Pupae Studio · Wear the Change

The chrysalis stage for fashion's carbon problem.

Pupae Studio builds the infrastructure that helps apparel brands transform — from guessing at a garment's footprint to knowing it, in seconds. ThreadPrint is our first product.

The Studio

A venture studio for the industry's next metamorphosis.

Fashion is under more pressure to change than at any point in its history — regulatory, financial, and cultural, all at once. Pupae Studio exists to build the tools that make that change possible, not just demanded.

We build products the way a pupa builds a butterfly: quietly, structurally, from the inside — real engineering underneath, not a sustainability claim bolted on top. ThreadPrint is the first product to emerge from the studio. It won't be the last.

Our first product

ThreadPrint

Farm-to-cradle carbon and cost modeling for every garment, with a genuine linear-programming optimizer underneath — not a scorecard, not a rule of thumb.

Assess

Six lifecycle stages — farm, mill, cut & sew, distribution, use, end of life — scored in seconds, TRACI 2.1 and ISO 14040/14044/14067 aligned.

Optimize

A real linear program solves the fiber blend under your constraints, plus exact search across every other stage — for lowest carbon, or lowest cost.

Report

Portfolio dashboards and an audit-ready trail, structured for CSRD and the EU Digital Product Passport.

How it works

One assessment, six lifecycle stages.

1
Farm
Fiber production
2
Mill
Textile production
3
Cut & Sew
Garment + packaging
4
Ship
Distribution
5
Wear
Use phase
6
End of Life
Disposal / recycling
33

fibers in the factor library, each tagged by data-quality tier

9

grid regions, freight modes, and 4 end-of-life routes modeled

5

ISO standards the methodology is built to align with

See it in action

One SKU, before and after optimization.

60/40 cotton-poly tee · heavy wet-processing in India · air freight · hot wash & tumble dry · landfill.

Before
10.97
kg CO₂e per garment
$6.85
landed cost of goods
After — optimized for carbon
0.98
kg CO₂e — 91% lower
$2.00
landed cost — 71% lower

Solved for cost instead: net −$0.03 landed cost with jute + Bangladesh production. Carbon-optimal and cost-optimal recipes don't always agree — which is exactly why brands need to see both. Try it yourself →

Compliance-ready

Built for where regulation is headed.

The EU's Digital Product Passport is expected to require SKU-level environmental data for textiles by 2028–2029, and CSRD reporting is already phasing in. ThreadPrint's output is structured for that from day one — not retrofitted later.

ISO 14040 ISO 14044 ISO 14067 ISO 14025 ISO 14021

What "aligned with" means here

ThreadPrint's calculation structure follows these ISO standards' principles — the four-phase LCA framework, product carbon footprint quantification, and the data discipline behind formal environmental declarations and substantiated claims.

It's not a claim of formal ISO certification, which applies to audited organizations, not software — and we say that plainly, in the product itself, not just here.

Plans

Scales from a single studio to a global maison.

Studio

$490/month
25 SKU assessments / month
  • Full 6-stage LCA engine
  • LP-based optimizer
  • Recommendations & cost model

Maison

Custom
Unlimited assessments
  • Everything in House
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • Custom data integrations
For investors

Pre-revenue, with the product risk already retired.

ThreadPrint's engine, optimizer, and cost model are built and running end to end — not a prototype, not a deck. What's ahead is converting pipeline into paying pilots, not building the core technology.

Where things stand

  • Platform live: 6-stage LCA engine, LP optimizer, parallel cost model, ISO-standards methodology reference
  • Methodology validated against a 33-fiber / 9-region factor library, with documented worked examples
  • Pilot conversations underway with independent and mid-market apparel brands
For brands

Bring one SKU. We'll show you its full footprint in the room.

A 90-day pilot, not a year-long rollout.

Schedule a pilot
Contact

Let's talk about what you're trying to change.

Whether you're evaluating ThreadPrint for your brand, or Pupae Studio for your fund — we'd like to hear from you.

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