Solazyme, a research and development-focused algae-based biofuel company in South San Francisco, Calif, announced that Bunge, the White Plains, NY food company, has invested an undisclosed amount in its Series D round. Read More »
Total’s exit strategy from its early-stage investments is becoming clearer by the month.
Last Friday Englewood, Colo., biofuel maker Gevo filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to raise $150 million. Advising the start-up are UBS, Goldman Sachs as well as Piper Jaffray. Read More »
PetroAlgae is not scared. The Florida developer of algae-based biofuel has not booked a single sale, has recorded no revenues, and is putting a lot of its hope for future revenues on a largely experimental technology. Despite these steep odds the company remains confident it can convince enough investors to back its $200 million Initial Public Offering (IPO), which it filed yesterday with market authorities. Read More »
Solazyme, a research and development-focused algae-based biofuel company in South San Francisco, Calif., has raised $52 million as part of a Series D financing round led by Braemar Energy Ventures and Morgan Stanley, a new investor. Read More »
Coskata, the waste-to-biofuel developer backed by French oil and gas major Total, is reportedly considering investing in a second-generation ethanol refinery that would use municipal waste as a feedstock, an industry source tells G.E.R. The plant, would also generate some 40 megawatts of electricity and – as we reported in March — be housed on vacant city-owned land on Chicago’s West Side. Read More »
