GreenTechMedia’s Michael Kanellos — Celebrating Gevo’s IPO

When I was in San Francisco last week I dropped by to see GreenTechMedia’s Michael Kanellos, one of my favorite personalities in cleantech. Michael always seems to have a reason to smile, even when the rest of the world (me included) seems to hang its head and say “These Earthlings just don’t get it.”

That day, Michael’s cause for celebration was Gevo, the biotech darling of Khosla Ventures and the Virgin Green Fund. Gevo’s unique technology causes microbes to secrete a form of isobutanol, but the company currently garners most of its revenue from corn ethanol.

“Craig, did you see Gevo? We had another IPO yesterday.” Michael smiled.

“No, I missed that. How did it do?” I asked.

“Rose from an opening price of $15 to $16.43 on the first day of trading.  That moderate increase could be a good sign.”

“Whatever you say, man. I don’t know anyone in this arena whose opinions are of greater validity than yours.”

In the coming months, I’ll be doing a bit of writing for GreenTechMedia, contributing an article or two here and there. My goal, needless to say, is to bring as much information to the game – and enthusiasm — as Michael.