Still Bright
Ranulfo (Randy) Allen, PhD, is a seasoned entrepreneur and leader with extensive experience in the fields of technology and venture capital. Currently serving as Co-founder and CEO of Still Bright since February 2025, Allen focuses on domestic copper production to meet global demand. Previously, as a Company Building Partner at Material Impact, Allen supported startups in overcoming challenges and exploring market opportunities. In roles such as Managing Director at Activate and Venture Associate at Pillar VC, Allen fostered scientific entrepreneurship and connected ventures with innovative founders in sustainability and cleantech. Allen's background includes co-founding Pascalor and serving as a research analyst with Frost & Sullivan, as well as academic positions at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Dallas, culminating in a PhD in Chemical Engineering. Allen also holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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Still Bright
Still Bright is developing a patented hydrometallurgical process that enables the fastest conversion of concentrated copper ore to refined copper observed to date at room temperature and pressure. The rapid reaction rates and ambient conditions correlate to low capital costs and operating costs, respectively. The process leverages electrochemical technologies already prevalent in other industries to carry out the reaction chemistry. The conversion can also be 100% electrified and powered by renewable energy. Still Bright's proprietary technology solves for the fact that global copper demand is rapidly growing, while production is detrimental to the environment and increasingly constrained.