Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:42:53 PM
The cost of a new lab will be high but a close estimate isn't possible without knowing what kind of equipment it needs. It certainly will be in the six figures, IMHO. Biotech equipment is very expensive.
As for the money there are four basic approaches:
1) Make a deal for Monster Silk for upfront money - enough for the lab, personnel and operating expenses until the second part of the deal - royalties, start coming in.
As I detailed before, KBLB should already have at least two generations of gen1 worms (around 60,000) on hand that could be expanded into as many as 6 billion in another 4 months and by then everything else could be in place to start them producing. So royalties could be coming in quite soon. Far sooner than most products because there are plenty of existing silk production facilities that could be used without modifications.
2)Get a partner that would supply the money in return for a percentage of royalties.
3) do a secondary to raise the cash (really workable only if the news of a line of worms producing pure spider silk* raises the stock price enough, which it probably would.. (The production of pure spider silk, although it would be in gen 2, appears to be so close at hand that, IMHO it would come soon enough for this to be feasible.)
4) considering that everything about the production would be an already well established technology except for the worms themselves, once the silk from the gen1 worms have passed full testing and approval, even a conventional loan should be feasible.
The only unconventional thing about the loan would be the collateral which would be either the gen1 line of worms and/or the IP.
Personally I would prefer 1 or 2 and then 3 (as it would lead to dilution) and last of all, 4 (don't like the thought of a bank foreclosing because of something that might have, under other options, been a temporary and surmountable problem.
As for the money there are four basic approaches:
1) Make a deal for Monster Silk for upfront money - enough for the lab, personnel and operating expenses until the second part of the deal - royalties, start coming in.
As I detailed before, KBLB should already have at least two generations of gen1 worms (around 60,000) on hand that could be expanded into as many as 6 billion in another 4 months and by then everything else could be in place to start them producing. So royalties could be coming in quite soon. Far sooner than most products because there are plenty of existing silk production facilities that could be used without modifications.
2)Get a partner that would supply the money in return for a percentage of royalties.
3) do a secondary to raise the cash (really workable only if the news of a line of worms producing pure spider silk* raises the stock price enough, which it probably would.. (The production of pure spider silk, although it would be in gen 2, appears to be so close at hand that, IMHO it would come soon enough for this to be feasible.)
4) considering that everything about the production would be an already well established technology except for the worms themselves, once the silk from the gen1 worms have passed full testing and approval, even a conventional loan should be feasible.
The only unconventional thing about the loan would be the collateral which would be either the gen1 line of worms and/or the IP.
Personally I would prefer 1 or 2 and then 3 (as it would lead to dilution) and last of all, 4 (don't like the thought of a bank foreclosing because of something that might have, under other options, been a temporary and surmountable problem.
Recent KBLB News
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Smashes Production Targets as New Spider Silk Batch Surges Past Expectations • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/26/2026 11:35:00 AM
- Form 424B3 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(3)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/22/2026 08:30:20 PM
- Form 424B3 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(3)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/22/2026 08:30:19 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Highlights Technical Breakthrough of Its Immortalized Silk Gland Cell Platform • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/20/2026 11:35:00 AM
- Immortalized Silk Gland Cell Line Breakthrough Expands Kraig Biocraft’s Biotech Ambitions (KBLB) • IH Market News • 05/18/2026 03:12:33 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Announces Breakthrough Creation of Immortalized Silkworm Silk Gland Cell Line with Broad Biotechnology Applications • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/18/2026 11:05:00 AM
- Form 10-Q - Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/14/2026 08:31:50 PM
- Form 424B3 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(3)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/14/2026 12:14:08 PM
- Form EFFECT - Notice of Effectiveness • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/14/2026 04:15:05 AM
- The Plastic Crisis Is Exploding and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Has a Unique Answer • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/13/2026 01:05:00 PM
- Form POS AM - Post-Effective amendments for registration statement • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 05/11/2026 08:30:47 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Commissions New Production Rearing Center to Support Accelerating Spider Silk Scale-Up • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/11/2026 11:05:00 AM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Positions Itself as a Front-Runner in Spider Silk Race • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/07/2026 01:05:00 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Launches April/May Production Cycle Following Record Spider Silk Output • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 05/04/2026 11:05:00 AM
- Form 424B3 - Prospectus [Rule 424(b)(3)] • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 04/30/2026 09:07:15 PM
- Kraig Biocraft (KBLB) Spider Silk Production Milestone Signals Progress Toward Commercialization • IH Market News • 04/30/2026 02:54:26 PM
- Kraig Labs Clears Dual Commercialization Milestones with Record Spider Silk Production and Successful Reeling Operations • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 04/30/2026 01:20:00 PM
- Kraig Biocraft (USOTC:KBLB) Hits 50% Production Milestone — Spider Silk Push Moves Closer to Commercial Scale • IH Market News • 04/28/2026 01:51:39 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Reports Major Progress Converting Record-Setting Spider Silk Cocoon Production into Reeled Silk • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 04/28/2026 11:05:00 AM
- Form POS AM - Post-Effective amendments for registration statement • Edgar (US Regulatory) • 04/21/2026 06:41:52 PM
- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Advances Record Production and Begins Processing 1.8 Metric Tons of Recombinant Spider Silk Cocoons • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 04/20/2026 11:05:00 AM
- The End of Performance at Any Cost, as Spider Silk Points to a Cleaner Future • GlobeNewswire Inc. • 04/15/2026 01:15:00 PM
