As a newly-closed venture fund opens for business with a distinctly Malaysian flavor, we look at the state of venture capital and the new role of integrated sovereign investment. From California and Malaysia comes the news that Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital have announced the first close of MLS Capital Fund II, L.P. at […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Hong Kong based Cathay Pacific Airways is committed to carbon neutral growth and has demonstrated this with a recent investment in MSW to Fuels company, Fulcrum Bioenergy. Aside from Fulcrum, Cathay is actively seeking opportunities in parts of the supply chain,with the long […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, gained 2.06 percent to 60.55 as chemical stocks advanced. For the day, Evogene (EVGN) rebounded 10.06 percent to $9.73, while Aemetis (AMTX) was down 8.08 percent to $4.79. Among other equities, DuPont (DD) was up 5.15 percent to $74.53. Overall, advances led declines 7 […]
Company description: Portugal’s SilicoLife develops solutions for the rational design of optimized microbial strains for the production chemicals with diversified uses, such as bio-fuels, food ingredients, chemical building blocks or biopolymers. SilicoLife builds computational models of microbial cells and develops proprietary state-of-the-art algorithms to effectively establish the most efficient pathways between raw-materials and end-products, streamlining […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Ascendant Partners is an investment banking and financial advisory firm dedicated to helping mid-size renewable fuel, agribusiness and food companies protect and enhance shareholder value. Our services in the biofuels sector range from capital planning, M&A, capital raising and performance improvement. Tell us […]
“The highest capacity since E2 released its first advanced biofuels market report in 2011,” says E2 in its annual advanced biofuels survey — but points to policy instability, feedstock availability, opex, capex, and scale up as key industry challenges. January has arrived, and with it the annual Biofuels Market Report from Environmental Entrepreneurs — authored primarily by […]
Company description: Algenol is a global, industrial biotechnology company that is commercializing its patented algae technology platform for production of ethanol and other biofuels. Algenol’s patented technology enables the production of the four most important fuels (ethanol, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) for around $1.30 per gallon each using proprietary algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and saltwater at […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. NBB is the US trade association representing America’s 1st Advanced Biofuel. We work toward sustainable growth through education, communication, government affairs, technical/quality assurance. Members are feedstock & feedstock processor orgs, biodiesel and renewable hydrocarbon diesel suppliers, fuel marketers, distributors, & technology providers. Tell […]
Oil prices are down, energy stocks are plunging, and the investor mood is giving Lord of the Flies a run for its money for mix of peril, fantasy and pessimism. So why is the hard data for biofuels so much rosier than the global mood? AFICIONADOS OF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS of the early 1970s may well recall […]
Company description: Avantium is a technology company specialized in the area of advanced catalytic research. From 2005 onwards, Avantium has developed a proprietary technology to produce Furanics building blocks from plant based sugars, under the name YXY. These Furanics building blocks are the basis of a next-generation plant-based plastics and chemicals. The YXY technology is […]
