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Chrysalabs
Montreal, CA · Founded 2018 · 6 known investors
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ChrysaLabs provides soil measurement and data for carbon projects, generating buyer-grade evidence to help verify and value soil carbon removals for markets, auditors, and investors. The company focuses on making soil carbon projects bankable and marketable as carbon assets.
Founders & leadership
Chrysalabs was founded in 2018 by Samuel Fournier.
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Samuel FournierCo-Founder & CEOSamuel Fournier joined ChrysaLabs in 2018 as co-founder and COO before taking over as CEO in 2019. He previously held business development roles at Recyclage Lithion, Taiga Motors, Boréalis and UMRsu, and served as director of operations and scientific affairs at Hoktus.
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Jacques MichielsCo-Founder & CIO
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Gabriel MangeatCo-Founder & CTOGabriel Mangeat co-founded ChrysaLabs in 2017 while completing a PhD in biomedical engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal, where he also earned an MASc. He was previously a research fellow at the Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH/HST and interned at the CEA in France.
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Benjamin De LeenerCo-Founder & CSOBenjamin De Leener co-founded ChrysaLabs in 2017, serving as CEO until 2019 and then as chief scientific officer through 2025. He is a professor of biomedical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where he has taught since 2019, holds a research chair in pediatric neuroimaging at Institut TransMedTech, and previously conducted postdoctoral research at the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Investors · 6
Bastien Family Officelisted by Bastien Family OfficeMontreal
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BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fundlisted by BDC Industrial Innovation Venture FundMontréal
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BDC Venture CapitalreportedMontreal · $365K – $25.6M
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Chrysalabs do?
- ChrysaLabs provides soil measurement and data for carbon projects, generating buyer-grade evidence to help verify and value soil carbon removals for markets, auditors, and investors. The company focuses on making soil carbon projects bankable and marketable as carbon assets.
- Who founded Chrysalabs?
- Chrysalabs was founded by Samuel Fournier in 2018.
- Who are Chrysalabs's investors?
- Chrysalabs's investors include Bastien Family Office, BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Ecofuel Fund, Emmertech, BDC Venture Capital.
- Where is Chrysalabs headquartered?
- Chrysalabs is headquartered in Montreal, CA.