Amphico is leading the outdoor industry to a circular future

We use the same recyclable source material for every innovation, pushing it to the max to create garments, gills and more.

About Us

It’s never been more difficult to enjoy the outdoors without polluting it. Working at the intersection of science, engineering and design, Amphico is paving the way to make everything from one thing.

Learn more about Amphitex, consciously engineered by Amphico
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Designed for Circularity

Designed for Circularity

We know that we mention it a lot, but only because it is really important. Using recycled materials is becoming more common in the outdoor industry, often to create non-recyclable garments by combining different polymers. This is a step in the right direction but our ambition is to go further and close the loop by creating long lasting mono-material textiles that allow the whole garment to be recycled with the quality to be used again, and again.
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Waterproof

Waterproof

Our proprietary Amphidry™ Yarn is woven to create the hydrophobic outer fabric, meaning it will remain water repellent without the use of harmful or short-lasting chemical coatings. Meanwhile, the membrane has achieved a waterproof rating of 20,000 mmH2O at lab scale and we are currently working hard to scale it up. This combination of repellency and waterproofing provides the ultimate shell against any weather, even whilst sitting on wet grass or snow, to keep you dry and comfortable.
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Breathable

Breathable

Amphitex™ keeps the rain and wind out, but let’s your skin breathe to keep you comfortable on the mountain, in the forest or on your way to work. Specially constructed micropores in the membrane allow water vapour to pass through whilst blocking everything else that mother nature can throw at you. Breathability is under rigorous development and is on track to reach our first goal of 10,000 g/m²/24hr by Spring 2023.
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PFAS-free materials

PFAS-free materials

Amphico never uses PFAS and neither should you. This group of artificial substances can be found in everything from paints to cleaning products and unfortunately often in many water repellent coatings. These forever chemicals have been found to bioaccumulate in some of the world’s most remote rivers and lakes and proven to pose a serious risk to human and animal health. Whilst the outdoor industry is moving away from PFAS we pose a radical new solution, to not use any coatings at all.
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OUR TEAM

Jun Kamei
CEO & Founder
Dr Graham Bratton
Advisor (Commercialisation and IP)
Dr Deana Tsang
CTO
Dr Hatim Cader
Material Scientist
Isabella MacKenzie
Senior Textile Designer
Fergus Telfer
Design Engineer
Claire Miller
Principal Textile Designer
Dr Aristeidis Tsiamis
Polymer R&D Engineer
Henry Parkin
Junior Mechanical Engineer
Miki Abraham
Branding & Marketing
Haruka Kakuda-Sanins
R&D Coordinator
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is a simple “hello”.

We are a combination of experienced scientists and designers, passionate about making the future a better place, both in creating less impactful materials for the planet and in the improved performance of the products they facilitate.

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Jan 2017

Amphigill Conceptualised
Jun Kamei (Forbes30Under30) first prototyped the original artificial gill as a response to rising sea levels during his master’s project at the RCA after studying Applied Chemisty at Tohoku University.

NOV 2018

Amphico (Formerly Amphibio) Founded
The company was founded by Jun, who remains as CEO today, in the InnovationRCA start-up incubator. 

JUL 2019

Pre-seed funding secured
InnovationRCA and VENREX invested, and Graham Bratton joined the team as Head of IP and Commercialisation.

JUL 2020

Grant Funding
Amphico was awarded a Defense Accelerator Grant and an IUK grant to develop a physical gill to enable humans to breathe underwater for longer.

jun 2021

Growing Team
Dr Deana Tsang, Dr Hatim Cader, Nadia Bassiri and Kate Webster joined the team as Material Scientists, Lead Design Engineer and Textile Designer. They were quickly followed by Fergus Telfer, Isabella MacKenzie and Claire Miller who joined as Design Engineer, Lead Textile and Colour Designer, and Innovation Material Specialist.

SEP 2021

 A summer of awards
Amphico is awarded crQlr’s Best in Industry Prize, named one of Hello Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Poineers, attends the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2021 and was selected as a finalist in the Mass Challenge 2021.

APR 2022

Winner of the Terra Carta Design Lab 2022
Amphitex was chosen as one of four winners of the Terra Carta Design Lab, launched by HRH King Charles and Sir Jony Ive as part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative.

AUG  2022

GetSet Program
Amphico won a place on How&How’s GetSet program and is awarded a pro bono rebranding.

NOV 2022

COP27
Amphico exhibited at COP27 with the SMI Initiative. 

DEC 2022

More awards
Amphitex was awarded the Brandnew Special Recognition award at ISPO 2022 and the Ray of Hope Prize from the Biomimicry Institute. 

OCT 2023

Bigger and better
Dr Aristeidis Tsiamis, Miki Abraham, Nami Yatagai and Henry Parkin all joined the team and we settled into our lab and studio space at Makerversity.

FEB 2024

Everloop Capsule Collection
Everloop collection by PDS Ventures, Positive Materials and Petratex featuring an Amphitex jacket and trousers was launched at Premiere Vision in Paris.

APR 2024

Amphitex Membrane
After years of intensive R&D, our membrane is ready and we are collaborating with our commercial partners to deliver it to the outdoor industry.

2025

2 Layer Amphitex
We are on track to meet our goal of finishing the laminated two layer system of Amphitex face fabric and membrane by winter 2024/25.
Stronger together
Trusted by our partners
"I will always support innovation like AMPHITEX to disrupt the outdoor performance textile market so that we do not become complacent as an industry. AMPHITEX is a great example which helps re-establish British design and material innovation."
Charles Ross
Specialist in Performance Sportswear Design & Sustainable Matters FRSA
"FFF and UoL have been working with Amphico, both via FFF Responsive R&D funding and IUK awards since 2020. Having helped to take the startup’s original waterproof breathable textile fibre and turn it into a viable product, we are thrilled that this innovative technology is gaining impetus through the application of Amphitex™, which has exciting ramifications not only for Amphico's own collections, but as a sustainable alternative to be used in a range of outerwear pieces."
Susan Rainton
Future Fashion Factory (FFF) Programme Manager
"As part of a Future Fashion Factory R&D project, Dr Mark Taylor, Dr Ioana Taylor and I were able to assist the Amphico team to support the early-stage commercial development and physical testing of the new Amphitex product. Amphico is now collaborating with large retail brands, as well as trialling methods of recycling Amphitex for the production of new products. It's really good to see the progress that Amphico has made in building its new business and creating an exciting new product to replace traditional WWB membranes."
Prof. Stephen Russell
Director of the Nonwovens Research Group and the Centre for Technical Textiles at the University of Leeds

MENTORS AND ADVISORS

Sir Jony Ive
Former Chief of Design, Apple Inc. Business Mentor
Hideshi Hamaguchi
CEO, Monogoto Inc.
Dr Nadia Danhash
Director of InnovationRCA Business Advisor
Prof Stephen Russell
Director of Future Fashion Factory, University of Leeds Technical Advisor
Anne Toomey
Head of Programme Textiles, Royal College of Art Advisor
Irene Maffini
Sustainable VC Advisor, PDS Limited Angel Investor and Advisor
Cat How
FOUNDER & CEO OF HOW&HOW
Prof Stephen Westland
Professor of Colour Science and Technology, University of Leeds
Selim Dusi
Chairman of the Board of Directors & CEO, Switel Angel Investor and Advisor

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West Goods Entrance, Somerset House
Victoria Embankment, London
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