portfolio spans multiple categories including jackets (Full Metal Jacket, Martian Aerogel Jacket, Electromagnetic Shielding Bomber, Neo Suit), tops (Graphene T Shirt, 100 Year T Shirt, Indestructible T Shirt, Cymatic Shirt), bottoms (Indestructible Jeans, Carbon Fibre + Dyneema Pants, Planet Earth Suit Pants, Neo Suit Pants), knitwear (Sub Zero Sweater, Underwater Kelp Cardigan, Lab-Grown Scarf), accessories (Indestructible Belt, Ultralight Cap), and audio equipment (Bang & Olufsen Beosound 2 Vollebak Edition Speaker). The brand also operates the Spaceshop, a rocket-shaped pop-up retail experience. Vollebak positions itself as a pioneer in durable, futuristic apparel with potential applications to space exploration, incorporating materials like copper, graphene, Dyneema, aerogel, mycelium, and lab-grown proteins. The company has won multiple TIME Best Inventions awards and 2X WIRED gear of the year awards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Spaceshop: A rocket-shaped pop-up retail experience and prototype interstellar delivery vehicle launched in 2025.

Products and services

• Full Metal Jacket (Copper, Silver, Black, Gold editions) Advanced copper-infused jacket built with 11km of copper yarn, featuring waterproof breathable membranes and temperature regulation. TIME Best Inventions winner.
• Full Metal Puffer Puffer jacket with intelligent weatherproof membrane and over 11 kilometres of copper for temperature regulation and antimicrobial properties.
• Graphene T Shirt Ultralight 100-gram t-shirt infused with graphene to cool the wearer, utilizing the world's lightest material with superior thermal conductivity.
• 100 Year T Shirt Heavy-duty t-shirt engineered in Japan with military-grade Japanese Cordura, 14x tougher than regular cotton t-shirts, designed to last a century.
• Indestructible T Shirt Heavy-duty t-shirt engineered in Japan with Dyneema, the world's strongest fibre, designed for extreme durability.
• Indestructible Puffer Lightweight puffer jacket described as the strongest lightweight puffer ever made, utilizing Dyneema fibre technology.
• Indestructible Jeans Jeans woven with ultrastrong Dyneema, rebuilt to be the toughest pants in the world with exceptional abrasion resistance.
• Indestructible Belt Ultra-strong belt with strap that can hold 4 tonnes or 10 grizzly bears, featuring buckle that has survived supersonic freefall.
• Electromagnetic Shielding Bomber Bomber jacket built with NASA electromagnetic shielding technology using silver-plated fabric that blocks radio waves and microwaves (0.2GHz to 14GHz), with Faraday cage phone pocket.
• Martian Aerogel Jacket Jacket built with the same advanced aerogel and parachutes that land Rovers on Mars, featuring flexible waterproof aerogel insulation for extreme cold protection.
• Martian Mach 16 Jacket High-performance jacket built to survive methane monsoons, hypersonic braking and Martian dust storms with parachute shell technology.
• Neo Suit (Jacket and Pants) High-performance two-piece suit made from durable stretchable Cordura fabric for both technical performance and style, jacket £595 and pants £495.
• Sonic Jacket Jacket embedded with 180 built-in speakers capable of firing frequencies from 4Hz to 20,000Hz directly into the body for brain entrainment and sound therapy applications. Priced on application.
• Thermal Cloaking Jacket Computer-programmable jacket that can heat the wearer while reducing thermal signature, featuring 100+ layers of pure graphene.
• Mycelium Jacket Jacket built with programmed mycelium, made from billion-year-old biotechnology material described as potentially conscious.
• Lab-Grown Sweater Collection (Brewed Protein) Collection of sweaters, beanies and scarves made from Brewed Protein biomaterial developed through molecular engineering with Spiber, feeling like cashmere, wool and silk.
• Spaceshop Speaker (Bang & Olufsen Beosound 2 Vollebak Edition) Limited-edition speaker with unique scorched anodized aluminium finish featuring rocket burn effect, 4-driver setup with 360° Acoustic Lens Technology, Apple AirPlay, Spotify Connect, Google Cast, TIDAL Connect, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. Priced at $5,800.
• Vollebak Gift Card Digital gift cards available in GBP denominations (£50, £100, £250, £500, £1,000, £9,000) with no expiry date for purchasing any Vollebak products.

Quantifiable outcome

• TIME Best Inventions recognition received twice
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Bang & OlufsenflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2025Bang & Olufsen partnered with Vollebak to create the Spaceshop experience featuring Beolab 5 and Beosound 2 speakers, and a limited-edition Vollebak Edition Beosound 2 speaker ($5,800) with custom rocket burn anodized finish. The collaboration combines audio excellence with futuristic clothing retail experience.
• SAGA Space ArchitectsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2025SAGA Space Architects designed the Spaceshop - an interstellar delivery vehicle concept. SAGA's work includes lunar habitats for the European Space Agency and lighting systems for the International Space Station.
• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Vollebak partnered with architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG to create Vollebak Island - a visionary carbon-neutral, off-grid housing concept. Bjarke Ingels is described as visionary architect and pioneer of 'hedonistic sustainability.'
• Spiber Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 December 2024Vollebak partnered with Japanese company Spiber to develop the Brewed Protein biomaterial collection - lab-grown sweaters, beanies, and scarves made through molecular engineering and sustainable fermentation processes. Spiber also works with Goldwin on similar materials.
• Schoeller TextilescoreTechnology or IntegrationSchoeller, one of the world's most advanced textiles labs, provides high-performance fabrics for Vollebak products including the Ultralight Suit Jacket (93% recycled polyamide, 7% elastane with ecorepel Bio plant-based nanotechnology).
• Shieldex (Bremen, Germany)coreTechnology or IntegrationShieldex provides the silver-plated EMC shielding fabric (82% polyamide, 18% silver plating) used in the Electromagnetic Shielding Bomber, originally developed for NASA Mars Rover electromagnetic compatibility testing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Acronym: German techwear pioneer known for premium, utility-driven technical apparel combining advanced materials with functional design. Closest conceptual peer to Vollebak in marrying performance materials with high-end fashion.
• Arc'teryx: Canadian premium outdoor brand leading in advanced-material outerwear (Gore-Tex, Coreloft, etc.) and direct-to-consumer technical apparel. Competes directly with Vollebak in the premium tech-outerwear segment.
• Ministry of Supply: Boston-based DTC apparel brand applying NASA-derived phase-change materials, recycled synthetics, and performance fabrics to everyday wear. Similar Vollebak approach of marrying materials science with premium DTC positioning.
• Outlier: NYC-based premium technical apparel brand celebrated for material experimentation (Futurlast, Workcloth, Ultrasuede) and direct-to-consumer model. Comparable to Vollebak in techwear-meets-lifestyle premium positioning.
• Veilance: Arc'teryx sub-brand translating mountain-grade technical fabrics into refined urban apparel. Competes with Vollebak in the high-end technical urban apparel category with a similar minimalist premium aesthetic.
• Nanamica: Japanese techwear brand blending technical performance with refined urban design and premium retail positioning. Comparable to Vollebak's east-meets-west high-end functional apparel approach.

Broad incumbents

• Stone Island: Italian heritage brand renowned for material innovation (color-changing, reflective, heat-reactive fabrics) and similar premium collector-driven positioning. Broader apparel portfolio but overlapping material-science ethos and DTC premium pricing.
• The North Face: Global outdoor apparel giant with premium Summit Series and Steep Series lines targeting extreme environments with advanced materials. Overlaps with Vollebak at the high-end technical outerwear use case but across a much broader consumer base.
• Patagonia: Mission-driven outdoor apparel brand with premium DTC strength, advanced material use, and sustainability focus. Similar brand-equity-driven positioning though at much broader apparel scale than Vollebak.

Regional players

• Goldwin: Japanese heritage technical apparel brand and Spiber partner working with Brewed Protein, serving the premium Japanese/Asian market with high-performance sportswear. Comparable to Vollebak in materials innovation but geographically distinct.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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