Pangaia is a fashion company founded in 2018. It sells athleisure, wardrobe materials, and graphic T-shirts.^[1][2] The company's research and development of sustainable materials for production takes place in their industry at Florence, Italy and is led by Enrico Cozzoni.^[3]

Pangaia originated from Future Tech Labs, an incubator focused on material innovation that was established by Miroslava Duma.^[4] Duma, initially an influencer in fashion, transitioned into a venture capitalist and played a key role in developing technologies and brands centered around sustainability and materials science.^[4] Pangaia experienced commercial success during the Covid 19 pandemic, which attracted backing from high profile names, including Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Carmen Busquets, and Leonardo DiCaprio.^[4][3]

In 2022, Pangaia reported substantial net losses.^[5][6][7] The company restructured in 2023 by laying off a third of its workforce and closing its warehouse in the Netherlands.^[5] They have seen a stabilization since.^[5]

Krishna Nikhil served as the chief executive of Pangaia for 18 months before stepping down from his role in December 2023.^[8][9] Before this role, Nikhil was a consultant and chief marketing officer at Ssense.^[8] Pangaia announced that Nikhil will continue to contribute as an advisor, but his position has been filled by Nathalie Longuet, a co-founder of Pangaia who has now taken on the role of chief executive.^[4][8][3] Longuet still holds this position as of 2024.

Pangaia has collaborated with artists, fashion brands, and sustainable material innovators such as Timberland,^[10][11] Nativa, Takashi Murakami, Ambush, Alexander Wang, The Woolmark Company, Evrnu,^[12] and Kenny Scharf.^[13]

Other notable collaborations include partnerships with Polestar,^[14] Headspace,^[15] Wagamama,^[16] Costa Brazil,^[17] and others.^{[18][19][20][21]}