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Calysta Funding Round

On 5/2/2017, Calysta secured $40 million in Series D investment from Mitsui & Co., Aqua-Spark and Cargill Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Calysta
Announced On
5/2/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Mitsui & Co. (Lead Investor) (Hitoshi Kudo)

Aqua-Spark (Michael Velings)

Cargill Ventures (Brian Silvey)

Municipal Employee Retirement System

Pangaea Ventures (Purnesh Seegopaul)

Temasek Holdings (Suan Tan)

Walden Venture Capital

Proceeds Purpose
Calysta intends to use a majority of the proceeds of the Series D investment to advance commercial scale manufacturing of Calysta's FeedKind® protein, a family of sustainable, traceable nutritional ingredients for fish, livestock and pets.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Alternative Energy
Mailing Address
1900 Alameda de las Pulgas 200
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
Phone
(650) 492-6880
Website
www.calysta.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Food and Energy Security Through Sustainable Biotechnology . Calysta creates innovative industrial products from sustainable sources.
Profile
Calysta LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Calysta Company Twitter Account
Company News
Calysta News
Facebook
Calysta on Facebook
YouTube
Calysta on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Alan Shaw
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Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Huot
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Chief Technical Officer
Geoff Bryant
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Vice President
Graham Aylen
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VP - Administration
Blake Campbell
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VP - Bus. Development
Dennis Leong
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VP - Engineering
Luan Nguyen
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VP - Marketing
Allan LeBlanc
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VP - Product Management
Céline Schiff-Deb
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VP - R & D
Lori Giver
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Tomas Belloso
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