Sapphire Energy

About Sapphire Energy

Sapphire Energy has tried to maintain a relatively low profile since it established its headquarters in San Diego-especially since last fall when the media seized on reports that Bill Gates' Cascade Investment had joined a $100 million secondary round of venture funding for the algae biofuels startup. So when Sapphire opened its San Diego headquarters – more... for a public tour during the Algae Biomass Summit that was held here earlier this month, I jumped at the opportunity. The venture-backed company maintains a 70,000-square-foot facility on La Jolla's Torrey Pines Mesa, and now has about 120 employees. The company's labs look like a lot of other biotech labs in San Diego, aside from all the gyrating machines with flasks full of gently swirling emerald-green fluid. But there were two particularly interesting factoids about Sapphire that I learned during the tour. – lessMore from ZoomInfo »

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