Roy Lipski
| Roy Lipski | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roy Lipski July 26, 1971 Tel-Aviv, Israel |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 1994-Present |
| Title | Founder and CEO |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Friederike |
| 👶 Children | 4 |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.roylipski.com/ |
Roy Lipski is a British-American entrepreneur working in the energy, biosciences, technology, and consumer product industries. Lipski is most well known for being the first to develop sentiment analysis AI software,[1] as well as the first to commercialize microchannel technology for renewable fuels,[2] one of the first to pursue cannabinoid Biosynthesis, and the first to create an herbal mixer for cannabis that has been spun out under the name of Bud Love.[3][4]
Career and business ventures
Infonic
In 1996, Lipski founded Infonic, an internet research agency in Europe that helped clients measure and manage their corporate reputation online.[5] Infonic developed Artificial intelligence software that understood sentiment in language based on algorithms developed at Cornell University for NASA.[6][7] Infonic’s clients included many blue-chip companies such as Coca-Cola, P&G, Shell, Sony and others. In June 2004 Infonic was acquired by a UK-listed company.[8]
Oxford Catalysts
In 2006 Lipski co-founded Oxford Catalysts Group (now Velocys), where he served as CEO, leading it through an IPO and subsequent acquisition of Velocys Inc., a world leader in microchannel process technology, raising over $130 million from institutional investors.[9] Lipski took Oxford Catalysts from a 2-person company with 3 patent applications based out of the chemistry labs in the University of Oxford, through an IPO, growth, commercialization, and subsequent acquisition of Velocys in 2008.[10][11]
Velocys
From 2008 to 2015 Lipski served as the CEO at Velocys, Inc, where he managed the merged Velocys/Oxford Catalysts group to a public company valued at $500 million.[12][13][14][15] While there he raised over $200 million and built a shareholder base that included investors such as: Lansdowne Partners, Invesco Perpetual, Henderson Group, Neil Woodford, and Jonathan Ruffer. Today, Velocys is a leader in smaller scale, distributed Gas to liquids plants that turn biomass into liquid fuels and specialty chemicals.[16][17][18]
Creo
In 2016 Lipski co-founded Creo, where he currently serves as CEO. Creo is a biotechnology company that produces novel cannabinoids using fermentation.[19][20] Creo’s technology partner and major shareholder is San Diego-based biotechnology firm Genomatica.[21][22][23][24] To date, Lipski has raised over $50 million for Creo.[25][26][27] One of the companies' products is a cannabis mixer under the name of Bud Love.[28]
References
- ↑ http://www.cyberalert.com/pdf/whitepaper.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Biodiesel Magazine - The Latest News and Data About Biodiesel Production". www.biodieselmagazine.com.
- ↑ Hou, Chia-Yi (December 10, 2020). "This company wants to bring the 'mother cannabinoid' to the masses". TheHill.
- ↑ Berke, Jeremy. "Biotechs are betting millions on unlocking the $115 billion synthetic-cannabis market". Business Insider.
- ↑ Gruner, Stephanie Gruner (January 17, 2001). "Online Detective Agency Keeps An Eye On Potential 'Enemies'". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/1628960.1628969 [bare URL PDF]
- ↑ durman, paul (13 July 2023). "Firms line up to rocket into the blogosphere" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ↑ "Investegate |Corpora PLC Announcements | Corpora PLC: Acquisition". www.investegate.co.uk.
- ↑ "Oxford Catalysts Acquires Velocys; Focus on Accelerating Commercialization of Small-Scale Synthetic Fuel Systems". Green Car Congress.
- ↑ Kelly-Detwiler, Peter. "Gas-to-Liquids Plants: No Longer Exclusive to Larger Players". Forbes.
- ↑ Schutte, Shan (November 1, 2013). "How Velocys is changing the way fuels and chemicals are made".
- ↑ "Is gas-to-liquid the new fuel solution?". CNBC. November 15, 2013.
- ↑ "How low oil is affecting gas-to-liquid businesses". CNBC. February 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Velocys shrinks GTL hardware, offers technology solutions for gas producers". www.gasprocessingnews.com.
- ↑ "Velocys Site Visit Video Feb 2015" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "Smaller scale GTL is game-changer | Hart Energy". www.hartenergy.com. 30 August 2023.
- ↑ Kelly-Detwiler, Peter. "Small Gas-To-Liquids Plants Get A Huge Boost". Forbes.
- ↑ Eaton, Collin (July 19, 2014). "Q&A: Smaller plants, better chemistry could boost natural gas-based fuel". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ Vavitsas, Kostas (November 2, 2020). "Synthetic Biology: The Next Step in the Cannabinoid Revolution".
- ↑ "How Creo is building a revolutionary cannabinoid brand 'without the plant'". adage.com. April 8, 2021.
- ↑ "The pandemic has bosses and employees craving the benefits of cannabis". March 8, 2021.
- ↑ "Can the Rolls-Royce of Cannabis Reach the Masses?". OZY. January 13, 2021.
- ↑ "'I'm a firm believer that this is the next CBD'". thegrowthop.
- ↑ "Creo". CompanyWeek.
- ↑ "Creo Seeks to Commercialize". 20 October 2020.
- ↑ "Genomatica Collaborates to Create Creo, a Cannabinoid Company". 12 October 2020.
- ↑ "Biosynthesis Taking the cannabinoid market to new heights". 27 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bud Love". budlove.com.
This article "Roy Lipski" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Roy Lipski. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
