Amyris files for $100 million IPO
While I enjoyed a few days of R&R, my colleague Alex Tullo reported on the news that Amyris has filed for an IPO. Amyris makes genetically engineered bacteria. The designer microbes eat cane sugar...
View ArticleCodexis – An example of “integrated innovation”?
I’m at the Lux Research Executive Summit today. You can follow my twitter stream from the conference. Lux Research Director Michael Holman (who also happens to be a PhD chemist) just gave a...
View ArticleRaising money for algae
Credit: Solazyme This week two algae-to-fuels firms took different pathways to raise new capital while they work out how to commericialize their technologies. The hundreds of start-ups looking to cash...
View ArticleHidden Chemistry at Solar Biggie BrightSource
We don’t have too many rules here in C&EN blogville, but we do try to maintain a chemistry connection. I was worried that would be at risk if I were to post about BrightSource Energy, a mega solar...
View ArticleWhat Does Groupon have to do with Cleantech?
Over at Earth2Tech, blogger Katie Fehrenbacher gives some reasons why the recent excitement powering Internet IPOs might be a boon for cleantech firms. As she points out, the venture capital game is...
View ArticleQ&A With Solazyme
C&EN first wrote about leading algae firm Solazyme in 2009. At that time algae firms were gathering up venture capital funding and perfecting their technologies for growing the green slime. Many...
View ArticleCleantech Stocks Get Thumbs Up
Given the stock turmoil today and yesterday, recent earnings reports from IPO’d cleantech firms may be flying under the radar for most people. And to call them “earnings” reports is a bit generous,...
View ArticleSmith Electric Vehicles Wants Investors, Cheaper Batteries
There aren’t very many electric vehicle companies in the world. One of the few was founded way back in 1920. Which makes it older than most cleantech firms by at least eight decades. But like many hip,...
View ArticleNo IPO For Smith Electric Vehicles
As recently as yesterday, IPO-watchers were keeping an eye on Smith Electric Vehicles, which was expected to go public today. I recently wrote about the company’s plans. But last night the company...
View ArticleThe Year in Cleantech IPOs: Horrible!
There is no other way to say it. This year has been a terrible one for cleantech firms hoping to access the public markets to fund commercialization. Investors seem to be allergic to the very idea of...
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