Category: Top Stories

It’s a green light for GreenLight as RNA pioneer becomes industrial biotech’s latest billion dollar SPAC baby

It’s a green light for GreenLight as RNA pioneer becomes industrial biotech’s latest billion dollar SPAC baby

August 18, 2021 |

So, it’s a surprise but not a shock that GreenLight Biosciences is taking part in the latest SPACmania merger, and is funding with Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. — and will emerge sometime in the next several months on NASDAQ as the sector’s latest billion-dollar baby. The initial valuation in the deal is $1.2 billion, more […]

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Biobased adidas, bath bomb burials, lab-grown mouse meat and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 18th

Biobased adidas, bath bomb burials, lab-grown mouse meat and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 18th

August 17, 2021 |

“I’m walking on sunshine, woooah, and don’t it feel good!!” is what you’ll be singing with this week’s innovations. Between biobased adidas shoes that hit the Olympic stage and are now available to us common folk, REI’s partially biobased trail shoe, REEF’s new renewable sandal, we certainly will be walking on sunshine. In today’s Digest, […]

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SynBio’s Undiscovered Country: Cemvita aims for chemical, mining, oil & gas industrial sectors with microbe-as-a-service

SynBio’s Undiscovered Country: Cemvita aims for chemical, mining, oil & gas industrial sectors with microbe-as-a-service

August 16, 2021 |

In Texas, Cemvita Factory announced the initial closing of its Series A financing, specifics of funds were not yet disclosed. The company continues to aim at providing microbes as a service to help decarbonize heavy industry — and the support of investors such as Oxy and Climate Capital confirms that they continue to show the […]

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Raízen raises $1.15B in biggest Brazil IPO of the year

Raízen raises $1.15B in biggest Brazil IPO of the year

August 15, 2021 |

Shares have started trading in Raízen’s IPO – which also happens to be the largest Brazilian IPO of 2021. They raised $1.15 billion and even though shares are priced at the bottom of the suggested range, this is big news for this Shell, Cosan joint venture company. In today’s Digest, Raízen’s business and background, the […]

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Competitive Edge: Archangel’s antibiotic-free tech for biofuels industry

Competitive Edge: Archangel’s antibiotic-free tech for biofuels industry

August 12, 2021 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? We offer proprietary antibiotic free technologies and other products to enhance antibiotic performance – lowering or eliminating detectable residuals. We […]

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Eye-opening, carbon-saving bioinnovations, Gingko, Bolt Threads, NatureWorks, Dow news and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 12th

Eye-opening, carbon-saving bioinnovations, Gingko, Bolt Threads, NatureWorks, Dow news and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of August 12th

August 11, 2021 |

  Can black algae instead of carbon black extracted from tar sands for garment dying save the day? What about kapok trees for fibers instead of water-intensive cotton? How about biobased sun lenses? Biobased ropes for mussel and seaweed cultivation? In today’s Digest, these eye-opening biobased innovations, hot news from Bolt Threads, Ginkgo, NatureWorks, Dow […]

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Tech, feedstock winners still to be declared as biofuels sector develops

Tech, feedstock winners still to be declared as biofuels sector develops

August 10, 2021 |

By Tom Brown, Chief News Correspondent, ICIS Special to The Digest It seems beyond question at this point in the market’s development that biofuels will be a significant factor in the evolution of the transportation and petrochemical sectors, but the space remains in flux, with the winners and losers yet to be declared. Materials such […]

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Battle Of The Biofuels: Renewable Diesel vs. Biodiesel

Battle Of The Biofuels: Renewable Diesel vs. Biodiesel

August 9, 2021 |

By Patrick O’Brien, Summer Intern, Opportune LLP Special to The Digest Find out why knowing the difference between renewable diesel and biodiesel can go a long way in understanding the benefits of each. Fuel standards programs such as the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS-2) and California’s Low-Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) have incentivized fuel producers to […]

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Giving up on climate change?  EU says no way – invests $140M in decarbonizing projects

Giving up on climate change? EU says no way – invests $140M in decarbonizing projects

August 8, 2021 |

The Olympics in Tokyo just ended and it is slated to be one of the hottest on record with extreme heat and humidity forcing changes to track, tennis and women’s soccer schedules and World Athletics president Sebastien Coe saying “You don’t have to be a devotee of climate change or a denier to know the […]

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Competitive Edge: New West Genetics’ Hemp Varieties

Competitive Edge: New West Genetics’ Hemp Varieties

August 5, 2021 |

Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? New West Genetics recognized that the 2014 and 2018 U.S. Farm Bills provided an opportunity to create a new leading […]

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