Sean Hunt (Solugen) & Seth Bannon (Fifty Years): From Academia to Entrepreneurship | Slush 2021
Channel: Slush
Date: 06/12/2021

Sean Hunt’s company Solugen has an ambitious mission: decarbonizing the chemicals industry. Founded during Sean’s final PhD year in 2016, the company won MIT’s pitching competition and entered Y Combinator a year later in 2017. Since then, it has attracted the attention of noteworthy investors throughout its successful funding rounds. Sharing the stage with Seth Bannon, an investor to Solugen from pre-seed stage onwards, Sean will be sharing his story of moving from academia to entrepreneurship and how he bridged the gap between the two.