Together we develop & fund scalable “impact” solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

We deliver the financial resources that our project finance partners deploy to solve some of the most pressing and complex problems ever faced.

For background on why we invest this way, read our whitepaper, clarifying our strategic intent, rationale for supporting certain sectors and not others, key UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) performance measures and more.

Our Flagship Funding:  From “greenfield” project finance to early-stage venture/growth capital, we partner with companies to create a continuum of funding that accelerates the development and deployment of clean/healthy/circular/just solutions worldwide.  (Glossary of Impact Investing terminology “demystified”)

We’re on a mission to break down barriers to make affordable capital accessible to anyone with a qualified project based almost anywhere in the world.

We Invest in the Impact Economy with a preference for well-designed “Nature-based” Solutions that are generally more sustainable and reliable than more experimental (such as geoengineered) interventions.

The SDGs come with a deadline — 2030 leaves no room for error

Priorities include

• protecting and rebuilding degraded soils
• protecting clean water and recovering valuable/displaced resources like water and raw materials such as nutrients for living things
• converting Persistent Organic (human-made) Pollutants like tires and plastics into recovered carbon black (rCB)
• drawing down atmospheric carbon via trees and bamboo forests, while protecting the older trees and forests that science shows contain the most carbon. Use alternative design assumptions (regenerative principles) and building materials like bamboo, hemp and other fast-growing fibers to decrease demand for wood
• sustainable food systems, agroforestry / silvopasture, no-till agriculture, rotational grazing and other nature-based carbon sequestration.

Arguably, we still have time to turn around climate change, for example, so let’s not stumble — we need to implement, scale and measure the impacts of truly sustainable solutions as rapidly as the teams and capital will allow.  For examples of projects we wholeheartedly support, or more on the SDGs, see “Unmasking the Truth,” jump to background paper here.

Summary:  Our Criteria

We give preference to projects with social and/or environmental benefits — and we will not consider any venture or project that would cause social or environmental harm — in order to focus on those solutions with the greatest potential for making enough of a difference as soon as possible.  We are largely agnostic about the sector, but we do focus on pressing problems that we can actually solve with available, proven solutions.  We are committed to a culture of innovation and welcome breakthroughs, once reasonably proven, and don’t mind technology risk, so long as there are sound business fundamentals and management teams that know what they’re doing.

Our clients are usually mid-market project developers, increasingly involved in reducing carbon emissions (“de-carbonizing” all commercial activity), reducing and eliminating other pollutants and risk of harm (now or in the future), or socially responsible facets (worker health and safety, better-paying jobs, livable wages and healthier workplaces and communities) alongside decent if not enhanced fiscal returns.

Our “next gen” approach to project finance delivers funding to developers seeking up to 100% of their project’s budget from a single Family Office under our Capital Assurance (Guarantee) Program (In3CAP).  Discover how CAP funding expedites and streamlines project funding for $25 million or more.

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