David Snydacker
FounderPresident & Chief Technology Officer at Lilac Solutions
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedLilac Solutions
About
David Snydacker is President and Chief Technology Officer at Lilac Solutions, Inc., a company he founded to develop and scale lithium extraction for electric vehicles. He served as CEO for eight years, raising over $300 million and testing the technology at major lithium resources, before recruiting a new CEO in 2024 and transitioning to his current role. His technical background is in chemistry and materials engineering, with a focus on modeling, materials design, process flowsheets, equipment packages, and energy systems.
President & Chief Technology Officer at Lilac Solutions
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Lilac Solutions's investors · 15
Azolla VenturesCambridgeBMW i VenturesMountain View · $10M checksBreakthrough Energy VenturesBoston · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026Department of EnergyWashington · since 2017Earthshot VenturesSydney · $100K – $5M checksEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksLowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026Mercuriasince 2024Mount Wilson VenturesPasadenaPrelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksPresidio VenturesSilicon Valley · $500K – $5M checksPrime Impact FundCambridge · $1M – $4M checksT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2024The Engine VenturesCambridgeTribeca Early Stage PartnersNew York · $1M – $2M checks
Experience
- Lilac Solutions, Inc.President & Chief Technology Officercurrent2024 — present
- Lilac Solutions, Inc.Chief Executive Officer2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Lilac Solutions, Inc.Founder2014 — 2016
- Dosima ResearchBattery Consultant2014 — 2017
- Wolverton Research Group at Northwestern UniversityPhD Student2010 — 2016Evanston, IL
- Wolverton Research Group at Northwestern UniversityCo-Founder Northwestern Energy & Sustainability Consortium2011 — 2014Evanston, IL
- Red Wire Black WireDrummer2006 — 2010Brooklyn, NY
- Welseyan University, Knee Physical Chemistry GroupUndergraduate Researcher2008 — 2009Middletown, CT
- NYU Polytechnic, Montclare Protein Engineering LabSummer Researcher2007Brooklyn, NY
Skills & more
Characterization13Materials Science33Renewable Energy38Electrochemistry13Batteries12Energy22Chemistry16Research14Materials9Nanotechnology10Sustainability12Solar Energy6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Snydacker?
- David Snydacker is President and Chief Technology Officer at Lilac Solutions, Inc., a company he founded to develop and scale lithium extraction for electric vehicles. He served as CEO for eight years, raising over $300 million and testing the technology at major lithium resources, before recruiting a new CEO in 2024 and transitioning to his current role. His technical background is in chemistry and materials engineering, with a focus on modeling, materials design, process flowsheets, equipment packages, and energy systems.
- Where does David Snydacker work?
- David Snydacker is President & Chief Technology Officer of Lilac Solutions.
- What companies did David Snydacker found?
- David Snydacker founded Lilac Solutions.
- Where did David Snydacker go to school?
- David Snydacker studied at Northwestern University (PhD, Materials Science & Engineering); Wesleyan University (BA, Chemistry; Molecular Biophysics).
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