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Rise Reforming

It's time for a paradigm shift in chemical manufacturing.

馃嚭馃嚫 Chicago 路 Industrials 路 Summer 2026

We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals

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About Rise Reforming

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, low-carbon, 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. Rise Reforming, Inc. is a Chicago cleantech startup incorporated in 2024.

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Employee functions

Business Development4
Operations3
Research2
Information Technology1
Community and Social Services1
Consulting1

Employee locations

United States7
Illinois, United States5
Greater Chicago Area5
Chicago, IL4
Wheaton, IL1
Greensboro, GA1

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Renewable EnergyProcess EngineeringChemical EngineeringResearch and Development (R&D)Process SimulationPetrochemicalsCommercializationProject ManagementAlternative EnergyEnergyBiofuelsStartups