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Commercial Co-Founder, Closing the Loop on the World's Unrecyclable Plastic

Deep Science Ventures · Remote (US) · Remote

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About Deep Science Ventures

Deep Science Ventures is a venture creator, combining available scientific knowledge and founder-type scientists into high-impact ventures, to build a future where humanity and the planet thrive.

About 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.

What they're looking for

  • Customer discovery and market prioritisation - from cold outreach to binding offtake agreements
  • Feedstock supply partnerships with waste management companies
  • Strategic partnerships with compounders, distributors, and brand owners
  • Techno-economic modelling and pricing strategy alongside the technical founder
  • Fundraising - leading commercial due diligence, building investor relationships, and closing rounds
  • Company strategy as a core member of the founding team
More about this role

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.

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.

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...

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