About Us
C5•6 Technologies Inc. creates bio-based solutions to efficiently convert biomass into five and six carbon sugars. The company is developing the next generation of enzyme solutions that are up to 50 fold more potent than competing products. As part of its enzyme screening and development program the company has commercialized 24 new enzyme products called CAZyme Carbohydrases through its reagent partner (www.lucigen.com).
C5•6’s microbial and enzyme technology platform has been developed over the course of seven years. Over $8 million in U.S. Government SBIR grants and private equity investments have been raised to date for this effort. C5•6 operations are currently based in a 12,500-square-foot facility in Middleton, Wisconsin. C5•6 is the industrial partner of the University of Wisconsin’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center funded by the DOE.