Voting in the third round (Sweet 16) of the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament begins Monday, August 29 and will close on Friday, September 2 at 5pm ET. Here are the match-ups, with links to previews of the contests and data on each company’s technologies and progress towards commercialization. Solazyme vs Cobalt Technologies OriginOil vs Codexis […]
Round two voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Here are the final vote totals (expressed in percentages). International Regional Amyris 68 vs DSM 32 LS9 59 vs SG Biofuels 41 Enerkem 54 vs Abengoa Bioenergy 46 LanzaTech 48 vs Novozymes 52 Eastern Regional INEOS Bio 52 vs Coskata 48 Joule 53 […]
Transformative Technologies 2011 Today is the FINAL day for second-round voting in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament – at 5pm ET TODAY 16 contestants will advance to the third round. Here are the vote totals (expressed in percentages), so far: International Regional Amyris 68 vs DSM 32 LS9 58 vs SG Biofuels 42 Enerkem 55 […]
Like to better understand the markets, margins and opportunities in renewable chemicals, and Genomatica’s IPO? Find the prospect of wading through Genomatica’s 200-page filing, uh, unappealing? Try our 10-minute version. In California, Genomatica announced that it has filed an S-1 SEC registration statement for a proposed $100 million initial public offering of shares of its […]
Today is the 4th day for second-round voting in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament – at 5pm ET on Friday 16 contestants will advance to the third round. Here are the vote totals (expressed in percentages), so far: International Regional Amyris 68 vs DSM 32 LS9 58 vs SG Biofuels 42 Enerkem 56 vs Abengoa […]
In California, Genomatica, Inc. announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering of shares of its common stock. All shares of the common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Genomatica. […]
In Florida, Sapphire Energy, KiOR and ZeaChem are unexpectedly trailing, and POET, Coskata, Waste Management, LanzaTech in close battles as 2nd round voting got underway in the Transformative Technologies 2011 competition. The shocker of the day was #11 seed OriginOil opening up a 62-38 first-day lead over Sapphire Energy, while #6 seed Terrabon got out […]
In Florida, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy has closed $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. This is the first large-scale advanced bioenergy project in the United States to finalize its financing in the latest round under the USDA government program to […]
Today is the final day for first-round voting in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament – at 5pm ET 32 contestants will advance to the second round – 32 go home. Among those “on the bubble”, where a strong voting surge either way could decide the contest: OPX Bio leads Elevance 52-48, UOP leads GlycosBio 52-48, […]
In Florida, Neste Oil, Raizen, Dow, Monsanto and Genencor are among the “big brands” trailing in first-round match-ups in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. 32 first round battles will continue in the voting until Friday at 5pm Eastern Time, with winners proceeding to second round voting which begins on Monday, August 22nd. With two days […]
