Comments on: Algae-to-Biofuel Startup GreenFuel Gets a New CEO

By: Snap

Snap — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:40:01 +0000

The firm has over $3 billion under management, more than 20 investment professionals, and current investments in more than 75 companies. For more information on Polaris, visit http://www.polarisventures.com.

How many tanked? Any failures? Polaris blames economy and not mismanagment. Always the positive spin.

By: Algae Startup GreenFuel Cutting Almost Half Its Staff « Earth2Tech

Algae Startup GreenFuel Cutting Almost Half Its Staff « Earth2Tech — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:31:05 +0000

[...] to take over for Polaris Ventures Bob Metcalfe (former Dow Chemical executive Simon Upfill-Brown became its CEO in July), and shutting down a greenhouse in Arizona after discovering that its algae-growing technology was [...]

By: Algae Startup GreenFuel Building $92M Greenhouse « Earth2Tech

Algae Startup GreenFuel Building $92M Greenhouse « Earth2Tech — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:08:48 +0000

[...] In July, former Dow Chemical executive Simon Upfill-Brown became GreenFuel’s CEO, taking over for interim CEO (and ethernet inventor and Polaris partner) Bob Metcalfe. The startup had initially been aiming to find a permanent replacement by at least December 2007. [...]

By: Bob Metcalfe: Avoid the Pressure of the Green Bubble « Earth2Tech

Bob Metcalfe: Avoid the Pressure of the Green Bubble « Earth2Tech — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:01:00 +0000

[...] startup GreenFuel. Metcalfe said on Tuesday that his company had finally chosen a permanent CEO (, story on that from this morning) in former Dow Chemical exec Simon Upfill-Brown. Upfill-Brown starts July [...]