Solazyme

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Synthetic biology company converting algal biomass into biofuels for the transportation, cosmetic and food industries.

Launch date

2003

Employees

South San Francisco California (HQ)

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	The Roda Group VantagePoint Capital Partners Zygote Ventures	N/A	-
Dec 2004	180 Degree Capital	$310k	Seed
Mar 2007	N/A	$10.0m	Series B
Sep 2007	Bluecrest Capital Finance	$5.0m	Debt
Aug 2008	Lightspeed Venture Partners Braemar Energy Ventures	$45.4m	Series C
Jun 2009	N/A	$11.6m	Series D
Dec 2009	US Department of Energy	$21.8m	Grant
Aug 2010	Morgan Stanley Chevron Chevron Technology Ventures	$52.0m	Series D
May 2011	N/A	N/A	IPO
Mar 2016	Simon Equity Partners Powerplant Ventures Greenhill Capital Partners	$28.8m	Post IPO Equity
Total Funding		AUD218m

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