Discover how Matt Lipscomb and DMC Biotechnologies are producing sustainable chemicals with fermentation, $50M in funding, & a 40-person team driving cost-effective scale-up.

⭐ My guest today is Matt Lipscomb, Founder and CEO of DMC Biotechnologies.

DMC is a Boulder-based biotech company that sustainably produces bio-based chemicals using fermentation, with over $50M in VC funding and a team of over 40 people.

In addition, Matt is a:

• Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide

• Rock climbing guide and instructor

• Director for the American Institute of Avalanche Research and Education

• PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder

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🎙️ In this episode, we talked about:

• The meaning of metabolic engineering

• How rock climbing has taught him to better manage risks as a CEO

• His experience seeing glacier retreat has inspired his work

• How DMC engineers microbes to standardize fermentation for cost-effective scale-up

• The definition of “friend-shoring” and how DMC improves companies’ supply chains

• Why his early work in chemical plants led him to where he is today

• What he means to cross-train physically and intellectually

• The pains of fast growth and techniques he uses to build culture and cohesion while growing 3x this year

• Why investors care that you’re founding a company with a former cofounder

• The difference between lifespan and healthspan

• And lots more

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