Industry

Target Market: Our initial market is 180 corn ethanol facilities in the U.S. and the emerging cellulosic ethanol market. U.S. ethanol production targets are defined in the "Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007." The target for 2009 is 11.1 Billion gallons growing to 36 Billion by 2022. We will follow with the growing global market.

Customers: Our potential customers will be yeast manufacturers, ethanol producers and strategic partners who are major influencers in the ethanol industry.

Sales & Marketing Strategy: We will market our bioengineered yeast strains and consulting services through a dedicated business development group. They will recruit and support our strategic sublicensing partners.

Business Model: Xylogenics will sublicense their proprietary bioengineered yeast strains to strategic partners in the ethanol industry.

Competitors: The corn ethanol market is being ignored by competitors as they move to 2nd generation cellulosic ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol competitors are new & unproven technologies (gasification & Microbial). Xylogenics technology improves yields in both the corn ethanol and celluosic ethanol markets. Competitors include Mascoma, Verenium and Coskata.

Competitive Advantage: Xylogenics can improve yield in 180 current corn ethanol facilities and help them transition to cellulosic ethanol. Competitive technologies require construction of entirely new production facilities.