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P2 Science develops and manufactures high-performance, plant-based ingredients using green chemistry principles. The company leverages its proprietary Process Intensified Continuous Etherification (PICE) technology to transform natural feedstocks into bio-renewable chemicals and polymers, such as the Citropol® series for beauty applications. This approach enables the creation of sustainable alternatives to traditional synthetic compounds across various industries.
The company was co-founded by Paul Anastas, PhD, recognized as the father of Green Chemistry, alongside another scientist from Yale University. Their collaboration in 2011 stemmed from a shared recognition of the prevalence of non-sustainable compounds in consumer products. They envisioned creating high-performing, innovative ingredients that inherently support planetary health, driving the development of a cleaner chemical industry.
P2 Science's ingredients serve a broad range of industries, including beauty and personal care, aroma technologies, performance materials, and crop care. It collaborates with brands and manufacturers globally to integrate its bio-based solutions into everyday products. The company’s overarching vision is to lead the market in delivering naturally derived, sustainable ingredients, thereby reducing reliance on fossil-based raw materials and promoting accessible, scalable green chemical manufacturing.
P2 Science has raised $14.2M across 6 funding rounds.
P2 Science has raised $14.2M in total across 6 funding rounds.
P2 Science has raised $14.2M in total across 6 funding rounds.
P2 Science's investors include Chanel, Kip Frey, Connecticut Innovations, BASF Venture Capital, Elm Street Ventures, Ironwood Capital, Safer Made, Xeraya Capital.
P2 Science is a green chemistry technology company that develops and manufactures high-performance, plant-based ingredients for personal care, flavors, fragrances, polymers, and performance materials, replacing fossil-based chemicals with sustainable alternatives.[1][2][3] It serves brands and manufacturers in beauty, cosmetics, and related industries by solving the problem of non-sustainable synthetic compounds through proprietary technologies like Process Intensified Ozonolysis (PIOz) and Process Intensified Continuous Etherification (PICE), which convert renewable feedstocks such as upcycled terpenes into biodegradable, scalable products like the Citropol line of polymeric emollients.[2][3] The company has achieved strong growth momentum, including commissioning its first full-scale PIOz plant in Naugatuck, CT, completing multiple funding rounds (B Round led by BASF and Xeraya, C Round led by The Heritage Group and Chanel), global product launches in 25 countries, and recognition as #2 in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies (Manufacturing) in 2025.[1][2]
P2 Science emerged as a spin-out from Yale University's Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, founded in 2009 (with formal launch in 2011) by scientists Patrick Foley, PhD (co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, lead inventor of initial C-glycoside technology), Neil Burns (founding CEO), and co-founded by Paul Anastas, PhD, the father of Green Chemistry.[1][2][4][5] Disheartened by widespread use of non-sustainable synthetics in consumer goods, the founders aimed to create high-performance ingredients aligned with planetary health using the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry.[2][6] Early traction included patent-pending surfactant tech from Yale, co-development of PIOz with Ballestra S.p.A., first reactor pilots, and a shift to polymerization tech becoming PICE; pivotal moments were the 2017 B Round financing, first commercial plant commissioning, and ongoing partnerships like with Bedoukian Research, ADM, and One Tree Planted.[1][5]
P2 Science rides the surging demand for sustainable, bio-based materials amid regulatory pressures (e.g., REACH, PFAS bans) and consumer shifts toward clean beauty and green chemistry, timing perfectly with scalable renewable tech advancements.[2][3] Market forces like pulp/paper industry upcycling, rising bio-actives needs in fragrances/cosmetics, and net-zero commitments favor its intensified processes that mimic nature's efficiency at commercial scale.[1][5] It influences the ecosystem by partnering with giants (BASF, Chanel, ADM), enabling brands to meet sustainability goals without performance trade-offs, and advancing green platforms that lower barriers for planet-safe products in everyday goods.[1][2]
P2 Science is poised for expansion with its maturing PICE/PIOz pipelines, new global launches, and partnerships accelerating adoption in beauty, pheromones, and polymers. Trends like circular economy mandates, AI-optimized chemistry, and bio-renewable scaling will propel growth, potentially evolving its influence from ingredient innovator to full ecosystem enabler for sustainable manufacturing. As a Yale-rooted green chemistry leader, it exemplifies transforming nature's blocks into chemistry that powers planetary health without compromise.[1][2]
P2 Science has raised $14.2M across 6 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $12.0M Series C in January 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2020 | $12.0M Series C | Chanel, Kip Frey | Connecticut Innovations, BASF Venture Capital, Elm Street Ventures, Ironwood Capital, Safer Made, Xeraya Capital |
| Apr 1, 2014 | $1.0M Series A | Connecticut Innovations | Elm Street Ventures |
| May 1, 2013 | $650K Seed | Connecticut Innovations | Elm Street Ventures |
| Mar 17, 2013 | $200K Other Equity | Connecticut Innovations | |
| Mar 1, 2013 | $200K Seed | Connecticut Innovations | |
| Dec 27, 2012 | $150K Other Equity | Connecticut Innovations |