Rise Reforming joins YC to turn wastewater biogas into chemicals on-site
The Chicago founders pivoted from plastic waste and are building a containerized pilot at a wastewater plant that is expected to go online in 2027.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Rise Reforming
Why it matters
Rise Reforming's pilot will test whether distributed chemical plants can make stranded biogas valuable without the cost and infrastructure of centralized production.
George Rose, Lucas Zubillaga and Jona van Oord have brought Rise Reforming into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch as Rise Reforming moves its waste-gas chemistry out of the lab and into a wastewater treatment plant.…
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