{
  "id": 3713547,
  "title": "The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Karin Fleck, CEO and founder of Vienna Textile Lab",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/the-eu-startups-podcast-interview-with-karin-fleck-ceo-and-founder-of",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:32:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EU-Startups",
    "slug": "eu-startups",
    "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/08/the-eu-startups-podcast-interview-with-karin-fleck-ceo-and-founder-of-vienna-textile-lab/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In this interview, Karin Fleck, the CEO and founder of Vienna Textile Lab, discusses her transition from the oil and energy sector to sustainable textile innovation. With a decade of experience in large-scale industrial projects, she now focuses on creating eco-friendly dyes derived from microorganisms. Vienna Textile Lab offers a commercially viable and sustainable alternative to traditional synthetic dyes, tackling the environmental and human costs of synthetic dye production. The company's work aligns with the Women TechEU scheme, which aims to foster inclusive innovation and support women-led deep tech startups across Europe.",
  "summary": "Join us for a conversation with Karin Fleck, the CEO and Founder of Vienna Textile Lab, an innovator in sustainable textile dyeing through biotechnology. With a decade of experience in the oil and energy sector, Karin transitioned her expertise to address one of the fashion industry’s most pressing challenges: the environmental and human cost of […] The post The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}