verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message amyris inc. type public nasdaq amrs industry renewable fuels anti malaria renewable chemicals renewable products founded 2003 headquarters emeryville california usa key people john melo ceo revenue none number of employees 300 350 website amyris.com amyris is an integrated renewable products company providing sustainable alternatives to a broad range of petroleum sourced products . amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon molecules flexible building blocks which can be used in a wide range of products . amyris is commercializing these products both as renewable ingredients in cosmetics flavors fragrances polymers lubricants and consumer products and also as renewable diesel and jet fuels . amyris brasil s.a. a subsidiary of amyris oversees the establishment and expansion of amyris s production in brazil . amyris also has fuel distribution capabilities in the united states through its subsidiary amyris fuels llc . founded in 2003 and headquartered in emeryville ca amyris has raised over 120 million in equity funding to date including investments from total s.a. khosla ventures votorantim novos neg cios kleiner perkins caufield & byers tpg biotech and dag ventures . the company went public on nasdaq in october 2010 amrs but as of january 2013 was trading at less than 30 % of its initial offering price due to lack of commercial success in cost effectively producing drop in synthetic transportation fuel which was to be its initial major focus . the firm has now focused its attention on higher priced and higher margin products that are not in the transportation fuel area . 1 contents 1 renewable fuels 2 artemisinin 3 media coverage 4 references 5 external links renewable fuels edit amyris technology platform branded no compromise is focused on providing high performance petroleum alternatives using sustainable feedstock such as sugarcane . amyris is establishing the partnerships and capabilities needed to bring the renewable diesel fuel to market . a few of these actions include distributing ethanol through a us subsidiary amyris fuels based in chicago il . building a large scale production facility at sao martino one of brazil s largest ethanol producers joint venture with cosan one of brazil s largest ethanol distributors and marketers artemisinin edit artemisinin is a compound naturally found in the chinese sweet wormwood plant effective in the treatment of malaria . its production is hampered by difficult climate and agricultural conditions . institute for oneworld health received a grant from the bill and melinda gates foundation to develop and produce non seasonal high quality affordable artemisinin and engaged amyris biotechnologies and sanofi to assist on certain parts of the project which is near completion based on technology from uc berkeley nrc canada and other sources media coverage edit using microbes to create the next generation of fuels on cnn the next list february 2013 a better biofuel on mit technology review april 2007 bets on biotech on us news november 2006 references edit fast company magazine 8 august 2012 the rise and fall of the company that was going to have us all using biofuels . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amyris company & oldid 743941033 categories companies based in emeryville californiabiotechnology companies of the united statescompanies established in 2003companies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2008all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 04 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view