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Published in: 2011 - A Review of Cleantech Equity Deals, January 2012
The focus in ethanol remained on sugarcane (with BP investing further in sugarcane ethanol producers and news of a major sugarcane ethanol project in Sierra Leone) and cellulosic ethanol. There was no cellulosic ethanol IPO during 2011, but two companies, Mascoma and Coskata, have filed registration documents for IPOs, and this industry is taking off as commercial-scale plants are built.

Cellulosic ethanol has been a particular favourite of the US DoE. However, one DoE-backed cellulosic ethanol company, Range Fuels, defaulted on its loans and set in place liquidation of its production plant during 2011. Range had received DoE grants and loans from the US Department of Agriculture and before 2011 had previously raised US$160 million in venture capital funding from investors including Khosla Ventures.

Deals

1 £7.6m for TMO Renewables : Register to read more...
2 Addax Bioenergy raises equity and debt for Sierra Leone ethanol project : Register to read more...
3 AE Biofuels acquires Zymetis : Register to read more...
4 Verdezyne backed by BP and DSM : Register to read more...
5 BP invests in Brazilian ethanol (CNAA and Tropical BioEnergia) : Register to read more...
6 ZeaChem raises US$19m : Register to read more...
7 Coskata raises Series D funds and files for IPO : Register to read more...
8 Mascoma raises pre-IPO funds : Register to read more...
 

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