# Terragia Biofuel

> Terragia Biofuel is a New Hampshire climate-tech startup turning non-food plant waste into cost-competitive, low-carbon ethanol using engineered thermophilic bacteria. Its consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) approach skips the expensive enzymes and thermochemical pretreatment that have historically sunk cellulosic biofuel economics, promising an 8x shorter payback period at 10x smaller scale. Spun out of Professor Lee Lynd's decades of research at Dartmouth, Terragia aims to make biofuels for hard-to-electrify transport - aviation, shipping, and long-haul trucking - that can actually compete with fossil fuels.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
- **Founders:** Lee Lynd (Co-Founder & CTO), Bill Brady (Co-Founder & Board Chair), Chris Herring (Co-Founder & VP of Technology Development)
- **Team size:** ~15 employees
- **Products:** Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) platform, Cotreatment, Cellulosic ethanol & co-products
- **Notable:** Raised $6M seed round led by Engine Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (March 2024), Built on decades of pioneering CBP research from Professor Lee Lynd's Dartmouth lab, Claims 8x shorter payback period and 10x smaller scale than conventional cellulosic approaches

## Products & services

- **Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) platform** — Engineered thermophilic bacteria (Clostridium thermocellum and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum) that release sugars from cellulosic biomass and ferment them to ethanol in a single step, without added enzymes.
- **Cotreatment** — Mechanical disruption of biomass during fermentation used in place of thermochemical pretreatment, cutting energy use and preserving co-product quality.
- **Cellulosic ethanol & co-products** — Low-carbon ethanol (and downstream fuels/chemicals) made from corn stover, corn kernel fiber, and other non-food plant waste.

## Achievements

- Raised $6M seed round led by Engine Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (March 2024)
- Built on decades of pioneering CBP research from Professor Lee Lynd's Dartmouth lab
- Claims 8x shorter payback period and 10x smaller scale than conventional cellulosic approaches
- Backed by U.S. DOE, USDA, NSF, and São Paulo Research Foundation grants
- Established joint development agreement with a major U.S. biofuel producer

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Closed $6M seed round and appointed Kristin Brief as CEO; Lee Lynd moved to CTO.
- **2024-07** — Refreshed website and brand; published technology and press materials outlining faster-payback, smaller-scale approach.
- **2025-01** — Targeted lab pilot milestone per publicly stated timeline (late 2024/early 2025).

## Links

- Website: https://terragia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/terragiabiofuel

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