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AlwaysOn Names 2008 GoingGreen 100 and Overall Winner Synthetic Genomics

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 4, 2008 - AlwaysOn today announced its coveted GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies Awards and named Synthetic Genomics as the GoingGreen Overall Winner. Other category winners were Amyris Biotechnologies in Biofuels, CoalTek in Clean Energy, GlycosBio in Clean Manufacturing, Silver Spring Networks in Energy Efficiency, Premium Power in Energy Storage, EcoMotors in Green Transportation, Serious Materials in Green Materials, Genomatica in Green Nanotech & Synthetic Genomics, Ze-Gen in Resource Recovery & Waste Management, BrightSource Energy in Solar Energy, and AbTech Industries in Water Technology. The second-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 GoingGreen 100 companies will accelerate the global movement to a more sustainable environment," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "The ideas and innovation we saw as we reviewed hundreds of green technology companies will be foundational to the next wave of economic growth in California and beyond. My congratulations to each 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."

Overall Winner Synthetic Genomics was born out of decades of pioneering scientific research by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. and Nobel Laureate Hamilton O. Smith, M.D. The company's scientific team includes leading researchers with expertise in areas including metabolic engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, plant genomics, climate change and energy policies.

“We are proud to present our top honors to Synthetic Genomics after seeing the implications of the company’s technology and the scope of their business,” said Tony Perkins. “Synthetic Genomics represents a deeply disruptive breakthrough in genomic-driven environment solutions. It is bound to play an important role in addressing global energy challenges.”

The GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2008 will be honored at GoingGreen to be held at Cavallo Point, San Francisco from September 15-17. GoingGreen is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant impact green 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.

A full list of all the GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies can be found on the AlwaysOn website at: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/28868

About GoingGreen

GoingGreen is where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the movers and shakers from the biggest industries on earth. Green technology innovators are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network (alwayson.goingon.com). 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 applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Summit at Stanford, OnHollywood, Breakout, OnMedia, GoingGreen, and Venture Summits East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine.” These venues empower its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to a 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.

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