Category: Project Finance

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Learning to Avoid the Pitfalls: Seven Common Fundraising Mistakes

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.  – Niels Bohr If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.  – Tallulah Bankhead To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.  –…
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Job Description: Director of Project Finance

Apply by sending your resume and cover letter to jobs@in3capital.net Job Title: Director of Project Finance  Advancement Track:  Partner, Junior or Senior Compensation:  Depends on Experience (DOE) Hours:  Up to you, pending contractual arrangements Job Description:  Senior-level position responsible for facilitating lead qualification and screening, primarily via In3’s Capital Guarantee Program™ (CGP), enabling direct access…
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Confused?

Terminology Demystified

Definitions of various impact/sustainable investing terms and trends

What Makes CAP Funding Different?

Purpose, Goals, Benefits and Advantages of In3’s Completion Assurance Program (CAP) funding

Clean Capital Investing & Climate Finance Trends Show Promise

25 April 2018 This renewables infrastructure finance space is getting a bit popular, or maybe even crowded, in a good way.  When the behemoths start jockeying for a place in the climate finance arena, Wall Street suddenly pays attention.  Both announced recently: Morgan Stanley’s new commitment to finance clean-tech and renewable energy efforts by investing $250…
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Workshop: Social & Environmental Aspects of Fundraising at “Climate Reckoning” Conference (Harvard)

Daniel Robin of In3 Capital Partners facilitated an informal workshop at the Nov 2017 Climate Reckoning conference, at Harvard University. The workshop was held on Sun., Nov 19th, entitled “Selfless or Selfish:  Fundraising for Purpose-Driven Organizations” and was very well received. Participant Eva Leung, founder of small not-for-profit Terra Cura, quoted Daniel’s comment about what it takes to…
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In3 Group features RAIN at LAC-CORE Renewables Finance Summit – Oct 3-5, Miami Ritz Carlton

In3 Group and In3 Capital Partners launch “RAIN,” project readiness assessment and project finance platform, at LAC-CORE Finance Summit in Florida.  In3 Group is silver sponsor of the summit, with Managing Partner Daniel Robin leading a briefing & workshop on this revolutionary expert system, and serving as a panelist to select the Top Innovators pitching at the LAC-CORE Finance Summit, held at the…
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Contest at Latin America & Caribbean Renewables Finance Summit – Oct 4-5, 2016, Miami FL

Don’t miss this opportunity to present and be recognized as one of the Top Innovators presenting at the LAC-CORE Finance Summit, held at the Ritz Carlton, Miami, FL, in early October.  Selected companies get free registration (otherwise $2,100), prestige, publicity and useful feedback and validation. In3 Capital Partners is a major sponsor and principal Daniel Robin a…
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Green road to success

Top Three Mistakes when Presenting to Prospective Investor Partners

Pitching to investors? What could possibly go wrong? Mistake #1 Lost rapport with funder due to ignoring their subtle, non-verbal (but usually highly visible) cues Presenters often pay more attention to what they are saying (and how they are saying it) than to how the listener is receiving their message. A classic example of this is…
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July 7th “Renewables on the Rise” — Bay Area Venture Showcase

7 July 2016 in San Francisco Bay Area: Renewables on the Rise Venture Showcase The second Impact Innovation Investor Forum (I3F) in the series will focus on three rising stars using renewables for producing high-performance biomaterials (bioplastics), “upcycling” waste, and innovative FinTech for renewable energy project finance. See below for the presenting company profiles or contact us to propose a presentation, sponsorship or other collaboration.…
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Clean & Carefree Urban Living in “Sustainable Neighborhoods”

Solving the Food/Water/Energy/Climate Conundrum New urban communities built around organic farming have grown in popularity recently.  Well beyond conventional urban gardens, local food is the new green, with developers taking new pains to build for the segment of the population committed to responsible, healthy living.  But water insecurity has reached new heights (as water table…
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Plunging Renewable Energy Costs highlighted at “RenewFi” in California

Global Expansion Opportunities Abound  By Daniel Robin Recent article in the Economist shows 2014 total investment in renewable energy, most notably in wind and solar, rose by a sixth to $270 billion globally.  Further, changes in the Electricity Market in Mexico, juxtaposed already strong opportunities for greater energy security in emerging markets like the Caribbean,…
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Risk Assessment in the Age of Transparency

Project managers and CEOs alike often look at me like I’m crazy when I advocate that they disclose all the major risks — the things that could go wrong, even if the chances are slim that they will. I’ve been doing this work for many years and still get “the look”.  If this seems like…
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Why Project Finance?

Why developers (should) seek to use Project Finance versus Venture Capital or other methods Impact innovators can now take advantage of quite affordable, low-cost Project Finance, which is a “method of long-term financing of infrastructure and industrial projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project rather than the balance sheets of its sponsors.” …
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Impact Investing for Sustainability — the emerging opportunity

Large numbers of people around the world have experienced the removal of historic constraints. Attainment of their newfound freedoms coincides with more wealth, longer life spans, better communication, and an array of [social and environmental] problems that necessitate the creation of new solutions. – From Social Entrepreneurship … what everyone needs to know, by David…
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