Jay Kouba

Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Innovene LLC produces and markets petrochemicals such as polypropylene (for plastics and packaging), polyethylene (used in films, packaging, cables, among other products), nitriles (turned into everything from fibers to pharmaceuticals to pesticides), polybutenes (for oil additives, adhesives and sealants) and olefins, etc. Innovene was founded in April, 2004 by the BP Group and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

First Green Partners LLC (First Green Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tom Erickson and Doug Cameron. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Trelys, Inc. owns and operates biotechnology products. The company was founded by Jay Kouba and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Oniro Consulting, Inc. operated as a strategic management consulting firm. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

TetraVitae Bioscience is developing biobased chemicals, plastics, and fuels. Its proprietary technology and expertise in the fields of industrial fermentations, process engineering, microbiology, and cellulosic feedstocks will dramatically lower the costs of production, allowing them to compete with and replace petroleum-derived products. TetraVitae's focus is the production of biobutanol using a proprietary fermentation process and enhanced microorganism platform. Its biobutanol technology has demonstrated significant improvements over conventional approaches in key performance metrics.