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Rise Reforming launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
4
Based
Chicago, IL, USA

Founders

rise-reforming.com ↗

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Rise Reforming on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: Geopolitical conflicts and natural disasters frequently expose the vulnerability of the American chemical industry. The reason? Production is centralized and fossil fuel-dependent. The solution? Localized production using an undervalued resource: biogas. The US produces enough biogas to make over $20 bn/y worth of chemicals, but 60% is wasted in low-margin applications or flared altogether. Rise Reforming is commercializing a modular process to transform this underutilized biogas on-site into cheap, supply-secure chemicals. (source)

Who is behind it

  • George Rose, Founder/CEO: Co-founder and CEO at Rise Reforming (S26). Previously @ Nexamp, Highland Electric Fleets, Mantel Capture, GenH. Background in Molecular Engineering @ UChicago. (source)
  • Lucas Zubillaga, Founder/CTO: 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. (source)
  • Jona van Oord, Founder/COO: 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 (source)

Timeline

  1. 2024: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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Where else to launch Rise Reforming

  • Indie Hackers Forum ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
  • BetaList ↗
    Self-promotion allowedPaid
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • CoFoundersLab ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • Hacker News (Show HN) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
  • Invincible Product Hunters (Global) ↗
    Self-promotion allowed, within the community's rules
    Audience: Telegram channel readers; URL-first, attention-light
  • Launching Next ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • LaunchPedia ↗
    Self-promotion allowed
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories
  • MicroLaunch ↗
    Self-promotion allowedFree, with paid options
    Audience: Directory listing surface; cold readers scanning categories

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