Which YC batch was Solugen in?

Solugen was in Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch (W17).

Is Solugen still active?

Y Combinator lists Solugen as active.

Where is Solugen based?

Solugen lists Houston, TX, USA as its location on YC's directory.

Solugen: YC W17 company, active

Founders

Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.

Same space

Competitors

Closest in what they build, same category.

CarbonfactS21Decarbonizing the fashion industryShared: climateActive
Phase BiolabsW22We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentationShared: climateActive

Adjacent

Overlapping tags, a different niche.

LygosW16Lygos (W16) built and commercialized sustainable, high-performance…Shared: climate, biotechnologyActive
AtmetoW23Building a frontier world model for powerShared: climate, climatetechActive
Birch BiosciencesS22We recycle plastic using engineered enzymesShared: climate, climatetechActive
Neuron IndustriesS26Industrial Controllers built for AIShared: manufacturing, industrialActive
Future FieldsS20We make unmakeable proteins with radical advanced biomanufacturing.Shared: manufacturing, climateActive

Also from W17

Batchmates in Winter 2017.

About Solugen

Solugen is decarbonizing the chemistry of everyday life with enzymes and innovative metal catalysts. Our new to the world Bioforge platform technology can produce high value chemical goods that are biobased and carbon negative, at cost on par with current technologies. We are making sustainable chemistry accessible to all living things, to ensure a prosperous world exists for generations.

Houston, TX, USA