With offices inWoburn MA andin St Louis MO., Agrivida, Inc. is an agricultural biotechnology company, creating renewable, biomass-based alternative fuels and raw materials. The firm develops integrated enzyme-feedstock systems to transform the economics of producing renewable chemicals, biofuels, and bioproducts from nonfood plant biomass. Agrivida develops corn varieties that are optimized for producing ethanol from corn stover. Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable fuel that can be used as a gasoline additive or a gasoline replacement. The firmis developing and commercializing high-performance products that incorporate novel, regulated proteins precisely engineered for specific applications in a variety of markets, including animal feed and nutrition, bio-based fuels and chemicals, and industrial enzymes. The firm is transforming the economics of industrial and agricultural production through pioneering use of regulated enzymes to develop higher-efficiency, lower-cost biomass feedstocks and intermediate inputs. Breakthrough biomolecular engineering platform holds extraordinary potential for significantly decreasing costs and improving production efficiency for manufacturers of next-generation bioproducts. Enzymesbiological molecules that catalyze chemical reactionsare used throughout industry and agriculture to increase production yields, enhance product performance, and reduce processing costs. Agrivida's proprietary INzyme technology precisely controls enzyme activity to drive these natural catalysts to deliver unparalleled performance. Agrivida's novel products and processes enable supply chain partners to achieve substantially lower production costs while maintaining superior product performance. Goal as a company is to solve critical problems in agriculture and industry by engineering valuable new products and processes. Commercializing technology independently and through alliances with companies that seek to optimize the production of biobased products, with an initial focus on animal feed and nutrition, fuels and chemicals, and industrial enzymes. Separate from - and subsequent to - their SBIR involvement, the firm has received substantial grants from USDA ($2M in 2009) and DOE $4.57M in 2010)
