From a Booth to a Breakthrough: How Soren Larsen and CarbonBridge Sparked a Science Research Partnership based on AI at a Santa Cruz Works Event.

Manu spoke at The Global Synthetic Biology Conference alongside other leaders working to build a thriving bioeconomy.

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Manu, a serial entrepreneur with expertise in agtech and electronic systems, is passionate about the role of affordable, accessible renewable energy in shaping strong industries. 

"CarbonBridge converts gas into marine energy, cleanly, using microbes. This ultra low carbon methanol allows for highly economical compliance through blending. This enables a constant decrease in carbon footprint, down to net-zero."

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"Carbonbridge, a project that makes renewable microbial methanol, has been selected for the prestigious ARPA-e award as part of the GREENWELLS program. The DOE project funds 14 projects to develop technologies for harnessing renewable energy sources, and Carbonbridge was the only bio-based method selected to make liquid fuel."

"Founder Fellow Sophia Xu, for instance, is a cofounder and chief scientific officer at CarbonBridge, a startup that aims to replace fossil fuel with low-carbon microbial methanol. Xu knows well the challenges women- and minority-owned climate tech startups face in securing funding and tapping into mentor networks."

"CarbonBridge converts waste greenhouse gas into methanol using microbes. Their biological process enables the lowest energy and greenest process for methanol production, while achieving cost-parity with fossil fuels by 2027."

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