This is pretty much the story of Diamond Foundry [1], a Bay area synthetic diamond company funded at ~ $100M to date [2]. Their marketing emphasizes the attribu

This is pretty much the story of Diamond Foundry [1], a Bay area synthetic diamond company funded at ~ $100M to date [2]. Their marketing emphasizes the attributes you list in your last sentence. [1] https://www.diamondfoundry.com/about/ https://www.diamondfoundry.com/about/ [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/diamond-foundry-raises-money-from-leonardo-dicaprio-and-other-billionaires-to-grow-diamonds-2015-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/diamond-foundry-raises-money-...