Contentful ID
COSMOSnYHeIOsuwH0hRWPTJp3A
Market
Industrial
LS9, Inc.
Contentful ID
899a583e-cf85-19da-b5b8-ec8853bdb3f2-draft
Company Values
Entity Description
LS9 engages in the development and commercialization of renewable and sustainable fuel products. In 2014, Renewable Energy Group (REGI) acquired LS9 for $61.5 million creating REG Life Sciences, LLC. In 2019, REG Life Sciences was sold to Genomatica.
Entity Name
LS9, Inc.
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
Company
Group/Division/Lab name
(acquired by REG Life Sciences and subsequently Genomatica
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
LS9’s proprietary technology involved the use of diesel fuel-producing microbes to produce/generate biofuels. It generated the biofuel from sorghum, corn syrup, molasses, among other biomass. The bacteria used in this production was genetically manipulated to work with a variety of feedstock and to produce certain carbon-molecules such as esters, alkanes, alcohols, and olefins.
Technology Name
Proprietary micro-organisms technology.