David Tze
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Kevin Teng
🌍💡 Embracing Interoperability: The Evolution of Carbon Markets 💡🌍 The landscape of carbon markets is rapidly evolving, with a significant shift towards fungibility and interoperability. What does this mean? We (at the SoHo Global Climate Fund) spoke with leading climate fund manager, Charles Bedford of Carbon Growth Partners, to shed light on this important trend in the carbon markets. It's about creating seamless connections between compliance and voluntary markets, allowing for the exchange and recognition of carbon credits across borders and sectors. This trend marks a pivotal moment in our collective efforts towards combating climate change. By enabling carbon credits to be fungible and interoperable, we're fostering a more efficient and scalable approach to carbon pricing and emissions reduction strategies. Companies and organizations now have greater flexibility to participate in markets that align with their goals. #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #Fungibility #Interoperability #Sustainability #Innovation #GlobalImpact
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Adam Bergman
Those who attended the “Scaling CEA: Funding Models and Partnerships for Nationwide Expansion” panel at Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit on June 24th heard valuable insight on how CEA companies need to navigate the challenging financing landscape to be able to fund new indoor farms. I was privileged to moderate this panel featuring Elan Kramer, Generate; Marc Khouzami, BMO Sustainable Fund; and Sue Yang-Krochmal, Antin Infrastructure Partners. The panelists’ investing strategies offer different funding vehicles, ranging from infrastructure, growth / PE, and project finance. To date, too much corporate equity has been raised by CEA companies, a strategy that is not viable in the future, as hard assets, including indoor farms, should not be funded with corporate equity, which is much more costly than other forms of capital (bank debt, mezzanine, project finance). The challenges the CEA sector faces today are mostly due to raising too much capital at too high valuations, and not executing on business plans. The keys to success are to prioritize building a viable business and achieving positive EBITDA and cash flow. We also discussed the need for stronger relationships with strategic partners, including signing offtake agreements with distributors or retailers. Elan discussed how Generate provided project equity for Better Future Farms and brought Taylor Farms in for the product offtake. Sue shared how Antin had looked at both the greenhouse and vertical farming sectors, but didn’t find many suitable targets as an infrastructure investor as so few companies are close to profitability. Marc provided insight on how the sector had changed since investing in Gotham Greens a few years ago as well as future opportunities for consolidation. As to the future of the CEA sector, all the panelists had a positive long-term view, but many short-term concerns, particularly as more companies are expected to go bankrupt over the next couple of years. Adam Greenberg Arama Kukutai Barry Murchie Dorn Wenninger Gilwoo Lee Jed Lynch Michael Rose Nick Houshower Nona Yehia Paul Sellew Matthew Lohr Randall Lewis, CPA Rob Dongoski Stephan Dolezalek Tobias Peggs Viraj Puri #indoorag #indoorfarming #verticalfarming #cea #foodsecurity #foodtech #food #sustainability #sustainable #sustainableag #sustainabledevelopment #climatechange #cleantech #climate #agtech #agriculture #farming #foodindustry #technology #innovation #investment #finance
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Garnet S. Heraman
A SAFE and convertible note had a baby and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was the midwife- out popped the D-SAFE! 👶🏽🎉 A new #climatetech funding instrument was announced by Elemental Excelerator last week. One of the company’s main goals is to support smaller, up and coming companies during the awkward “Scale Gap” phase between #VC funding and natural growth. It’s called the #DSAFE (Development Simple Agreement for Future Equity) and it aims to aid the process by giving companies a small amount of cash to overcome initial risks and expenses during the developmental stages of a product launch or company. How does it work? D-SAFE has a redemption clause meaning companies can choose to have their payments offered as a loan or convert to equity at the investor’s discretion. Funders and companies will have clear communication and expectations about where the money is going and how it will be applied to either the company or the projects at hand. Financiers and companies will work together with more #transparency, and that’s a great boon for #startups and VC alike. As of this month, Elemental has already invested using D-SAFE in eight different companies, including Dimensional Energy and Origen — both companies investing in innovative and out-of-the-box solutions to environmental issues! Seems like a win-win on the surface. What do you all think about the D-SAFE? Alfredo Coppola Momoka Ueda Tim Wagner Stephen D. Torres Olya Irzak Natsuho Toyama Noriya Tarutani Shin Ogawa
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Liz Walsh
Indoor farming has attracted over $6 billion in investments since 2019: It's a year-round method of crop production that optimizes space through its use of vertically stacked layers. It’s projected to grow (10% by 2032, reaching $96 billion*), yet many are struggling to deliver returns. Notably, AppHarvest recently filed for bankruptcy after reporting a net loss of $177 million, highlighting the challenges in achieving profitability in this sector. ⬆️On the up - Plenty® is one to watch - they are flush with funding from SoftBank and have formed a JV with Abu Dhabi-based Mawarid Holding Investment .They are building a network of indoor farms, likely starting with an indoor strawberry farm in Abu Dhabi. If successful, it would help elevate indoor farming as a more marketable proposition - particularly in locations that are too dry for traditional farms. Indoor farming has appeal for sure..but they an infrastructure-heavy, pricey endeavor that has proven incompatible with venture exit time frames. This begs the question around the sustainability of funding models in industries focused on longer-term growth. #VentureCapital #IndoorFarming #Investment #Sustainability #Agriculture *Statista
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Rayyan Islam
🚨 🚘 An exciting day here at 8090 Industries as we ‘roll out’ our latest investment in ENSO - 2023 Earthshot Prize Finalist, to revolutionize a stagnant industry undergoing the largest shift since its inception, with no solution in place, an aging workforce, lacking ingenuity and a business model out of touch with the dynamic needs of its customers - TIRES. World, meet Gunnlaugur Erlendsson, the industrialist pioneering a new dawn for the tire industry. But first, a quick history lesson: __________________________ In 1898, Franklin "Frank" Seiberling, jobless, with a wife and three children, borrowed $3,500 for a down payment from his brother-in-law, to purchase an old strawboard factory in Ohio, to open a rubber company. A science and history nut, he named it after Charles Goodyear, the pioneer of vulcanization, the main method of how rubber was produced. Over the next decade, they brought mechanization and technology to the cumbersome and time-consuming process of hand building tires — enabling one man to produce 60 tires in ten hours as opposed to five tires built by hand in a day. His Seiberling State machine revolutionized tire building and led to an explosion in tire production output. By 1907 - it caught the attention of Henry Ford who purchased 1,200 sets of tires for the Model T. And as they say, the rest is history. By 1913 - Over half the tires made in the U.S. were manufactured on Seiberling’s machines. By 1916 - The The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company became the largest tire producer in the world. _____________________ Today much has changed. @Goodyear is no longer the largest tire producer and tire manufacturers no longer own the direct relationship to fleets. That capitalistic, swashbuckling energy and entrepreneurial spirit that built Goodyear and pioneered the tire industry is in short supply, just when it needs it most as a global transition towards EVs compels the greatest growth opportunity for the tire industry in over a century. Led by Gunnlaugur Erlendsson, Enso produces tires perfectly fit for a world increasing run on EVs - that are tailored to endure the heavy weight and torque, last longer, cheaper and increase range by more than 10% today while bringing circularity to the supply chain and data through owning the direct relationship with fleets. Don’t just take our word for it, some of the largest fleets in the world from Amazon to city cab fleets in Europe are already running on Enso tires and this is just the beginning. 👀 Stay tuned. Much to come! cc Kerem Ozmen Wes Mendenhall Filip Vurdelja Haluk Sabanci Dincer Grant Brown Ishan Meswani Garuth A. Andrew Irwin #climatetech #decarbonization
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Ben Stafford
Over the past few days, I’ve been visiting lots of #farms in Europe and seeing the #regeneration and #destruction that management practices can have in the #land, #nature and environment. These practices are relatively unknown to the consumer and the huge gap between regenerative practices and industrial agriculture as well as the #positiveimpact that regenerative management can have! How do we create #impact in food systems? It starts with the health of farms #soils. Lots of positive externalities come from restoring soils. Soil health is an #outcome and regenerative practices have to be outcome driven. I’ll be talking about creating ‘impact in food systems and regenerative agriculture’ at the Impact Investor Global Summit in London Tuesday next week alongside fellow panelist’s Rosie Wardle, Carli Roth, Matteo Squilloni and Charles Avery. With lots more discussion about regenerative agriculture, sustainable farming and organic conversions - it’s an excellent time for this panel which touches on #naturalcapital, #farming and #foodsystems. Especially in the wake of the latest season of Clarksons Farm where #AndyCato and George Lamb with Wildfarmed joined #JeremyClarkson and Charles Ireland on the farm. Maybe Regenerate Outcomes will be there next season 😉 Our team at Regenerate work across Private Equity, Outcomes and Venture Capital, all working across regenerative agriculture. Come and see us at the event! Regenerate Asset Management European Investment Fund (EIF) Synthesis Capital The Rockefeller Foundation New Private Markets Ryan Cameron David Bates Nicholas Burlington Addy Windsor-Clive Erik Bruun Bindslev Oliver Martin Jeremy Stroud Timothy Coates Taimur Malik Philippa Saxon Matt Jordon Tom Dillon Christopher Heathcote Jake McNaughton
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John Ochinero
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄) The Simple Agreement for Future Equity, often referred to as SAFE, is a popular financial instrument used by early-stage startups to raise capital without determining an immediate valuation or issuing equity. Here are the key elements of the SAFE: 1. Future Equity Conversion: The primary purpose of a SAFE is to convert into equity at a future financing round, typically triggered by a qualified financing event such as a priced equity financing or a sale of the company. 2. Investment Amount: Specifies the amount of money the investor is putting into the company in exchange for the SAFE. 3. Discount Rate: Many SAFEs include a discount rate which allows investors to receive shares at a lower price per share than investors in the subsequent priced round. This rewards early investors for taking on more risk. 4. Valuation Cap: A valuation cap is a maximum valuation at which the investment in the SAFE will convert into equity. If the subsequent financing round values the company above the cap, the investor in the SAFE benefits by converting their investment at a lower valuation, effectively receiving more equity for their investment. 5. Conversion Event: Specifies the events or conditions under which the SAFE will convert into equity. 6. Dilution Protection: Some SAFEs may include anti-dilution provisions to protect investors in case the company issues equity at a lower valuation than the SAFE's conversion price in a subsequent financing round. 7. Maturity Date: Although less common, some SAFEs may have a maturity date, after which the investment converts into equity regardless of whether qualified financing has occurred. 8. Termination Events: Events that can terminate the SAFE, such as a change of control or dissolution of the company, may also be specified. 9. Rights and Obligations: Outlines any rights or obligations of the investor and the company, such as information rights or restrictions on the company's ability to incur debt. These elements vary depending on the terms negotiated between the investor and the startup. SAFEs are designed to be simple and streamlined compared to traditional equity financing, making them attractive for early-stage startups and investors seeking flexibility and simplicity in fundraising. Please click this link for a two-minute video on SAFE Basic Elements: https://lnkd.in/gdZCZ4Yk? Follow me on LinkedIn (https://lnkd.in/dUKQjs3u) or contact me at [email protected] to learn more about how we can assist you in your Startup journey. #innovation #technology #entrepreneur #venturecapital #startup #digitalmarketing #management #vc #venturecapital #startups #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #tech #deeptech #ai #artificialintelligence #future #money #business
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