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Activated Research Company (ARC) is a Minnesota based chemical engineering startup that specializes in commercialization of catalysis-based research and technology. Co-founded by Andrew Jones and Brad Cleveland in July of 2014, ARC has a vision of 'Catalyzing the future'. The company has focused its efforts on a catalytic packed bed microreactor product called the Polyarc.

History
Andrew Jones and Brad Cleveland initially met in 2008 while Jones was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota and Cleveland was president and CEO of Proto Labs. After obtaining a B.S. in chemical engineering and chemistry, Jones began graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley. Throughout his graduate work, Jones stayed in touch with Cleveland. Jones obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2014-- the same year Cleveland resigned as chief executive of Proto Labs. They were both interested in starting a company centered on energy and catalysis; with Jones' engineering expertise and Cleveland's business experience, ARC was founded in July of 2014.

Growth
For the first nine months after the company's inception, co-founders Andrew Jones and Brad Cleveland worked on building the company foundation and first product iterations. In April of 2015, ARC hired Anthony Tabet as a consultant and Kimberly Herzog to lead product commercialization.