About us
Creating tomorrow’s sustainable products today.
We are a team of experts on a mission to enable companies deliver planet-friendly products without performance tradeoffs.
Planet Smart was born from a mission to tackle plastic pollution.
Our Ethos
Performance without compromise

‍We believe sustainability should never come at the expense of performance, affordability or everyday convenience.
design thinking
Designed for real life

‍We create materials for real-world use from day one—built to perform, scale and fit existing manufacturing systems.
sourcing
Better materials, cleaner outcomes

‍We replace persistent plastics with biodegradable chemistry designed to deliver the same function without leaving microplastics behind.
partnerships
Progress through partnership

‍We work with scientists, manufacturers and brands because lasting change happens when the whole value chain moves together.
Leadership
Technical & Commercial expertise that delivers results
Dr. Christian Lenges
Chief Executive Officer
Prev. DuPont, IFF
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Gerald Perry Marin
Founder · Chief Scientific Officer
Polyaminoacid chemistry · RxE process
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Russ Thomas
Chief Business Development Officer
GKS, Symeres
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Timothy Long
Scientific Advisor
Polymer Architecture
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Fan Li
Scientific Advisor
Data & AI
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Sven Serneels
Advisor
Production
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Alan Goldstein
Advisor
CPG Commercial
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Dr. Peter Seufer-Wasserthal
Chairman
Executive Biotech
Polymer scientist and industrialization leader with two decades scaling specialty biomaterials inside DuPont and IFF. Leads strategy, capital, and commercial direction.
Advisors
CPG Commercial
Production
Executive Biotech
Polymer Industrialization
Specialty Chemistry
Process Scale
Investors
Hear from our customers
Our last missing piece is a biodegradable SAP, especially after we were disappointed with other competitor’s products... We own our production so running a pilot is seamless.
Aaron
COO of a menstrual pad manufactuer
Our last missing piece is a biodegradable SAP, especially after we were disappointed with other competitor’s products... We own our production so running a pilot is seamless.
Aaron
COO of a menstrual pad manufactuer
Our last missing piece is a biodegradable SAP, especially after we were disappointed with other competitor’s products... We own our production so running a pilot is seamless.
Aaron
COO of a menstrual pad manufactuer
Biodegradable specialty polymer platform. AI-accelerated polyaminoacid materials replacing persistent polymers across water, agriculture, home & personal care, and hygiene.
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