The NEXT 50 Companies to Disrupt the World

September 24, 2019

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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Digest recognized the NEXT 50, “the 50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World”, bioeconomy companies that are just now reaching commercial scale with an emerging technology, or earlier in their journey to commercial scale.

The advanced bioeconomy has diversified significantly and the NEXT 50 includes companies focused on fuels, chemicals, foods, new crops and crop protection, animal feeds, and synthetic biology-based services.

In all, 13 chemicals & materials companies were recognized, 9 from crop development and crop protection, 8 in advanced foods and feed, 8 from fuels, 7 in synbio services, and two in engines and gasifiers.

More than 80 percent of the honored companies will be onstage or otherwise attending ABLC NEXT, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Technology, which will be held in San Francisco October 30-November 1. The NEXT 50 will be officially recognized just before the NEXT party on October 31st.

“There were a number of companies like Enerkem, PIOET-DSM, and Amyris that traditionally poll extremely well in our HOT 50 rankings but were too advanced in their journey to commercial scale to be considered for a NEXT 50 slot,” said Digest editor Jim Lane. “And sometimes, companies that have been around for a long time had a technology that was incredibly deserving of recognition. And, there are many companies with amazing technologies that were not quite ready for the NEXT 50 this year, but we think will be there soon. So, we consider that the NEXT 50 represents the next generation of companies coming along, but there are plenty of others out there that will disrupt the world in the years to come.”

In all, the NEXT 50 includes:

Agrisoma
AlgaPrime DHA by Corbion
Algix
Anellotech
Apeel Sciences
Arzeda
Avantium
Calysta
Checkerspot
Clara Foods

ClearFlame Engines
Crop Enhancement
Culture Biosciences
DMC Bio
Ecovia Renewables
Evolva
Fulcrum BioEnergy
Geltor
Genomatica
Gevo/Renmatix hydrocarbons

Ginkgo BioWorks
HelioBioSys
Impossible Foods
Indigo
Industrial Microbes
Inscripta
Itaconix
LanzaJet
Levadura Biotech
Licella

Lygos
Mango Materials
Motif
Oberon Fuels
Opus 12
Perfect Day
Pivot Bio
Provivi
Qualitas Health
Red Rock Biofuels

SBI Bioenergy
Sierra Energy
Sironix
sunliquid by Clariant
Sylvatex
Velocys
Vertimass
Visolis
ZeaKal
Zymergen

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