Meet Pyran

Who Is Pyran?

Pyran envisions a world in which everyday products can be produced sustainably, without sacrificing quality or cost. Demand is rising for everyday products like paints and coatings, but most of these products are currently made from petroleum-based chemicals that come with high costs and environmental impact.

Pyran is changing that paradigm, delivering higher performance and lower cost five carbon products all while using an environmentally sustainable process.

After years of development, Pyran’s proprietary technology represents the only cost-effective gateway to produce five-carbon (C5) products feasibly on purpose. Pyran uses agricultural products to make 1,5-PDO while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-based chemicals currently on the market. This means that Pyran’s customers can reduce production costs, improve sustainability, and diversify from volatile oil feedstocks.

Pyran is actively moving to the next level of commercialization by scaling production of our 1,5-PDO product and has produced ton quantities to meet qualification requirements and increased customer demand.

We are also exploring how our technology platform should expand and enable other critical chemical product supply chains and applications.

Talk to us about your interests in 1,5-PDO or other 5-Carbon products could help your business.

Our Team

DR. MEL LUETKENS

CEO

  • Former Director of BP Chemicals-Europe

  • COO/CEO of multiple startups

  • Scaled similar technologies from test tubes to world scale

CTO AND CO-FOUNDER

DR. KEVIN BARNETT

  • Inventor → Metric ton production

  • Raised $13M financing

PROF. BILL BANHOLZER

BOARD MEMBER

  • Former CTO of Dow Chemical

THIERRY CASIEZ

BOARD MEMBER

  • COO of Kowa American Corporation’s specialty chemicals business

  • Lead investor in Series B

  • Managing Director for Arosa Capital Management covering Alternative Energy.

  • Lead Investor in Series A

BOARD MEMBER

PETE CHIDYLLO

CO-FOUNDER

PROF. GEORGE HUBER

  • Top 100 people in Bioenergy

  • Co-founder of Anellotech

ANDY SHAFER

BOARD MEMBER

  • Founding executive of NatureWorks & multiple bio-material startups

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