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50 Hot Companies, 50 Quick Takes: The Digest’s Snapshot Guide

50 Hot Companies, 50 Quick Takes: The Digest’s Snapshot Guide

March 20, 2016 |

This past week, we conducted a popular webinar on the Hot 50 as part of the March Madness 2016 series. Many participants asked for the underlying slides, for download and offline review. So, here they are. Meanwhile, the complete recorded version including comments on companies and the no-holds-barred, interactive Q&A with readers is here.

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Anellotech picks up $3M in equity from mysterious “multinational strategic” 

Anellotech picks up $3M in equity from mysterious “multinational strategic” 

March 20, 2016 |

In New York, Anellotech has received an additional $3 million equity investment from an unnamed and confidential multinational strategic investor and corporate partner. As previously announced on November 18, 2015, Anellotech received the first $7 million tranche of this now total $10 million investment from this investor. The capital will be used to fund the […]

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Microfibrillar cellulose consortium applies for EU Horizon 2020 Flagship support

Microfibrillar cellulose consortium applies for EU Horizon 2020 Flagship support

March 20, 2016 |

In the EU, a consortium of European companies and research institutions, with Borregaard as lead member, has applied for financial support for the development and commercialization of Borregaard’s Exilva microfibrillar cellulose under the Horizon 2020 Flagship program, the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation. The application has been positively evaluated, and it is now […]

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PHYCO2, MSU “breakthrough” grows algae 24/7 without sunlight

PHYCO2, MSU “breakthrough” grows algae 24/7 without sunlight

March 20, 2016 |

In Michigan, PHYCO2 is reporting “a technology breakthrough” in Phase I of the multi-year trial with Michigan State University (MSU).  The technology partnership set out to capture manmade carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas emission (GHG)) and create renewable alternative energy feedstock.  Phase I proved the technology can capture significant amounts of CO2 for high-density algae cultivation […]

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Growth Energy: Holding RFS oversight hearings without biofuels stakeholders is unacceptable, lacks objectivity

Growth Energy: Holding RFS oversight hearings without biofuels stakeholders is unacceptable, lacks objectivity

March 20, 2016 |

In Washington, Growth Energy blasted the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Interior and the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules for an oversight hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)that  “without any biofuels stakeholders is unacceptable and defeats the very purpose of what this congressional committee […]

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ZuChem picks up SBIR grant for fermentative production methods for L-fucose

ZuChem picks up SBIR grant for fermentative production methods for L-fucose

March 20, 2016 |

In Illinois, zuChem has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institutes of Health. The grant, led by Principal Investigator Micah Shepherd, will support development of new fermentative production methods for L-fucose and other rare sugar products of interest to the life sciences industry. L-fucose is one of […]

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US ethanol production jumps to 15.16 billion gallon annual clip

US ethanol production jumps to 15.16 billion gallon annual clip

March 20, 2016 |

In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 999,000 barrels per day, or 41.96 million gallons daily. That is up 21,000 b/d from the week before and the highest total in nine weeks. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 989,000 b/d for an annualized […]

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Metalvuoto Introduces new biobased film to increase store shelf life for processed foods

Metalvuoto Introduces new biobased film to increase store shelf life for processed foods

March 20, 2016 |

In Italy, Metalvuoto have debuted a new generation of biobased flexible substrates designed to keep processed foods fresh on store shelves, based on NatureWorks’s high barrier Ingeo polymers. While Ingeo film has been used for years in fresh food packaging, this is the first application for longer shelf life foods that are increasingly packaged in […]

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Amyris Biossance launches “The Refresher” biodegradable makeup removing cloths

Amyris Biossance launches “The Refresher” biodegradable makeup removing cloths

March 20, 2016 |

In California, Biossance has released its new Refresher Makeup Removing Cloths ─ marking the fourth product announced since brand launch in June 2015. Now available at biossance.com and HSN, The Refresher is a package of biodegradable cleansing cloths enriched with an all-natural antioxidant blend of ingredients that gently remove makeup and impurities without leaving skin […]

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Thorntons to add E15 at 43 Chicago-area outlets

Thorntons to add E15 at 43 Chicago-area outlets

March 20, 2016 |

In Illinois, fuel retailer Thorntons will offer its branded E15 option, Unleaded15, at all 43 Chicago-area locations beginning this month. In response, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen issued the following statement: “We are pleased to see E15’s footprint growing throughout the country. Chicago consumers can now benefit from using a lower carbon, […]

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