SG Biofuels

About:

SGB is a bioenergy crop company using molecular breeding and biotechnology to develop elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha genetic material.

Website: http://www.sgbinc.com/

Top Investors: Flint Hills Resources, Finistere Ventures, Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Life Technologies

Description:

SGB is a fully-integrated bioenergy crop company using molecular breeding and biotechnology to develop and produce elite hybrid seeds of Jatropha as a low-cost feedstock for biodiesel, bio-jet fuel, and specialty chemicals. With the largest and most diverse library of Jatropha genetic material, SGB is turning the opportunities of Jatropha into reality through a world-class leadership team, leading-edge science and genetics, and expertise in agronomy and plantation management. SGB has been named one of the Top 5 Renewable Jet Fuel Supply Chain Companies in the World by The Carbon War Room (2011), one of the Top 50 Companies in Bioenergy for three consecutive years (2009, 2010, and 2011), and the 2010 Feedstock Domestication Project of the Year by Biofuels Digest and one of the Top 200 Going Green Private Companies in the World by Always On.