Amyris, the U.S. industrial bioscience company led by John Melo, closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced financing. The second tranche of $50 million in a private placement was led by a $25 million investment from Koninklijke DSM N.V. (Royal DSM) with the remaining $25 million contributed by Vivo Capital.
Vivo Capital is a healthcare focused investment firm formed in 1996 with over $1.8 billion under management. Vivo Capital is currently making investments from its $750M eighth fund into promising private and public healthcare companies in the U.S. and Greater China, and from its $100M PANDA fund into promising early-stage innovative healthcare companies.
“We are pleased to have the support of key investors like DSM and Vivo in pursuing our growth strategy,” said John Melo, Amyris President & CEO. “We’ve delivered a very strong first half and are on track for our best year ever with more than doubling our product sales and continuing to build on our collaboration agreements while reducing our losses.”
Amyris, headquartered in Emeryville, California, applies its innovative bioscience solutions to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon molecules and produce specialty ingredients and consumer products. The company is delivering its No Compromise® products across a number of markets, including specialty and performance chemicals, flavors and fragrances, cosmetics ingredients, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals.
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