About
Gaurab Chakrabarti is co-founder of Solugen, a company developing technology to produce chemicals from renewable sources. He and his co-founder met through shared work on decarbonization within the chemical industry.
Founder at SolugenYC W17
Intro paths
YC
Gaurab went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Solugen's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Gaurab can intro founders to Solugen's investors below.
Solugen's investors · 29
Aera VCSingapore · $25K – $5M checksBaillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2021BlackRockNew York · since 2021BoxGroupNew York · $1M checksCanada Growth FundMontreal · since 2026Cantos VenturesSan Francisco · $400K – $1.5M checksCarbonAmsterdam · $100K checks · since 2021Congruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksCrunchFundFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2021Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGICSingapore · since 2021Harpoon VenturesSan Diego · $100K – $5M checksJude GomilaLynnwoodKdT VenturesAustin · $500K – $3M checksKinnevikStockholmLiquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksLOWERCARBONJackson · $1M – $50M checksLowercarbon CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021Meron CapitalTel AvivMetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksNext Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyPrelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksRefactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checksRuvento Ventures Pte Ltd.Singapore · $100K – $500K checksTrousdale VenturesWest Hollywood · $1M – $5M checksTuesday CapitalSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017
Co-founders at Solugen
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Sean HuntFounder/CTO
Experience
- SolugenCEO/Co-Foundercurrent2017 — presentHouston, TX
- UT Southwestern Medical CenterMD/PhD2010 — 2017
Skills & more
Climate Tech1Cancer Immunotherapy1Chemical ManufacturingEngineeringStem Cells1Research17Data Analysis12Molecular Biology11Biochemistry2Cancer6Bioinformatics3Genome Editing
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Life SciencesCell BiologyScienceClinical ResearchCell CulturePCRPublic SpeakingLanguages Bengali
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gaurab Chakrabarti?
- Gaurab Chakrabarti is co-founder of Solugen, a company developing technology to produce chemicals from renewable sources. He and his co-founder met through shared work on decarbonization within the chemical industry.
- Where does Gaurab Chakrabarti work?
- Gaurab Chakrabarti is Founder of Solugen.
- What companies did Gaurab Chakrabarti found?
- Gaurab Chakrabarti founded Solugen.
- Where did Gaurab Chakrabarti go to school?
- Gaurab Chakrabarti studied at Brown University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Neuroscience); UT Southwestern Medical Center (Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Cancer Metabolism and Novel Therapeutics); UT Southwestern Medical Center (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Oncology and Cancer Biology).
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