MIT Technology Review · Feb 2025
Describes Solugen as a $2B company, recounts the seed-funding origin story, and reiterates the company's bio-based chemistry platform and 2023 EPA Green Chemistry award.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Solugen is a Houston-based chemical manufacturing company that uses its Bioforge platform—engineered enzymes, metal catalysts, and bio-based feedstocks—to make sustainable industrial chemicals that replace petroleum- or natural-gas-derived inputs.
Primary product
Bioforge platform and sustainable industrial chemicals (including hydrogen peroxide, gluconic acid, and glucaric acid)
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Houston, Texas, United States
Team size
101-200
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Chemical Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Sustainable chemicals / biomanufacturing
Offices
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