Brett and TJ met in a pub just south of London Bridge.
The pair coincidentally moved five minutes away from each other and met at a startup accelerator called Entrepreneur First.
After joining the accelerator, the two began experimenting in TJ's kitchen, turning the waste from local Bermondsey breweries into their very early prototypes.
Since then, Arda has gone from kitchen to lab, filed IP, raised venture capital, built a laboratory, grown the team, won awards, worked with world-class brewers and fashion brands, and this is just the beginning. Now Arda is progressing rapidly, both technically and commercially, on a mission to deliver plastic and animal-free materials at scale.