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What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry

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Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first "biofacturer" to go public. To meet demand, the company "reverse engineered" the product using petroleum-based chemicals, according to a Zymergen spokesperson. In contrast, "synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation," Tickner said.

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry Meg Wilcox Mon, 05/03/2021 – 01:30 Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first “biofacturer” to go public. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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Six years later, he is CEO of Clara Foods, a biotech food company that uses fermentation to create egg proteins without involving chickens. For example, on Earth Day 2019, Allbirds committed to carbon neutrality from that year forward through an internal carbon tax. The potential is not chicken feed: the U.S. Deonna Anderson.