Company Profile

2011 RANKING:
#2

Solazyme

www.solazyme.com
South San Francisco, CA

Solazyme's business model

Transforms plant sugars, such as sugarcane-based sucrose and corn-based dextrose, into renewable oils for use in food, fuel, skincare products, and chemicals for manufacturing. Its technique is to grow proprietary microalgae in fermentation tanks in a process it calls "indirect photosynthesis." Solazyme filed for a proposed IPO on March 11, 2011.

Statistics
3-year growth:
20424%
2010 Revenue:
$38 million
2007 Revenue:
$185,000
Employees:
104
Founded:
2003
Industry:
■ Manufacturing
Industry rank:
#

Rank: #2

Revenue: $38 million

Growth: 20424%