Rise Reforming
Rise Reforming is a climate tech company in Chicago, United States, founded in 2026. It has raised $650K across 1 round, most recently a $650K Pre-Seed in March 2026.
Unlocking resilience for the chemical industry
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Employees
- 1–10
- Founded
- 2026
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- rise-reforming.com
- Total Funding
- $650K
- Last Round
- $650K Pre-SeedMar 2026
- Rounds
- 1
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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
Summary
It lists 1–10 employees. It has raised $650K in total across 1 round, most recently a $650K Pre-Seed round in Mar 2026.
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Funding History
Mar 2026
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