This article showcases our top picks for the best California based Biofuel companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Biofuel industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top California Biofuel Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Fulcrum Bioenergy
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Fulcrum Bioenergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel, diesel, and ethanol.
Solazyme
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Solazyme is a synthetic biology company converting algal biomass into biofuels for the transportation, cosmetic and food industries.
Global Clean Energy Holdings
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Vertically integrated producer of ultra-low-carbon, non-food, renewable fuels. Assets span from agronomy IP to a Calif. biorefinery.
TeraPore Technologies
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TeraPore Technologies is a Cornell University spinout that develops and manufactures high performance filters for protein separations.
Allylix
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Allylix develops terpene products for flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agricultural and biofuels markets.
Aurora Biofuels
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Aurora Biofuels, now Aurora Algae, produces premium, algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets.
Biodico
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Biodico is one of the oldest and most experienced biofuel companies in the world. Biodico has worked with the U.S. Navy.
Cobalt Technologies
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Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels.
Blume Distillation
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Blume Distillation, a biofuel tech firm, provides alcohol fuel production equipment that converts waste into alcohol fuel.
San Joaquin Renewables
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San Joaquin Renewables convert unwanted orchard residues into renewable CNG, the cleanest transportation fuels on the market today.
Community Fuels
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Community Fuels is an advanced producer of biomass-based diesel fuels.
Sylvatex Inc
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Sylvatex has developed a renewable nano-chemistry platform with applications in industry processing, materials stability, and fuels.
Spero Energy
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Spero Energy, Inc. is an Indiana based company
US Renewables
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US Renewables is an investment firm focused on the renewable energy industry.
Primary Ocean
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Vertically Integrated Seaweed Biotech Corp Providing Sea to Soil Sustainability Solutions from Seaweed
Biofuelbox
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BioFuelBox Corporation is an alternative energy company providing modular bio-refineries for converting waste materials into biodiesel.
Clean World Partners
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CleanWorld is the leading North American innovator in advanced, high-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) technology.
Allopartis
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Allopartis develops enzymes to convert biomass into sugar for cellulosic biofuel production and industrial biotechnology.
Ternion Bio Industries
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Ternion Bio Industries uses photo bioreactors to capture greenhouse gas emissions and recycle them into algae-based products.
BioFuels Energy
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BioFuels Energy specializes in the field of renewable energy solutions.
Agromin
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Agromin manufactures and supplies eco-friendly soil, organic materials and biofuels products for farmers, landscapers and gardeners.
