How Two Young Scientists Built a 250 Million Business Using Yeast to Clean Up Wastewater

Houston-based Solugen is making cheaper, more effective industrial chemicals to help scrub everything from pools and hot tubs to oil and gas companies’ wastewater. Up next: fertilizers.

Hydrogen Peroxide from Genetically Modified Enzymes
Investors like BlackRock are using a company’s sustainability as a deciding factor for their investments. Solugen is perfectly aligned with these sustainability initiatives with their work in biotechnology and enzymology.

Deep tech VCs on what they view as some of the most impactful young startupsright now 
TechCrunch interviewed Seth Bannon, Solugen investor from Fifty Years, on how deep tech and synthetic biology are making an impact.

2020 Energy Innovators: Recognizing Today's Technology Influencers
In recognition of the oil and gas industry's brightest minds, inventive innovators, and leaders of cutting-edge technology development, E&P is proud to announce the 2020 Energy Innovators.

Nature Amplified: The Synthetic Biology Revolution is Here
A publication by The Engine, built by MIT, highlights how Solugen's co-founders, Sean Hunt and Gaurab Chakrabarti, took cancer research to chemicals manufacturing using synthetic biology.

Oilfield Chemistry Marches Forward
By nourishing carefully engineered enzymes with plant sugars that otherwise go to waste, Solugen can produce environmentally-friendly peroxides and iron agents.

Cleaning up hydrogen peroxide production
Solugen's engineered enzymes offer a cheaper, safer, and far less toxic way to produce the chemical.

Next-generation system mitigates iron sulfide
New chemistries and technologies allow operators to consolidate operational water footprint and costs.

Houston chemicals startup scaling up technology and headcount 
Houston-based specialty chemicals startup Solugen Inc. is scaling up after raising a $32 million Series B earlier this year.

TechCrunch recognizes Solugen as one of the companies that are on a “quest to create sustainable pathways for chemical manufacturing.” 
Solugen is looking to commercialize the bio-production of hydrogen peroxide. It’s another chemical that’s at the heart of modern industrial processes — and is incredibly hazardous to make using traditional methods.

HBJ's Inaugural Innovation Awards honorees revealed
Solugen's commitment to innovation has been recognized by Houston Business Journal with the inaugural Innovation Award.

Solugen leading the way in low cost,  bio-based tech
The massive volume of produced water in the Permian Basin is a cause for concern for some operators in the region, inspiring innovators to concoct fresh technologies to break down the barriers of what is feasible in the field.

These 5 Houston startups raised the most VC money during Q2
Solugen ranks #2 on the list of Top 5 Houston startups who raised the most VC money in Q2.

Making The Oil Patch A Little Greener: Plant-Based Cleaner Manufacturer In Growth Mode
Solugen's enzyme process creates hydrogen peroxide and derivative chemicals with corn syrup and ethanol as feedstocks.

CEO: Houston biochem company in "crazy growth mode" 
A Houston-based chemical startup snagged $32 million in series B funding ahead of plans to build a new headquarters and plant, but this isn't the end of the company's fundraising plans.

This Under 30 Startup Just Raised Another $32 Million to Manufacture Chemicals with Bacteria 
Houston-based chemical manufacturing startup Solugen, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $32 million series B round.

Meet the Texas startup that wants to decarbonize the chemical industry
Solugen created a process that can make thousands of tons of chemicals — without relying on petroleum — an important step in the fight against global climate change.

Solugen finds sweet spot with industrial hydrogen peroxide
Solugen’s ability to clean wastewater from hydraulic fracturing could be the most popular use in Texas, a proposition that has helped Houston-based Solugen raise nearly $20 million from investors in Silicon Valley.

Solugen – Ode to a Sustainable Future With Green Chemistry
Shortly after Solugen’s launch of its Ode to Clean wipes, the product was acquired by Diamond Wipes International, one of the largest wet wipe manufacturers.

Solugen Receives 2018 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award
Along with the company award, Solugen announced that their Ode to Clean innovation won the award for the Safer Choice Innovator.

Houston Biotech co. Raises Nearly $19 million in equity
Solugen raised $18.8 million in equity from 50 different investors.

Solugen Heralds A Manufacturing Revolution
Solugen invents a process to make hydrogen peroxide from plant sugars.