Episode 515: Sedef Uncu Aki / Gozen
This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Sedef Uncu Aki, CEO at Gozen.
About Dr. Sedef Uncu Aki
Gozen CEO, Dr. Sedef Uncu Aki, brings 25 years of leadership experience in operations, commercial strategy and business growth, alongside her PhD in Textile Technology & Management. With a proven track record in managing over $100 million in P&L for global textile companies, she now oversees the delivery of Lunaform to product industries across mass, premium and luxury segments—driven by a bold vision to create a new material reality.
About GOZEN
Gozen (www.gozen.world) is a design-led biotechnology scale-up based in San Francisco, California and Istanbul, Türkiye, that creates exceptional biomaterials for visionary creatives. Established in 2022 by fashion designer, Ece Gözen, Gozen acts as a bridge between the worlds of next-generation technology, progressive design and the established traditions of artisan craft—united by a core purpose to protect the Earth.
About Lunaform
Lunaform is an advanced nanocellulose biomaterial crafted in collaboration with nature. Through Gozen’s BioCraft technology, the ingenuity of microorganisms are harnessed in a process of controlled fermentation, creating a fibrous biological lattice. The result is a material whose cascading drape, tensile strength and unmatched versatility position it as the natural successor to traditional materials—one source offering infinite possibilities.
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