Comments on: Codexis IPO: Why It Needs Shell & Other Fast Facts

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:23:54 +0000

Thanks! I wish I read this article before I bought the IPO. I am losing money on this stock. :) Hopefully they are able to rebound.

By: JinkoSolar IPO: China Solar Manufacturer Makes Its Debut

JinkoSolar IPO: China Solar Manufacturer Makes Its Debut — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:38:37 +0000

[...] A history of profits contrasts with the financials of some of the other greentech firms aiming for IPOs in 2010, like electric car maker Tesla, bicycle tech developer Fallbrook Technologies, and biocatalyst developer Codexis. [...]

By: EPA Smiles on Biofuels in Small Biz Innovation Awards

EPA Smiles on Biofuels in Small Biz Innovation Awards — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:20:22 +0000

[...] for the transesterification of triglycerides to biodiesel.” Put more simply, Lynntech — like IPO hopeful Codexis — is working on a biocatalyst for biofuel production. Lynntech aims to produce a catalyst [...]

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:44:09 +0000

I guess company came with IPO in 2008, then cancelled it after couple of months stating that market is not good. In 2009 again filed S1 for IPO, that shows that company does not know what they are doing. In terms of technology, how much success they have got biocatalyst for biofuel production is not known.

By: coolbuddy

coolbuddy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:22:31 +0000

This is comment by Vinod Khosla from Khosla Venture: A few years ago during the "nanotech bubble" Mr. Khosla sounded the (sensible) alarm that nanotech wasn't a market and that the nanotech boom was an illusion. His concern in greentech is that "too many [non Khosla-backed?] companies have filed and we will get a nanotech moment." He's "much more concerned about premature IPOs" and gives an example: Codexis recently filed their S-1 form in preparation for an IPO but according to Khosla, the company is "pretending to be a biofuels company when it is a biotech R&D firm."

One of our biofuel companies rejected the deal Shell offered before they went to Codexis; it was a bad deal.

By: Will Weak Greentech IPOs in 2010 Sour the Market?

Will Weak Greentech IPOs in 2010 Sour the Market? — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:31 +0000

[...] It’s a real possibility. The financials of some of the greentech firms aiming for IPOs in 2010, like electric car maker Tesla, bicycle tech developer Fallbrook Technologies, and biocatalyst developer Codexis, aren’t exactly strong. [...]

By: What The Ausra Purchase Says About Greentech

What The Ausra Purchase Says About Greentech — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:12 +0000

[...] are a series of greentech IPOs expected in 2010 (Tesla, Silver Spring Networks, Solyndra, Codexis), but when it comes to acquisitions, the Ausra deal could end up being pretty typical for greentech [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week in Review

Earth2Tech Week in Review — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:01:47 +0000

[...] Codexis IPO: Why It Needs Shell & Other Fast Facts: We dug through the biocatalyst developer Codexis’ IPO registration (filed this week), and found tidbits on just how much the startup has had to pay the drug development company it spun out of seven years ago, how heavily it’s banking on oil giant Shell to commercialize biofuels, and what happened to the chief financial officer that the company once considered so valuable he was the only exec earning above market rate. [...]

By: Casey Verdant

Casey Verdant — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:41:34 +0000

Codexis Inc’s public offering is great news for the biofuels industry. With an initial offering of $100 million, Codexis will allow the company to gain some much needed capital and moved forward with exciting biofuel and biopharmaceutical projects.
If you’re interested in biofuels check out this great website with hundreds of case studies on emerging green technologies and alternative energies: http://www.greencollareconomy.com It has the largest b2b green directory on the web and lots of sustainability white papers for businesses to use in moving forward with biofuels.

By: coolbuddy0002000@yahoo.com

coolbuddy0002000@yahoo.com — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:01:53 +0000

Company managment lied to his own employee saying that company does not have any finacial problems. After this statement, within 2 weeks company laid off several employees involved in the research to save the cost and then they hired CFO, VP of IT, Director of supply chain management and a scientific fellow by using that cost. If company does not care about his own employee how it will care about investors!