PulpFixin

About the offering

PulpFixin is a clean technology company headquartered in Carlisle, Ohio, focused on replacing single-use plastics in laboratory environments with high-performance, sustainable alternatives made from pulp-based materials. The company was founded by a leadership team with over 30 years of combined experience in life sciences, laboratory automation, diagnostics, and manufacturing commercialization. Key executives include CEO Chad Alan Jenkins, President Kevin Patrick Matthews, and Co-founder and Board Member Sonia Kriz, a bioautomation pioneer. PulpFixin's product portfolio includes over 27 commercial products and more than 95 in development, spanning categories such as pipet tip racks (including compatibility with Agilent Bravo and Rainin LTS systems), cryogenic boxes, 2D sample management boxes (AutoBox), and traceability sleeves (AutoSleeve). Products are engineered specifically to meet laboratory automation compatibility, cryogenic storage, and sample management requirements — with the stated philosophy that performance must come first before sustainability can be adopted. The company has achieved several commercial and recognition milestones: it won the New Product of the Year Award from the Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), received iF Design Awards and Global Innovation Awards, serves as an Official Sustainability Sponsor of SLAS Europe, and chairs the SLAS Sustainability Topical Interest Group. Commercial customers under evaluation or adoption include Pfizer, Moderna, Illumina, Trailhead Bio, Kaiser Permanente, and Vertex, though many of these relationships are noted as evaluations that may not result in orders. Strategic collaborators include Azenta Life Sciences, IonField Systems, LVL Technologies, and Micronic. The company has established distribution partnerships spanning the US, Canada, EMEA, and APAC regions. PulpFixin's market thesis centers on the convergence of ESG procurement mandates, extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation (including the EU PPWR, EU Green Claims Directive, U.S. FTC Green Guides, California SB 343, and state EPR programs in California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington), petrochemical supply chain volatility, and increasing corporate sustainability commitments from pharmaceutical and biotech organizations. The company positions itself as providing a practical alternative to plastic lab consumables in a global lab plastic consumables market estimated at $6.5 billion in 2025. The company notes it does not currently hold third-party compostability or recyclability certifications and intends to pursue them using a portion of offering proceeds. Planned use of proceeds includes team and commercial growth activities (63.5%), inventory and production scaling (11.8%), automating and expanding operations (9.7%), marketing and education (4.4%), and new product development (2.1%). This Regulation Crowdfunding offering is conducted via StartEngine Capital, LLC. The security type is a Crowdfunding SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) with a $12 million valuation cap, a 20% discount, a $1,000,000 conversion trigger, a $500 minimum investment, and a deadline of December 3, 2026. Investors are also enrolled in 'TheFix' Sustainability Society, which provides access to exclusive webinars, sustainability reports, innovation previews, networking, and annual events. A 10% additional discount bonus is available to StartEngine Venture Club members.

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