Co-Founder in Residence, Turning Plastic Waste into Circular Olefins

The Problem Worth Solving 300 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced every year. Most of it - especially polyolefins like polypropylene - can't be meaningfully recycled. It's one of the largest unsolved problems in materials science, and no one has cracked it at scale. Until now. The Venture We're developing a novel electrified process that transforms polyolefin waste into high-value packaging materials - polypropylene-grade performance with dramatically better end-of-life characteristics, including solvolysis recyclability and designed-in environmental degradability. This isn't incremental improvement. It's a platform with the potential to become a global polyolefin sink. The recycled polyolefin market is worth $60B+ and accelerating. EU regulations mandate recycled polymer content in food packaging by 2030. Brand owners are scrambling for circular solutions. There's no clear winner yet. The Role We're looking for a Commercial Co-Founder to own everything from customer to capital. You'll partner with the technical founder to take this from pre-seed to Series A and beyond - validating markets, landing anchor customers, securing feedstock supply, and building the commercial infrastructure that turns a breakthrough technology into a durable business. This is a ground-floor co-founder role. You'll hold a majority equity stake in the company alongside your co-founder(s), with pre-seed investment and ongoing support from Deep Science Ventures. What You'll Own