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Calysta

Calysta is a biotechnology company seeking to improve worldwide food security through making animal feed. The company is based out of Menlo Park, California and was founded in 2012 by Josh Silverman.

Contents
Funding Series D
Timeline
Funding rounds
Products
Acquisitions
SBA Awards
People
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
News
References

Calysta is a biotechnology company founded by Josh Silverman in 2012 and headquartered in Menlo Park California, making an animal feed. Calysta's animal feed product is called FeedKind and is a protein that is used as animal feed on its own or as an ingredient to be added into other feed products for fish, livestock, and pets. Calysta uses microorganisms, called methanotrophs, capable of converting methane into the protein used in their feed products, and other economically important products like plastics and fuels.

Funding
Series D

On May 1, 2017 Calysta closed their series D funding round with $40 million in funding from Mitsui & Co. ltd. (lead investor), Temasek, Cargill, Municipal Employee Retirement System of Michigan, Walden Riverwood Ventures, Aqua-Spark, and Pangaea Ventures. Calysta plans on using the funding to expand its production capabilities of its FeedKind protein.

Timeline

May 2017
Calysta raises a $40,000,000 series D round from Aqua-Spark, Cargill, Mitsui & Co., Municipal Employee Retirement System, Pangaea Ventures, Temasek Holdings and Walden Riverwood Ventures.

Funding rounds

Funding round
Funding type
Funding round amount (USD)
Funding round date
Investment
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Calysta funding round, May 2017
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Series D round
40,000,000
May 2017
Mitsui & Co.
Temasek Holdings
Cargill
Municipal Employee Retirement System
Walden Riverwood Ventures
Aqua-Spark
Pangaea Ventures
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Calysta, Inc. funding round, October 2019
120,000,000
October 2019
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People

Name
Role
LinkedIn

Josh Silverman

Founder

Further reading

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Author
Link
Type
Date

Alternative feed protein may boost shrimp survival, weight gain

Aerin Einstein-Curtis

https://www.feednavigator.com/Article/2018/03/26/Alternative-feed-protein-may-boost-shrimp-survival-weight-gain

Web

From plant-based burgers to lab-grown meatballs: 15 startups disrupting the global meat industry

Julia Glotz

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/home/topics/future-of-meat/from-plant-based-burgers-to-lab-grown-meatballs-15-startups-disrupting-the-global-meat-industry/565785.article

Web

Mmm ... methane! These microbes love to munch on it | CBC News

Kim Brunhuber

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/methane-guzzling-bacteria-1.3359601

Web

Documentaries, videos and podcasts

Title
Date
Link

Companies

Company
CEO
Location
Products/Services

News

Title
Author
Date
Publisher
Description
Thai Union Group Reports Gross Profit of THB 20.1 billion in 2019
February 18, 2020
WebWire
, , , , • EBITDA reached record levels at THB 12 billion, up 9.2% year-on-year, , • Normalized net profit was up 0.5% year-on-year to THB 5,218 million with more than THB 7 billion cash generated, , • Successful deleveraging to 1.07x, thanks to strong cash generation and subordinated perpetual debentures, , • Top line affected by strong Thai baht, , • 2019 dividend payment of THB 0.47 per share, up 17.5% year-on-year, , , , , , Thai Union Group Public PCL. announced a normalized net profit of THB 5,218 mi...
Thai Union's Dr. Darian Mcbain Receives Seafood Champion Award at Seaweb Seafood Summit
June 13, 2019
WebWire
Thai Union Group PCL Global Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Dr. Darian McBain has been recognized for her visionary approach to improving seafood sustainability and inspiring positive change across the industry, at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit. McBain was honored in the Vision category of the Seafood Champion Awards, which recognize individuals or organizations that have shown outstanding leadership in promoting environmentally responsible seafood, leading to industry innova...
Calysta and Thai Union Offer World First Taste of Commercial Shrimp Fed FeedKind Protein
May 13, 2019
WebWire
Leading alternative protein producer Calysta has joined forces with seafood giant Thai Union Group PCL to offer the world its first taste of commercially farmed shrimp fed with protein produced from natural gas. Delegates at Seafood Expo Global in Brussels will today be offered pan-fried shrimp fed Calysta's innovative and sustainable FeedKind® protein, which contains a unique carbon signature that can help the food industry provide traceability and integrity to its supply chain. As...

References

calysta.com
Is a
Company

Company attributes

Industry
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Natural gas
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Agricultural biotechnology
Synthetic biology
Clean technology (Cleantech)
Animal feed
Methane
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Location
Menlo Park, California
Company status
Active
B2X
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B2B
CEO
Alan Shaw
Founder
Alan Shaw
Josh Silverman
David McElroy
Crunchbase
crunchbase.com/organiz...a-energy
Number of Employees (ranges)
100–249
Investors
Temasek Holdings
Cargill
Mitsui & Co.
Pangaea Ventures
Walden Riverwood Ventures
Aqua-Spark
Municipal Employee Retirement System
Email address
info@calystaenergy.com
Phone number
(650)492-6880
Total funding amount (USD)
160,000,000
Latest funding round date
October 2019
Competitors
Kiverdi
Former CEO
David McElroy

Other attributes

Country
United States
Wikidata ID
Q48804190

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