Algenol vs Monsanto: Who's the Best?

Background: This is a first round, East Regional match-up between #5 seed Algenol and #12 seed Monsanto in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest.

Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here.

The winner gets: Most votes advances to the second-round (round of 32), and a shot at the Biofuels Sweet Sixteen.

The loser: Goes home.

Laurels: Algenol is the 26th ranked company in the 2010-11 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy poll. Monsanto currently holds down #49.

The match-up: David vs Goliath, for sure. Algenol’s revolutionary process produces ethanol from microalgae grown in low-cost plastic bioreactors. Monsanto is an established giant of crop seed and yield enhancement technology.