Tech Company Financing Transactions

LS9 Funding Round

LS9, based in South San Francisco, secured $15 million in investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Flagship Pioneering and Khosla Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/9/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Peter Nieh)

Flagship Pioneering (Noubar Afeyan)

Khosla Ventures (Vinod Khosla)

Proceeds Purpose
The funding will support the company's continued talent acquisition and rapid commercialization of DesignerBiofuels(TM) products.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Alternative Energy
Mailing Address
600 Gateway Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
USA
Email Address
Overview
The company develops solutions for industrial biotechnology and energy applications.
Profile
LS9 LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
LS9 Company Twitter Account
Company News
LS9 News
Facebook
LS9 on Facebook
YouTube
LS9 on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Tjerk Ruiter
  Tjerk Ruiter LinkedIn Profile  Tjerk Ruiter Twitter Account  Tjerk Ruiter News  Tjerk Ruiter on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan Foster
  Jonathan Foster LinkedIn Profile  Jonathan Foster Twitter Account  Jonathan Foster News  Jonathan Foster on Facebook
VP - Operations
Gregory Rood
  Gregory Rood LinkedIn Profile  Gregory Rood Twitter Account  Gregory Rood News  Gregory Rood on Facebook
VP - R & D
Stephen Cardayre
  Stephen Cardayre LinkedIn Profile  Stephen Cardayre Twitter Account  Stephen Cardayre News  Stephen Cardayre on Facebook


 

 

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