<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/innovation/news/stories/2024/startup-spotlight-bucha-bio.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>07/05/2024 10:04:28 AM</pubDate><title>Startup Spotlight: Bucha Bio</title><subtitle/><description>In 2020, Zimri Hinshaw started his own company after struggling to find an environmentally friendly vegan leather alternative to use for fashion designs. He founded Bucha Bio to create his own materials.</description><author/><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/innovation/news/_images/bucha.jpg" alt="Scientist Testing"/></image><categories>Startups &amp; Entrepreneurship,Companies &amp; Partnerships,Education &amp; Workforce</categories></item>