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Solazyme

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Solazyme is a synthetic biology company that specializes in converting algal biomass into biofuels. Solazyme not only creates biofuels for the the transportation industry, but is experimenting with ways to tailor its products for the cosmetic and food industries.

Milestones

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• Solazyme — $8.5m Contract with DoD (9/8/09)
  Posted 9/9/09 at 4:06pm
• Received $11.6M in Series D funding. (6/15/09)
  Posted 6/16/09 at 10:20am
• Received $45.4M in Series C funding. (8/26/08)
  Posted 6/16/09 at 10:20am
• Received $5M in Debt funding. (9/19/07)
  Posted 9/15/09 at 3:07am
• Received $10M in Series B funding. (3/6/07)
  Posted 6/19/09 at 10:51am

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Sources

1. Solazyme, raises more than $10M to develop algae for biofuels, cosmetics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Algae Oil Maker Solazyme Gets $45.4 Million More (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
3. Solazyme Snags $57M to Make Algal Oil for Cars and Salad (greentechmedia.com) [edit]
4. Solazyme, a microalgae-to-biofuel company, gets $5M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
5. Solazyme Signs U.S. Department of Defense Contract to Develop Navy Fuels from Algae (solazyme.com) [edit]