Amyris
Amyris is a renewable products company devoted to creating a more sustainable world. Amyris alters the genetic structure of the microbes used to convert feedstock in to fuel, turning them into better fuel factories and creating ethanols and biodiesel that are far superior to those made directly from plants like corn or sugar cane. The process undertaken by Amyris results in reducing lifecycle emissions by 80% or more compared to petroleum fuels. Amyris plans to make its first fuel, a renewable diesel, commercially available as… more
Recent Contracts
| Price |
Implied Valuation
|
Type | Date |
|---|
Message Board
Log in to SharesPost to view and post messages.
Company Overview
Amyris is a renewable products company devoted to creating a more sustainable world. Amyris alters the genetic structure of the microbes used to convert feedstock in to fuel, turning them into better fuel factories and creating ethanols and biodiesel that are far superior to those made directly from plants like corn or sugar cane. The process undertaken by Amyris results in reducing lifecycle emissions by 80% or more compared to petroleum fuels. Amyris plans to make its first fuel, a renewable diesel, commercially available as early as 2010. The company then plans to commercialize a renewable jet fuel as early as 2012.
Amyris has reportedly received $123 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Biotech and DAG Ventures.
-
CEO:
John Melo
-
HQ:
Emeryville, CA
-
Capital Raised:
$123M
Financings
- Type: Series C-1
- Date: March-2010
- Total Investment: $47,800,000.00
- Type: Series C
- Date: October-2009
- Total Investment: $61,100,000.00
- Investors:
-
- GrupoCornelioBrennad
- Naxos
- Khosla Ventures
- KPCB
- Type: Series B1
- Date: November-2008
- Total Investment: $66,100,000.00
- Investors:
-
- Khosla Ventures
- KPCB
- TPG Growth
- Votorantim Novos Negocios
- Type: Series B
- Date: September-2007
- Total Investment: $41,500,000.00
- Investors:
-
- DAG Ventures
- Khosla Ventures
- KPCB
- TPG Growth
- Type: Series A
- Date: May-2006
- Total Investment: $20,600,000.00
- Investors:
-
- Khosla Ventures
- KPCB
- TPG Growth
Round 5
Round 4
Round 3
Round 2
Round 1
Though SharesPost tries to keep this data current and accurate, it may not be either.
You should independently confirm such information prior to a transaction.
News
Documents
| Title | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amyris Form D Filings | 05/19/10 | Log in / Register to view | ||
| Amyris State Filings | 05/19/10 | Log in / Register to view | ||
| Amyris Form D Filings | 05/19/10 | Log in / Register to view | ||

