Solugen
Also known as Siligen
Key facts
- Built
- hydrogen peroxide, Uses a new organic catalyst in a process for making hydrogen peroxide
- Capabilities
- Produces industrial chemicals, primarily hydrogen peroxideMakes industrial chemicals and began selling product during its YC batch.Started making and selling bottles of hydrogen peroxide from a garage
From talks
Results and examples shared in single talks
- fills trucks at about 300 gallons per minute 11:54Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industry
- one Coke bottle of enzyme produces two to four tanker trucks of product 11:39Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industry
- billion-dollar company 0:17Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industry
- 96% yield at scale 1:02Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industry
- raised $400 million 10:06How Startup Fundraising Works
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- raised $4 million to get started 9:30How Startup Fundraising Works
- made $10,000 a month selling hydrogen peroxide 8:19How Startup Fundraising Works
- $12,000 monthly revenue at the prototype stage 0:17Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industry
Tech stack & tools
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Timeline 9
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Founded2People2Built2Capability3
20264 events
- Gaurab is co-founder at Solugen
“Solugen co-founder” 5:35
Unverified1 source· Talk
- Sean is co-founder at Solugen
“Solugen co-founder” 5:35
Unverified1 source· Talk
- Gaurab founded Solugen
“Sean was working in the chemicals industry, and Gaurab was in medical school” 2:22
Unverified1 source· Talk
- Sean founded Solugen
“Sean was working in the chemicals industry, and Gaurab was in medical school” 2:22
Unverified1 source· Talk
20244 events
October
- Started making and selling bottles of hydrogen peroxide from a garage
“They started making bottles of hydrogen peroxide and selling them to anybody who would buy one.” 2:12
Unverified1 source· Talk
- Solugen built hydrogen peroxideUses a new organic catalyst in a process for making hydrogen peroxide
“They had invented a new process for making hydrogen peroxide that uses a new organic catalyst.” 1:15
Unverified1 source· Talk
- Produces industrial chemicals, primarily hydrogen peroxide
“Solugen produces industrial chemicals, primarily hydrogen peroxide.” 1:15
Unverified1 source· Talk
April
- Makes industrial chemicals and began selling product during its YC batch.
“They make industrial chemicals” 27:55
Unverified1 source· Talk
Talks by Solugen 0
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Talks by others that mention this company
- Inside The Startup Reinventing The $6 Trillion Chemical Manufacturing Industrymentioned by Sean and Gaurab 0:00
- How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start? 1:09
- Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality 27:48
- How Startup Fundraising Worksmentioned by Brad Flora 8:19
- Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Foundersmentioned by Jared Friedman 8:43