Rise Reforming
We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals
About
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. Our beachhead market is dimethyl ether (DME), used as an aerosol propellant and a low-carbon fuel additive in propane. Our target market is methanol: an established billion $ chemical and the future of low-carbon shipping. We're doing our pilot project at a Chicagoland wastewater plant. This will be the first wastewater biogas-to-methanol demo in the Americas. We're hiring for a senior chemical process engineer. Apply here: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rise-reforming/jobs/wJ9Q9nv-senior-chemical-process-engineer Rise Reforming is a Y Combinator company (Summer 2026). YC-listed status: Active.
- Website
- rise-reforming.com/home
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
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- Ownership
- unclaimed
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Products
- Rise Reforming — Modular containerized units that convert stranded biogas into chemicals such as DME, methanol, and DMC on-site. · Hardware
Links
- Y Combinator profileycombinator