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Spero Energy Inc. Pioneering a Greener Future. Pioneering a Greener Future. Municipal Waste Dump. Renewable Tree Farm. Advantage Sourced Raw Materials. Team Spero & Advisors . Mahdi Abu-Omar, Ph.D. Founder and President. Basudeb Saha, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer.
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Pioneering a Greener Future Municipal Waste Dump Renewable Tree Farm Advantage Sourced Raw Materials
Team Spero & Advisors Mahdi Abu-Omar, Ph.D. Founder and President BasudebSaha, Ph.D. Chief Technical Officer Tim Peoples, Ph.D. Entrepreneur in Residence, Purdue Foundry Trenton Parsell, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Ian Klein Scientist Nathan Mosier, Ph.D. Scale-up, bioprocess engineering Barron Hewetson Scientist Tony Hamer, Ph.D. Industrial chemical production Student Business Team
Wasted Carbon Value $40 per ton $40,000 per ton LIGNIN Biomass2energy.com CARBOHYDRATES Petrixo.com
Technology Overview High Value Chemicals Spero Process Cellulose
Business Opportunity • Aviation Biofuel Blends • C9 High Octane • $30 Billion US Market DHE/Isoeugenol/ Eugenol $443 M DMP $375 M Vanillin $300 M $1.1 Billion Market
Estimated Production Cost of DHE Spero Advantage • Feedstock • One-step Process • Reusable Catalyst
Spero Competitive Edge Competitors: • • Suzhou Yacoo Corporation • Indesso • • Rhodia • Borregarrd
Spero Timeline Year -1 Year 0 Year 1 Year 4 Year 2 Year 3
Summary Questions • High value Products from waste wood • Competitive products • Strong development pipeline • Excellent Team • Scientific and business experience • Developing commercial team • Received initial funding: SBIR-DOE