How UPF clothing brand Solbari aims to beat skin cancer with US$6.6m raise

Two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70. It was this statistic that prompted Johanna Young to found Solbari, a brand of UPF50+ sun protective clothing, hats and accessories that has just received a US$6.6 million (A$10 million) minority share investment. It’s all in the name. Solbari is short for solar barrier, and creating a wearable, fashionable, effective and comfortable one is precisely Young’s vision. Founded in Young’s two-bedroom Melbourne apartm

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