Bunge invests in biobased chemicals pioneer Cobalt Technologies

Bunge, Cobalt, Rhodia aim for Brazil

In California, Cobalt Technologies announced that Bunge Global Innovation has joined its Series E Preferred Stock round as a strategic investor.

The investment follows Cobalt’s agreement with Bunge and specialty chemicals company Rhodia Poliamida e Especialidades to operate a pilot plant demonstrating the production of n-butanol utilizing sugarcane bagasse as feedstock at the Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol facility in Campinas, Brazil.

…Full text: www.biofuelsdigest.com/biobased/2012/10/30/cobalt-bunge-invests-in-biobased-chemicals-pioneer-cobalt-technologies-bunge-cobalt-rhodia-partnership-in-brazil-announced/

Tags: paints, lacquers, surface coatings, sugarcane, ethanol, microorganism, C6 sugars, C5 sugars, bagasse, leaves, Cobalt’s Series E, industrial chemical, bio n-butanol

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BiofuelsDigest, 2012-10-30.

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Bunge Limited
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.
Harris and Harris Group
Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE)
Life Sciences Partners
Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund
Pacific Crest Securities
Pinnacle Ventures
Rhodia
The Whittemore Collection, Ltd.
VantagePoint Capital Partners

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