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# Enchi Corporation

##### ACCELERATING THE RATE OF CLIMATE INNOVATION BY:

Driving the next generation of biofuels, starting with non-food cellulosic ethanol.

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##### PROBLEM FOCUS

Current technologies for conversion of cellulosic biofuels to ethanol are too expensive due to the high cost of pretreatment and added enzymes. Enchi seeks to solve this problem by eliminating costly enzyme addition and eliminating pretreatment as we know it today.

##### TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION

Enchi is focused on developing biological conversion systems based on engineered bacteria, which convert non-food cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. Enchi seeks to use engineered thermophilic bacteria to process biomass without added enzymes or thermochemical pretreatment.

##### HEADQUARTER

Hanover, NH, USA

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