At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 15 Chemical companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Chemical Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
GALY
GALY develops biomaterials through biotechnology and synthetic biology in order to discover new ways to produce natural things.
Founder(s): Luciano Bueno, Paula Elbl
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Life Science
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Solazyme
Solazyme is a synthetic biology company converting algal biomass into biofuels for the transportation, cosmetic and food industries.
Founder(s): Harrison Dillon, Jonathan Wolfson
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Chemical
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Siluria Technologies
Siluria Technologies is a material innovation company developing processes for transforming natural gas into chemicals and fuels.
Founder(s): Alex Tkachenko, Angela Belcher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Fuel, Nanotechnology
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VAMA, Inc
Vama is a manufacturing company that specializes in developing Pest control products that kill bed bugs, mosquitoes, and mites.
Founder(s): Ankur Jain
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Chemical, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing
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Provenance Bio
Provenance Bio has developed a cutting edge synthetic biology platform to compete head-to-head with animal proteins, today making collagen.
Founder(s): Christian Ewton, John Dueber, Michalyn Andrews, Zev Gartner
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Life Science, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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Aja Labs
Aja Labs is a biotechnology company that produces biodegradable fiber intended to eliminate the usage of plastic-based fiber.
Founder(s): Osahon Ojeaga, Suna Lu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
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ChemConnect
ChemConnect, Inc. operates as an electronic exchange for trading midstream energy, feedstocks, chemicals, and related products.
Founder(s): Jay Hall, John Beasley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Animal Feed, Chemical, Energy, Stock Exchanges
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Wilbur-Ellis
Wilbur-Ellis is a marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal feed, and specialty chemicals.
Founder(s): Brayton Wilbur
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Chemical
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Wayfinder Biosciences
Wayfinder Biosciences develops RNA technologies for accelerating sustainable biomanufacturing. We also have a location in Seattle, WA.
Founder(s): David Sparkman-Yager, Jason Fontana
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical
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LS9
LS9 is a biotechnology company developing UltraClean™ fuels and sustainable chemicals made with the power of synthetic biology.
Founder(s): Chris Somerville, David Berry, George Church, Noubar Afeyan
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Fuel
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Pareto Biotechnologies
Pareto Biotechnologies has pioneered development of a revolutionary synthetic biology platform that produces naturally derived, high value.
Founder(s): Jamie Bacher, Michael Burkart
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Renewable Energy
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CHEM IO
CHEM IO is a niche marketplace for research chemicals.
Founder(s): Alexi Nedeltchev
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Chemical, Marketplace
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Cryospec
Cryospec provides installation services for chemicals.
Founder(s):
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Chemical
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Connell
Connell is a supply chain management firm that distributes specialty chemicals and ingredients to life science markets.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Chemical, Market Research, Supply Chain Management
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Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience is a synthetic DNA production for specialty chemical compounds and drug development.
Founder(s): Bill Banyai, Bill Peck
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Health Care, Life Science
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