Manoj Sahoo

Rivertop Renewables, Inc. manufactured makes non-toxic chemicals. It offered Glucarate containing bio products and polymers are best used in short-life applications such as absorbents, adhesives, films, fibers, composite materials, fire and flame retardants, dust suppressants, heavy metal sequestering agents and fertilizer delivery agents. The company was founded by Donald E. Kiely in 2008 and was headquartered in Missoula, MT.

LARTA Institute is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA that aims to foster science and technology innovation for a sustainable planet. LARTA Institute's innovation platform and ecosystem accelerate new science and technology from idea to sustainable enterprise by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding. The organization has helped over 4,500 startups, and its alumni have raised more than $7 billion in external funding. LARTA Institute offers startup programs designed to accelerate the translation of new ideas into sustainable enterprises and is committed to supporting diverse startup founders. The organization was founded in 1993 as a regional technology alliance to stimulate economic development of technology-based enterprises and has since become a national partner for numerous federal government agencies.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Calyxt, Inc. is technology company. engages in delivering plant-based solutions. Its products include high oleic soybean oil, high fiber wheat, high oleic soybean meal, and low lignin alfalfa. The company was founded by Daniel F. Voytas and André Choulika on January 8, 2010 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

Cargill is a Swiss company that trades grains and oilseeds. The private company is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ara Advisers LLC (Ara Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Charles Reed Cherington, Troy W Thacker and George Churchill Yong. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.