What is P2 Science, Inc.?
So what is all this about P2 Science, Inc.?
P2 is a brand new surfactant company formed in November by Yale scientists, Elm Street Ventures, an early stage venture fund and me (the founding CEO). The company is using patent pending technology from the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering to develop and manufacture a new class of high performance surfactants, C-glycosides (CG’s). P2 owns the exclusive global license to this technology. CG’s find application in a range of consumer and industrial products such as detergents, personal care products, cosmetics, lubricants, hard-surface cleaners, emulsion polymers, mining, environmental remediation and oilfield chemicals, and many other areas.
The new surfactants are mild in use, stable, customizable, and manufactured in low energy-intensive conditions. Patrick Foley, the lead Yale inventor in the C-glycoside field, is P2′s Chief Scientific Officer. The company has set up a laboratory in New Haven to continue development of the initial surfactant product range and has commenced discussions with partners and customers in a number of key end-use markets.
P2’s website has a lot of information on the company, technology, management team and investors. There is also a calendar page that lists the speaking engagements so far for the coming year and the exhibitions and conferences in which P2 will be participating. Links and brief information are provided for each. I personally look forward to seeing old friends and new at these events and to discussing this exciting new development in the field of surfactants. Calendar highlights in the coming year for P2 include the 2nd ICIS World Surfactant Conference, April 25-26th in New York in which P2 will be presenting their technology alongside such giants in the renewable chemicals field as Solazyme, Elevance, Amyris, LS-9 and Codexis. We are genuinely honored to be in the company of such a stellar line-up of companies who are transforming the surfactant supply chain. We are also looking forward to the March 1st Green Chemicals Panel discussion hosted in Manhattan by the CM&E Group of ACS. Full details of the P2 2012 Calendar are on this new page to the P2 site. Check back frequently as new engagements are being added on a regular basis.