Mark Noetzel

Westlake Chlor-Vinyls Corp. engages in the business of manufacturing and marketing basic chemicals, vinyls, polymers, and building products. It operates under the Olefins and Vinyls segments. The Olefins segment provides polyethylene, styrene, and feedstock. The Vinyls segment includes polyvinyl chloride and caustic soda. The company was founded on May 17, 1984 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Siluria Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures a direct chemical process for plastics and fuels from natural gas. Its second process technology can convert ethylene to liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. The firm’s revolutionary catalyst technologies uniquely combine nanomaterials, biotechnology and chemical engineering, to convert an abundant, ubiquitous, and inexpensive feedstock into high value, drop-in fuels and chemicals using processes that can be seamlessly integrated into existing industry infrastructure. The company was founded by Clinton Whitewood Bybee and Alexander Tkachenko in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Novogy, Inc. delivers bio-based solutions for production of food, fuel, and chemicals. It offers Robust a proprietary integration of molecular biology and process engineering that develops process competitiveness and reduces the need for antibiotics. The company was founded by Ginja R. Collins and Robert Colin South on April 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Dixie Chemical Co., Inc. manufactures and develops chemicals. The firm develops team-based solutions in the thermoset materials, alkaline paper sizing, and fuel and lube markets. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Pasadena, TX.

Cilion, Inc. is a renewable fuel company that converts corn into ethanol to power cars and trucks. The company was founded in May 2006 and is headquartered in Goshen, CA.

Akoya Capital Partners LLC (Akoya Capital) is an independent private equity subsidiary of Akoya Capital LLC founded in 2005 by Max DeZara. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.