Rise Reforming
We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals
Chicago, IL
4 employees
Industrials
Pre-seed · $1.1M
About Rise Reforming
We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals
We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals
We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals
Total raised
$1.1M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
George Rose
B.S. in Molecular Engineering from UChicago. Named Climate Fellow by the 776 Foundation. Previously researched methane emission reduction pathways. Leads Rise Reforming's technical and strategic direction.
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Lucas Zubillaga Maharg
Double B.Sc. in Molecular Engineering and Physics from UChicago (summa cum laude). Previously worked on nuclear waste management at Argonne National Laboratory and offshore wind at Avangrid/Iberdrola. Led bench-scale reforming unit design and construction.
LinkedInJona van Oord
Molecular Engineering major at UChicago. Leads fundraising, grant applications, and Rise's expansion into methanol production. Previously a research assistant in the Patel Lab at UChicago.
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Lucas Zubillaga
Co-Founder & CTO at Rise Reforming (S26). Double B.Sc. in Molecular Engineering and Physics from the University of Chicago. Prev: nuclear waste management at Argonne National Laboratory, offshore wind at Avangrid/Iberdrola. Led the design, procurement, construction, and operation of a bench-scale reforming unit with controls. Also have a Spotify playlist with 200k+ saves. Check it out at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rV2gyEKHxixpKa3IDQLvF?si=3458c33e03e84738&nd=1&dlsi=d0006826be884d
LinkedInLucas Zubillaga
Co-Founder & CTO at Rise Reforming (S26). Double B.Sc. in Molecular Engineering and Physics from the University of Chicago. Prev: nuclear waste management at Argonne National Laboratory, offshore wind at Avangrid/Iberdrola. Led the design, procurement, construction, and operation of a bench-scale reforming unit with controls. Also have a Spotify playlist with 200k+ saves. Check it out at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rV2gyEKHxixpKa3IDQLvF?si=3458c33e03e84738&nd=1&dlsi=d0006826be884d
George Rose
Co-founder and CEO at Rise Reforming (S26). Previously @ Nexamp, Highland Electric Fleets, Mantel Capture, GenH. Background in Molecular Engineering @ UChicago.
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Jona van Oord
Environmentalist turned engineer. Plan on spending the rest of my life building hardware to address the climate disaster :) Co-Founder and COO @ Rise Reforming (S26), Molecular Engineering @ UChicago
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