Solazyme, Inc. Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen 100 Top Private Company Award Winner

    SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Solazyme, Inc., a
 leading algal biotechnology company, today announced that it has been
 selected by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for
 2007. The first-annual elite GoingGreen 100 list was compiled by the
 AlwaysOn editorial panel. In order to be eligible for the GoingGreen 100
 list, companies had to be peer-nominated, with AlwaysOn receiving more than
 500 nominations from venture investors, investment bankers and other
 industry experts.
     "The AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 companies will accelerate the global
 movement to a more sustainable environment," said Tony Perkins, founder and
 editor of AlwaysOn. "The ideas and innovation we saw as we reviewed
 hundreds of clean technology companies will be foundational to the next
 wave of economic growth in California and beyond. My congratulations to
 each AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 winner -- these are the companies which we
 predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and
 most game-changing approaches this year."
     Solazyme and the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2007 will be
 honored at AlwaysOn GoingGreen to be held at the University of California
 in Davis from September 10 -- 12. GoingGreen is a two-and-a-half-day
 executive gathering that highlights the significant impact clean
 technologies have on new economic growth and in sustainable use of natural
 resources. The idea behind the GoingGreen 100 top private companies list is
 to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and
 investments in the clean technology industry.
     Solazyme is a leading biotechnology company focused on the engineering
 and optimization of algae for production of biofuels and health and
 wellness materials. Solazyme has developed algal strains with dramatically
 increased biofuel and industrial chemical production capabilities. This
 novel technology results in large reductions in CO2 and other pollutants
 over traditional fossil fuels.
     "We are pleased to be recognized for our development of fuels and
 industrial chemicals from renewable resources. Our focus on algal
 biotechnology will enable rapid development and deployment of facilities
 capable of producing commercial scale quantities of biodiesel," said
 Jonathan Wolfson, President of Solazyme. Harrison Dillon, CEO of Solazyme,
 added "The use of renewable resources for production of biofuels that are
 compatible with the existing transportation fuel infrastructure and that
 meet existing fuel standards is crucially important for rapid large scale
 adoption. We are excited to make a major contribution to reducing our
 dependency on imported oil and creating new employment opportunities for
 Americans."
     A full list of all the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 Private Companies can be
 found on the AlwaysOn Web site at:
 http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/18632
     About AlwaysOn GoingGreen: AlwaysOn GoingGreen is a two-and-a-half-day
 executive gathering that highlights the significant impact clean
 technologies have on new economic growth and in sustainable use of natural
 resources. AlwaysOn GoingGreen features the most innovative companies,
 eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote
 presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The goal of
 the conference is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial
 opportunities and investments in the clean tech industry.
     About Solazyme:
     Founded in 2003 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California,
 Solazyme is a leading biotechnology company focused on the engineering and
 optimization of algae for production of biofuels and health and wellness
 materials. For more information, please visit our website:
 http://www.solazyme.com.
     About AlwaysOn
     AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the
 first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn
 continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social
 network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also
 revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to
 its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn
 Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its
 members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our
 loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven
 approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared
 to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
     For Solazyme                               For AlwaysOn Going Green
     Walter Rakitsky                            A&R Edelman
     Ph: 650-780-4777                           Kimberly Kupiecki
     wrakitsky@solazyme.com                     Ph: 650-533-4049
                                                kkupiecki@ar-edelman.com
 
 

SOURCE Solazyme, Inc.