--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proterro, Inc.:
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Who: |
Kef Kasdin, CEO, Proterro, Inc. |
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| Proterro is the developer of Protose sugar, a fermentation-ready sugar feedstock that will enable the economical and scalable production of biofuels and chemicals. | |||
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What: |
CEO Kasdin has been selected to present during a showcase of clean technology companies at the 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Cleantech Investment Forum. The event, hosted by the Academy of Natural Science, Blank Rome LLP’s Cleantech Group and the Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, also will feature a panel of experts and thought leaders discussing Cleantech venture and corporate investing. |
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When: |
Thursday, March 31, 2011; 3:30-6:30 p.m. | ||
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Where: |
The Academy of Natural Sciences | ||
| 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway | |||
| Philadelphia, Pa. | |||
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Why: |
The biggest barrier to market adoption of biofuels is the high cost of cultivating, harvesting, transporting and processing of feedstock. Recently featured in Biofuels Digest, Biorefining and Ethanol Producer, Proterro can, through its novel, patent-pending biosynthetic process, resolve the challenge of costly feedstock for biofuels by delivering non-agriculture-based, fermentation-ready sugar at a lower cost than Brazilian sugarcane, corn or other energy crops. |
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Proterro’s Protose sugar is a fortified sucrose that is a sustainable, inexpensive, geoflexible, fermentation-ready feedstock. Biofuels and chemical producers will be able to lower their costs substantially by adopting this sugar feedstock alternative. For more information, please visit www.proterro.com |
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Contacts: |
Proterro media contact: Rick Sacks, rick@smartpr.net, 973.467.8728 |
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Mid-Atlantic Cleantech Investment Forum contact: Nicole Benner, Benner@BlankRome.com, 215.988.3072 |
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Notes: |
Proterro’s investors are Battelle Ventures and Braemar Energy Ventures |
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Proterro and Protose are trademarks of Proterro, Inc. |