our story.
Although they grew up in different parts of the world, they all felt deeply connected to nature.
Seeing increased pollution in their own backyards went from irritation to action when Prashant and Praphulla were fishing on their favourite lake and were propelled to find solutions when they saw increased pollution.
If their favourite fishing spot was getting worse, imagine the state of our oceans.
In December 2018, Plantee was born.
meet the team.
Richard Chen
chief executive officer
Richard obtained a Master of Applied Science in Biological Engineering from University of Guelph and Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering from The University of British Columbia. Richard brings around seven years of product development, commercialization and scale-up experience to Plantee.
Praphulla
chief operating officer
Praphulla holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University, a MSc in Biological Engineering from University of Guelph and B.E. in Polymer Engineering from BIT, India. Praphulla’s expertise lies in scale up and process troubleshooting, polymer processing and characterization, and new product development. Praphulla has three years of experience working with various plastic convertors and marketing of the plastic products.
chief scientific officer
Prashant Agrawal
Prashant holds a PhD and MSc in analytical and material sciences from Queen’s University, Canada. He did his undergraduate (Dual BS-MS) from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India in Chemistry. His expertise lies in Scientific chemical formulation, experimental design, chemical analysis, engineering analysis, and product design and development.
Scott Runté is the founder and CEO of Warren Capital Corp. The company works with the leadership teams of small and medium sized businesses to help them drive growth by providing achievable strategic and operational advice. Scott earned a MBA from McMaster University in 1991 and a BSc with Honours from Queen’s University in 1988.
Scott Runté
chief financial officer
