LanzaTech
Company

Last deal

$40M

Amount

Post-IPO Equity

Stage

08.08.2024

Date

3

all rounds

$1.07B

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

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About Company
LanzaTech converts carbon emissions into valuable chemicals and fuels.

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founded date

01.01.2005

founders

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Post-IPO Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

LanzaTech, founded in 2005, uses a biotechnology platform to convert carbon emissions into chemicals and fuels, such as ethanol and jet fuel. The company partners with manufacturers and has developed proof of concept for producing 20 different chemicals. LanzaTech's products have been used by industries including aviation, with airlines like Virgin Atlantic and Boeing as customers. The company has raised over $200 million in funding and is headquartered in Illinois, with offices in China and India.
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People

Founders
1
Sean Simpson
Sean Simpson

Sean Simpson

Sean is the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of LanzaTech. Sean spent the first 12 years of his life living in various countries around the world, including Mauritius, Zambia and Gibraltar, before his family returned to England. He now lives with his family in Auckland, New Zealand. Sean and his wife Silvia have two young children, a daughter Cecilia and a son Liam. Sean is an enthusiastic (if not skillful!) soccer player when time permits; he is also an avid supporter of Middlesborough “Boro” Football Club. He dreams of one day having the time to sail with his gorgeous family around the Pacific…but first he needs to learn to sail… and help LanzaTech to commercial success!

current job

LanzaTech
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Sean Simpson

Employee Profiles
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Ching Leang

Principal scientist

Babette Pettersen

Babette Pettersen

VP Europe

Jay Truty

Senior commercial counsel

Roger Bloom

Senior commercial attorney

Katherine Barkus

Senior research associate

Nilesh Kumar

Vice president operations

Zhenhua Ruan

Senior scientist

Anna Lee

Senior corporate associate

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