Corporate Facts

• Founded:

  May 2007

• Locations:

  • Headquarters and primary lab in San Diego, California
  • Engineering and project management, Orange County, California
  • Research and Development Facility, Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Integrated Algal Bio-Refinery, Columbus, New Mexico (2010)

• Employees:

  More than 100

• Funding Status:

  Privately held company

• Management team:

  Jason Pyle, MD, PhD

  Chief Executive Officer

  Cynthia J. Warner

  President

  James Lambright

  CFO and President, International

  Mike Mendez

  Vice President of Technology

  Tim Zenk

  Vice President of Corporate Affairs

  Jaime Moreno

  Vice President of Projects

  Alex Aravanis, MD, PhD

  Vice President of Development

  Peter Attia

  Vice President of Business Development

  Dan Sajkowski

  Senior Director, Downstream Technology

• Scientific Advisory Board and Collaborators:

  Stephen Mayfield, PhD

  University of California, San Diego, SD CAB

  Steve Briggs, PhD

  University of California, San Diego

  Geoffrey Price, PhD

  University of Tulsa

  Dan Crunkleton, PhD

  University of Tulsa

  Joanne Chory, PhD

  Salk Institute

  Joe Chappell , PhD

  University of Kentucky

• Board of Directors:

  Jason Pyle, MD, PhD

  Chief Executive Officer, Sapphire Energy

  C.J. Warner

  President, Sapphire Energy

  Robert T. Nelsen

  Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners

  Steven Goldby

  Partner, Venrock

  Nathaniel David, PhD

  ARCH Ventures

  Kristina Burow

  Principal, ARCH Venture Partners

  David Allen

  Former Executive Director, BP

  Robert Shapiro

  Former CEO, Monsanto

  David E. Shaw

  Managing General Partner, Black Point Group

• Investors:

  Sapphire Energy is supported by a world-class syndicate of investors led by co-founder ARCH Venture Partners; along with The Wellcome Trust; Cascade Investment, LLC; and Venrock.

• Partners

  As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and through the biorefinery assistance program in the 2008 Farm Bill, Sapphire has partnered with both the USDOE and the USDA to build a next-generation algal biorefinery. Sapphire is also collaborating with leading scientists from the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute; University of California, San Diego; The Scripps Research Institute; University of Tulsa; and San Diego Center for Algal Biotechnology.