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Lygg

Winter 2021 · Active

Creating New Anti-Aging Ingredients

Location: Palo Alto, US

Founded: 2020

Team size: 1

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About

Up to 90% of skin aging is caused by sun exposure. At Lygg, we’ve developed a breakthrough ingredient that triples the anti-aging protection of sunscreens and reduces their greasiness. Our goal is to make putting on sunscreen a daily habit for everyone.

Founders

  • Graham DickFounder

    Graham Dick is the CEO and founder of Lygg. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Graham obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University and was a postdoc at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. Recognizing the need for new sunscreen ingredients due to bans of existing ingredients in Hawaii, Graham returned to the US and founded Lygg in 2020.