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Is the App-pocalypse Nigh?
Apr 14th 2016 Stanford University e-Corner
Is the App-pocalypse Nigh?

Mango Materials was mentioned in a Stanford University eCorner article about lean start-ups. He mentions the curriculum of the Technology Venture Formation offered in Stanford’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Mango Materials’ CEO, Molly Morse, took an early version of this class and is applying these techniques to the company even today. To read more […]

  • biogas
  • deep technology
  • ecofriendly
Molly to present at BIO World Congress on Monday, April 18, 2016
Apr 7th 2016 BusinessWire
Molly to present at BIO World Congress on Monday, April 18, 2016

Mango Materials was selected to participate in the GreenTech Investor Session at the BIO World Congress in San Diego on April 18. 2016. Molly will join eight other emerging companies who will present their company to a panel of veteran investors, along with venture capitalists, analysts, and strategic investors in the audience. Molly will showcase the […]

  • BIO World Congress
  • biodegradable
  • biogas
Former Mango Materials intern featured in BerkeleyNews
Feb 25th 2016 BerkeleyNews
Former Mango Materials intern featured in BerkeleyNews

Shilpi Mathrani, former intern at Mango Materials, was recently featured in the BerkeleyNews, a publication from the University of California at Berkeley. Shilpi interned at Mango Materials through her participation in UC-Berkeley’s Biomanufacturing to Marketing program which connects Berkeley students with local start-ups. The students get experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and the […]

  • BerkeleyNews
  • biodegradable
  • Biomanufacturing to Market program
Mango Materials selected in Plug and Play Tech Center’s New Materials and Packaging Batch 1
Feb 22nd 2016 Plug and Play
Mango Materials selected in Plug and Play Tech Center’s New Materials and Packaging Batch 1

Mango Materials was recently selected to participate in Plug and Play Tech Center’s New Materials and Packaging Batch 1 Platform. The Plug and Play team hand picked 20 companies to participate in “Selection Day” and 12 companies were then chosen to participate in the program. Plug and Play is a global innovation platform for startups, corporations, […]

  • accelerator program
  • biodegradable
  • biopolymers
Mango Materials once again named to “Hottest 40” List
Nov 4th 2015 Biofuels Digest
Mango Materials once again named to “Hottest 40” List

At ABLC Next in San Francisco on November 3, 2015, it was announced that Mango Materials was named #36 in the “Hottest 40 Small Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy” by Biofuels Digest! From the Biofuels Digest article: “The rankings, which recognize innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals and materials by emerging companies, are based […]

  • ABLC Next
  • advanced bioeconomy
  • biofuels digest
Q&A with Dr. Molly Morse of Mango Materials
Jun 14th 2015 Dordan
Q&A with Dr. Molly Morse of Mango Materials

Molly was interviewed by Chandler Slavin for Dordan’s blog.  Chandler attended SustPak 2015 in Orlando and wanted to learn more about Mango Materials and their PHA production  process.  Click here to read the entire interview.

  • biobased
  • biocomposites
  • biodegradable
Mango Materials named “Most Innovative Business” by Think Beyond Plastic
Jul 8th 2015 Think Beyond Plastic
Mango Materials named “Most Innovative Business” by Think Beyond Plastic

Mango Materials is excited and honored to be named “Most Innovate Business” by Think Beyond Plastic.  Think Beyond Plastics’ annual competition “encourages disruptive innovation in materials, manufacturing, recycling, and design that measurably reduces plastic pollution”. Visit Think Beyond Plastics’ website here.  

  • innovation
  • manufacturing
  • materials
Mango Materials featured in Spring 2015 edition of BioCoder
Apr 21st 2015 BioCoder
Mango Materials featured in Spring 2015 edition of BioCoder

Mango Materials’ CTO, Allison Pieja was recently interviewed for an article in BioCoder.  She describes the process, history of the company, and some projections for the future.  To download the Spring 2015 issue for free and read the article “Allison Pieja and the Minor Miracle of Methanotrophs” written by Glen Martin, click here. From the […]

  • bacteria
  • BioCoder
  • biodegradable
Mango Materials featured in GreenBlue Blog
Apr 16th 2015 GreenBlue Blog
Mango Materials featured in GreenBlue Blog

Mango Materials was featured along with other companies making sustainable materials in the GreenBlue Blog.  Based on presentations from SustPack 2015 in Orlando, FL, GreenBlue discusses the latest innovations in sustainable materials.  To read about Mango Materials and other cool companies in the sustainable materials space, click here.

  • biodegradable
  • composting
  • GreenBlue
Mango Materials is featured in Advanced Biofuels USA
Mar 20th 2015 Advanced Biofuels USA
Mango Materials is featured in Advanced Biofuels USA

In a recent Advanced Biofuels USA article, Stefaniya Becking writes about diversifying products to create new opportunities for biogas use.  Based on the Waste to Biogas and Clean Fuels Summit in Santa Clara in early March, the article describes some of the new opportunities in biogas conversion technologies. Click here to read the full article: Advanced […]

  • Advanced Biofuels USA
  • anaerobic digestion
  • bacteria