Arcaea
Personal Care Product ManufacturingMassachusetts, United States11-50 Employees
Arcaea is a Boston-based company operating in the personal care product manufacturing space. It pursues a biology-driven approach to beauty, developing new ingredients and product experiences through technologies such as DNA sequencing, biological engineering, and fermentation. The company aims to cultivate safe, sustainable ingredients and to establish a supply chain that avoids petrochemicals and the depletion of natural resources, delivering novel functionality across skincare, bodycare, haircare, and aesthetics. Arcaea originated on the Ginkgo Bioworks platform, formerly associated with the working title Kalo. In 2023 the company launched Future Society, a fragrance brand that debuted with the Scent Surrection collection, a lineup of six perfumes derived from sequenced DNA of extinct flowers.