Acquisition
Feb 2026Dober acquired Lygos’ Agronomy and Water Treatment businesses; Lygos retained Soltellus for Home and Personal Care and Hygiene applications and retained proprietary polymer technology.
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Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Lygos is a privately held specialty chemicals company that develops sustainable, bio-based performance materials for agronomy, home care, hygiene, personal care, and water treatment, emphasizing products that outperform incumbent petrochemical alternatives at commercial scale.
Primary product
Soltellus™ biodegradable/sustainable specialty polymers and related specialty chemicals
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Hayward, California, United States
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Chemical Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Specialty chemicals / sustainable materials / biotechnology
Offices
Hayward, California, United States
Berkeley, California, United States
Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States (planned commercial-scale biorefinery project)
Business model
B2B specialty ingredient sales
Collaborative product development with value-chain partners
Commercial-scale manufacturing partnerships
Technology licensing / proprietary platform development
Funding
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$160M
Latest round
Growth Capital (Convertible Notes) · Apr 2022
Latest amount
$160M
$160M
Jul 2018 · IA Ventures and First Round Capital
Dec 2016 · OS Fund and IA Ventures
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Business Officer
Chantal Bergeron
Chief Sustainability Officer
Photon Rao
Vice President, Legal Affairs & Chief Patent Counsel
Liza Lopez
Vice President, Process Scaleup & Manufacturing
Work & culture
Culture is framed around sustainability, innovation, doing the right thing, agility, and winning as a team; the company emphasizes collaboration and measurable performance outcomes.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Signals indicate highly competitive salaries, performance-based bonuses, and stock options, plus strong benefits coverage.
Benefits
Equitable hiring practices
Performance-based bonuses (individual and company)
Flexible work environment
Medical benefits covered 100% for employees and 50% for dependents
12 weeks paid parental leave
Unlimited/Flexible PTO
Stock options
Highly competitive salary
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to be B2B negotiated pricing for specialty ingredients and collaborative development/manufacturing arrangements.
Differentiators
- —Bio-based and biodegradable performance materials
- —Performance as the benchmark rather than sustainability alone
- —Commercial-scale delivery through manufacturing partnerships
- —Collaborate to Accelerate™ partner-led development model
- —Uses renewable feedstocks such as sugar and CO2
- —Targets cost and performance advantages over petrochemicals
Technology
Next.js
styled-components
Cloudflare
Asana
HubSpot
Puppet
W3 Total Cache
Google Search Console
Customers
Agronomy customers
Home care brands
Hygiene product manufacturers
Personal care formulators
Water treatment customers
Industrial and consumer product partners
Competitors
Amyris
Arbor Biotechnologies
Avidity Biosciences
other sustainable specialty chemical and synthetic biology companies
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Signals & risks
Other
Apr 2025BioMADE and Lygos agreed to convert Lygos’ pilot-scale biomanufacturing facility in Hayward into a multi-user site operated by BioMADE, indicating a shift in how Lygos uses that asset.
SourceOther
Sep 2022Flexible Solutions International terminated the planned merger with Lygos (termination announcement referenced in funding/transaction evidence).
SourceLatest news
Business Wire · Feb 2026
Dober acquired Lygos’ agronomy and water treatment businesses; Lygos kept Soltellus for home/personal care and hygiene and retained key polymer technology.
Lygos Blog · Feb 2026
Lygos announced the divestiture of its agronomy and water treatment businesses to Dober.
Lygos Blog · Apr 2025
BioMADE and Lygos agreed to convert Lygos’ Hayward pilot facility into a multi-user biomanufacturing site; Lygos remains a customer.
Lygos Blog · Sep 2024
Lygos and CJ BIO signed an MOU to develop a commercial-scale biorefinery in Fort Dodge, Iowa, with initial output up to 40,000 MT/yr and expansion potential to 100,000 MT/yr.
Lygos Blog · Aug 2023
Lygos appointed Chantal Bergeron as Chief Sustainability Officer, reporting to CEO Eric Steen.
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