Cobalt Biofuels gets $25M for biobutanol

Usually when a startup classifies itself as a biofuel company, it makes one of two fuels: biodiesel or ethanol. However, there’s a range of alternatives that could be commercialized, one of which Cobalt Biofuels is after: biobutanol, a liquid fuel that is more similar to gasoline than ethanol.

Cobalt has just taken a third venture round of $25 million to put further work into the fuel, which it plans to use as an additive for either… Continue Reading