When was REG Life Sciences founded?

REG Life Sciences was founded in 2005.

Where is REG Life Sciences located?

REG Life Sciences is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Where does REG Life Sciences rank among its competitors?

REG Life Sciences ranks 40th amongst 198 active competitors, of which 22 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was FutureFuel Chemical Company, which secured $210K in Feb, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of REG Life Sciences?

REG Life Sciences' top competitors include World Energy, Nova Pangaea and Oberon Fuels. Among them, FutureFuel Chemical Company secured the most recent funding round in February, 2025.

REG Life Sciences - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

REG Life Sciences is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2005 by George Church, Christopher Somerville, Noubar Afeyan and Jay Keasling. It operates as an Independent producer of biodiesel. The company has 198 active competitors, including 22 funded and 29 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like World Energy, Nova Pangaea and Oberon Fuels.

Company Details

Renewable Energy Group is an independent producer of biodiesel from animal fat, inedible corn oil, cooking grease and vegetable oils with more than 600 petented technologies. The company has established a biorefinery in Geismar which is involved in the production of high cetane biodiesel that can be blended well with petroleum diesel in all portions. The Geismar plant uses "Bio-synfining" technology which was patented by Synthetic Fuels Division in Tusla. They have set up a facility to convert syngas to clean fuels by using its proprietary technology "Fischer-Tropsch Gas -to-Liquid".

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Founded Year

2005

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Ranked

40^th among 198 active competitors

Investment & Acquisitions

Ls9

Similar Companies

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Exit Details

Acquired by Genomatica (May 29, 2019)

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REG Life Sciences got acquired by Genomatica on May 29, 2019.

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REG Life Sciences has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of REG Life Sciences are George Church, Christopher Somerville, Noubar Afeyan and Jay Keasling.

Here are the details of REG Life Sciences' key team members:

George Church: Co-Founder of REG Life Sciences.
Christopher Somerville: Co-Founder of REG Life Sciences.
Noubar Afeyan: Co-Founder & Director of REG Life Sciences.
Jay Keasling: Co-Founder of REG Life Sciences.

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Top competitors of REG Life Sciences include World Energy, Nova Pangaea and Oberon Fuels. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of REG Life Sciences, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	World Energy Seed	Manufacturer of sustainable aviation fuel and other advanced bioenergy products	$4.44M	State of California, United States Department of Agriculture ... & 1 others	59/100
2nd	Nova Pangaea 2008, London (United Kingdom), Series B	Developer of technology converting agricultural residues into fuel and biochar	$16.5M	Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Future Fund ... & 8 others	56/100
3rd	Oberon Fuels 2010, San Diego (United States), Seed	Manufacturer of renewable fuels including methanol dimethyl ether and hydrogen	$595K	California Energy Commission, Valley Air & 2 others	50/100
4th	FutureFuel Chemical Company 1920, Clayton (United States), Public	Manufacturer of custom specialty chemicals and large scale biodiesel products	-	OSTI, United States Department of Agriculture	50/100
5th	Oleoplan Porto Alegre (Brazil), Unfunded	Manufacturer of biodiesel fuel derived from agricultural production and processing	-	-	49/100
6th	RenFuel 2012, Funding Raised	Developer of technology converting lignin into biofuels and bioplastics	-	EIC Fund, Swedish Energy Agency & 1 others	47/100
7th	Kotyark 2016, Vadodara (India), Public	Manufacturer of biodiesel fuel derived from renewable vegetable oil sources	-	-	45/100
8th	Ag Processing 1983, Omaha (United States), Funding Raised	Agribusiness company, soya biodiesel producer	-	United States Department of Agriculture	45/100
9th	Sunpine 2005, Pitea (Sweden), Acquired	Manufacturer of tall oil diesel and other forest based products	-	Europa	44/100
10th	BIOX 2000, Hamilton (Canada), Acquired	Manufacturer of biodiesel fuel for use in existing diesel engines	$70M	Birch Hill Equity Partners, VentureLink Funds ... & 3 others	44/100
40th	REG Life Sciences 2005, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Independent producer of biodiesel	-	-	30/100