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Cobalt Technologies is a Mountain View start up that specializes in the creation of biobutanol using various cellulosic feedstocks. Current feedstocks include corn cobs, treetops and limbs, dead pine trees from pine beetles. It is currently run by CEO (Mayer ), and President Andy Meyer. Cobalt is in the final stages of its development and R&D processes and is looking to build its first commercial plant.〔http://www.cobalttech.com/〕 ==Timeline== October 20, 2008 - Cobalt raises $25 million in funds. The Series C equity round was co-led by LSP and Pinnacle Ventures and included both new and existing investors. The Series C round had strong participation from Cobalt Biofuels’ existing institutional investors, including Pinnacle Ventures, Vantage Point Venture Partners, The Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund and @Ventures. New investors included LSP and Harris and Harris.〔http://www.cobalttech.com/news/news-item/series-c-round/〕 October 29, 2008 - Cobalt names Rick Wilson as Chief Executive Officer.〔http://www.cobalttech.com/news/news-item/new-ceo/〕 September 9, 2009 - Cobalt is named to Global Cleantech 100 by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group〔(Global CleanTech 100 )〕 January 12, 2010 - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Silicon Valley cleantech leaders were on hand, demonstrating the importance of clean technology to the state’s future economic vitality. “It is great companies like Cobalt that will help California meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets under AB 32 and our Low Carbon Fuel Standard,” said Governor Schwarzenegger 〔http://www.cobalttech.com/news/news-item/california-governor-launches-cobalt-technologies-low-carbon-fuel-plant/〕 April 7, 2010 - Cobalt Technologies is First to Create Renewable Biobutanol Fuel from Beetle-Killed Pine. Cobalt is the first company to produce a drop-in replacement for petroleum and petrochemicals from beetle-affected lodgepole pine. To evaluate the fuel's viability for commercial vehicles, the company has signed a fuel testing partnership with Colorado State University.〔http://www.cobalttech.com/news/news-item/renewable-biobutanol-fuel-from-beetle-killed-pine/〕 June 22, 2010 - Cobalt was named to the Biofuels Digest "30 Most Transformative Technologies of 2010" and ranked first in the competitive biobutanol category. More than 48,000 votes were cast during a three-week online voting process. "There is a growing recognition of the value of biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel and our technology has the ability to be first to market with commercial-scale biobutanol production," said Rick Wilson, CEO.〔http://www.cobalttech.com/news/news-item/cobalt-technologies-2010-transformative-technology/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cobalt Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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