# Jasmina Aganovic

> Jasmina Aganovic is a Boston-based chemical and biological engineer and the founder and CEO of Arcaea. An MIT graduate whose career includes Fresh, Living Proof, Mother Dirt and Ginkgo Bioworks, she builds beauty ingredients and brands around biology as a creative tool. Arcaea announced a $78 million Series A in 2021; its fragrance brand Future Society launched in 2023 with six scents inspired by extinct flowers and introduced Cloud Reverie in April 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Arcaea
- **Organizations:** Arcaea, Future Society, Ginkgo Bioworks, Mother Dirt, Bona Clara, Stages of Beauty, Living Proof, Fresh, NutraClick
- **Education:** Degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded Arcaea, which announced a $78 million Series A in 2021 with investors including CHANEL and Givaudan., Launched Future Society with six fragrances inspired by DNA data from extinct flowers., Included in Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Graduated from MIT; early career included Fresh and Living Proof.
- **2010** — Started Stages of Beauty, later rebranded Bona Clara.
- **2015** — Led Mother Dirt as president at its launch.
- **2019** — Joined Ginkgo Bioworks as entrepreneur-in-residence.
- **2021** — Arcaea publicly launched and announced $78 million in Series A financing on October 27.
- **2023** — Arcaea launched Future Society with six fragrances inspired by extinct flowers.
- **2025** — Recognized on Inc.'s Female Founders 500 list; Future Society collaborated with K18 on Floating Forest.
- **2026** — Future Society launched Cloud Reverie in April and Base Scent later in the year.

## Achievements

- Founded Arcaea, which announced a $78 million Series A in 2021 with investors including CHANEL and Givaudan.
- Launched Future Society with six fragrances inspired by DNA data from extinct flowers.
- Included in Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500.
- Named among CEW's 2025 Innovators, as acknowledged on her LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published a three-part first-person account of Cloud Reverie, accompanying the fragrance's launch.
- **2026-09** — Discussed Future Society's Base Scent launch in a public Instagram post and a September 30 Inc. interview.

## Links

- Website: https://arcaea.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminaaganovic
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/JasminaAganovic
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasmina.aganovic/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26