About Us

A women-led team of engineers set out to solve the global textile waste crisis.

Our story

We founded Refiberd with the goal of bringing the cutting-edge of AI research to the fashion industry.

From our deep research backgrounds in artificial intelligence and textile engineering, we believe in the power of technology to unlock a 100% circular economy.

Our team

  • Headshot of Sarika Bajaj

    Sarika Bajaj

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Textile Researcher, previously worked at Intel on experimental fashion-tech. Bachelors and 2 Masters from Carnegie Mellon.
  • Headshot of Tushita Gupta

    Tushita Gupta

    Co-Founder & CTO
    Patent-pending AI scientist, previously worked on drug discovery at Atomwise. Bachelors and Masters from Carnegie Mellon.
  • Headshot of Georg Menzl, PhD

    Georg Menzl, PhD

    AI Research Scientist
    AI and Physics Researcher, previously worked at Sigma. PhD in Physics from University of Vienna and Postdoc at UC Berkeley.
  • Headshot of Rebecca Geppert

    Rebecca Geppert

    Strategic Partnerships
    Strategy & Business Development, previously worked at Revive. Bachelors from Savannah College of Art and Design.
  • Headshot of Alejandra Martinez

    Alejandra Martinez

    Senior Research Associate
    Chemist, previously worked at Wildtype Foods. Bachelors from Converse College and Masters from University of Glasgow.

Partners & Investors

Better Venture
Fashion for good
Schmidt Family Foundation
SIG Educational Foundation
True Wealth Ventures
Google for Startups
Kureba
H&M Foundation