Solazyme, Inc. (acquired by TerraVia) is a renewable oil and bioproducts company that uses algae to transform a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value tailored oils. Solazyme's renewable products can replace or enhance oils derived from the world's three existing sources - petroleum, plants and animal fats. Under TerraVia, the company is focused on food, nutrition, and specialty ingredients.
Location: United States, California, South San Francisco
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $52M
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.08.2010 | Series D | $52M | - |
Mentions in press and media 25
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 25.11.2019 | Booming, blooming micro-algae | Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float through the world’s waterways. Just a fraction... | agfunderne... |
| 16.02.2017 | A Guide to Seafood & Aquaculture Technology: Startups Ra... | Startups in seafood and aquaculture technology raised $193 million in 2016, a 271% increase on the $... | agfunderne... |
| 10.08.2016 | Powerplant Ventures Raises Largest Animal-Free Food Fund to-... | Powerplant Ventures has closed a $42 million fund aimed at funding plant-centric companies. The fund... | agfunderne... |
| 07.11.2014 | First wave of products containing Solazyme's microalgae-base... | San Francisco-based microalgae specialist Solazyme - which posted a net loss of $39.7m on revenues... | foodnaviga... |
| 13.06.2011 | D.O.E. Grants $83 Million To Biofuels Startups (Not One Of T... | Maybe it’s just a biofuels thing this year, but it seems like the feds are giving cleantech grant mo... | techcrunch... |
| 04.05.2011 | Braemar Energy Launches $300 Million Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Braemar Energy Ventures, which has... | xconomy.co... |
| 19.03.2011 | Solazyme to Go Public through $100M IPO | On March 11, 2011, Solazyme, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based developer and supplier of algal oil and... | finsmes.co... |
| 07.10.2010 | In wake of Amyris IPO, projected winners and losers in biofu... | Biofuels company Amyris had its IPO last week, and the results were considered a decent exit for som... | venturebea... |
| 11.09.2010 | Solazyme Adds Richard Branson as Investor in Series D Financ... | Solazyme, Inc., a South San Francisco, CA-based biotechnology company producing renewable oil and bi... | finsmes.co... |
| 26.08.2010 | Solazyme Receives Strategic Investment from Bunge in Series ... | Solazyme, Inc., a South San Francisco, CA-based industrial biotechnology company producing renewable... | finsmes.co... |
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