Solugen raisea $357 million; makes chemicals from custom enzymes and renewable feedstock; converts carbon into building materials and formaldehyde-free resins

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/09/solugen-raises-357-million-to-make-chemicals-and-plastic-from-plants.html

"Bioforge produces 1 ton of product per ton of feedstock... We scale new molecule production 1 million fold, from 0.0004L well plates to 40,000L Bioforges, in months not decades... Our process offsets over 30,000 tpy of CO2 equivalent... Replace 5B bottles worth of non-degradable plastic by becoming a major producer of bio-plastic monomers"

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