About
Myra Arshad comes from a family textile manufacturing background and has held sales and marketing roles at Fortune 500 companies. She previously founded FarmBox, an AI-enabled micro-farming platform, and fluidic, a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand, before co-founding ALT TEX to develop sustainable materials for the fashion industry.
ALT TEX @thealttex
Weβve had a few key inflection points last year, our first shirt, YC, bringing in another $2.5M in funding, but this one is BIG: ALT TEX has received the Global Change Award from the @hmfoundation alongside 10 incredible fashion innovations! ππ https://t.co/O0aA0RqKDP
Jun 12, 2023 Β· β₯ 10 Β· β 2
ALT TEX @thealttex
We're at the @SourcingJournal Sustainability Summit this week chatting with trailblazing brands in sustainable fashion about authentic ways the industry can move towards true scalable sustainability in fashion π π https://t.co/O3Us94eUm8
Apr 23, 2023 Β· β₯ 4 Β· β 2
ALT TEX @thealttex
Join our team! We're looking for scientists ready to disrupt the fashion industryππ Apply here: https://t.co/cwBhEZOjK6 If this β¬οΈ sounds like you, shoot over an application! π©βπ¬ Polymer Chemist π¨βπ¬ Materials Scientist π©βπΌ Administrative Assistant #hiring #fashion #biotech https://t.co/WMM3davu0i

Mar 1, 2023 Β· β₯ 7 Β· β 1
Founder at ALT TEXYC S22
Intro paths
Myra went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Myra can intro founders to ALT TEX's investors below.
