What it sells
We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedSustainability/procurement leads at plastic and packaging manufacturers; also grant agencies (NSF, DOE, DARPA fund it).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Only 9% of US plastic is recycled; need 100% recycled-content resin at virgin quality.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Shred plastic, enzymes depolymerize to monomers, repolymerize into 100% recycled resin for new products.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Targets $600B plastic resin market; claims >70% lower GHG and competitive pricing; pilot plant planned 2026, commercial design 2027-28; currently funded by SBIR awards.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Contact form; partnerships with academia, NREL patent license; no sales motion yet.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2022 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.