In3 Capital Fundraising Campaigns & Advisory
Whether a startup or an established company seeking expansion capital, or to acquire, roll together or form a merger with another company, In3 Group’s principal consultants have established track-records with organizing the plans, using proper valuation metrics, polishing or formulating strategy and securing the funds needed to reach client goals.
To kick off a conversation about where you are now in relation to your goals, please contact us to discuss, ask questions, enter a mutual NCNDA, or all of the above.
For additional learning, check out In3’s Success Tips for Venture Capital Fundraising
We can arrange the following types of capital solutions:
Project Finance / Structured Finance
- Project Finance (long-term debt and equity financing for mid-market infrastructure, renewables, and industrial projects)
- Bridge Finance (short-term capital to grow equity value without dilution for established businesses or with signed contracts for funding in hand) as part of an arranged package of services
- Real Estate Finance (residential and commercial; mixed-use communities, hotels, resorts, etc. Complex multi-phase or individual project new construction, roll-ups, M&A, etc.)
- Cashflow Solutions (under a Management Services Agreement or via partners, sometimes backed by accounts receivable, inventory, other assets)
Guarantors as part of a Syndicated Debt Pool
Guarantees enable In3Capital’s partners to fund mid-market projects. We have built and maintain an active and expanding network of asset owners and asset managers seeking to provide completion assurance guarantees and/or directly invest in target companies with projects in their wheelhouse. This solves real pain points in the market as many qualified project developers run into notorious problems when seeking project finance. To arrange these premium services (under engagement letter contract with In3) go here.
Private Equity Venture Funding
- Fund or facilitate asset owners’ and shareholders’ partial or full exit, $50 million or more tickets, preferably
- Recapitalizations of owner-operated projects or businesses, or special situation opportunities.
- Growth Capacity: $10 Million to $100 Million in annual revenue and $3 Million to $15 Million in annual EBITDA under a Management Services Agreement (MSA)
- Transaction Types: Bridge Loans (as part of a services bundle), Buyouts, Recapitalizations, Growth Capital, Corporate Divestures, Add-on Acquisitions
- Industry: Renewables/Cleantech, Healthcare, Agriculture, Energy Efficiency, Niche Manufacturing, Water/Waste-Water Processing, Utility-scale Power Generation, Climate Finance & other Infrastructure.
For project finance, we offer a unique funding structure that delivers advantageous terms, faster and more predictably that any capital providers we have met, which says a lot, because we work with some of the better, off-the-beaten-path, private Family Office, Impact and “Alternative” (non-bank) lenders and private equity investors. Early-stage venture capital is often trickiest to arrange as there are few accepted standards to guide expectations. We specialize in commercializing new solutions to big, known problems like climate change or health, energy or food insecurity or underserved markets (more). We give preference to companies delivering social and/or environmental benefit alongside profits across a wide range of financial return expectations, sector and geographic focus, deal size and development stage preferences.
These diverse conditions for investing/lending are sometimes formalized as a fund’s “investment thesis” but even when the conditions are implicit and unpublished (bordering on the mysterious), knowing the precise parameters and the language used by the source to self-describe remains the absolute key to success. If you are not “speaking the language” from the start, then even the most brilliant and compelling plans will be disregarded as “out there” or worse, “not credible.” The initial sniff test should be just the starting point, where the real maker/breakers are whether or not you can “stand each other” and agree on terms, but without a favorable first impression, sadly, you will not get the attention you deserve.
What can you do about this situation? Hire a proxy, an expert that has built relationships with many of the more straightforward sources of capital, brick by brick, deal by deal. We have earned the respect and rapport with some of the harder-to-reach sources (popular because they deliver the goods, so naturally they get overrun, just like the feeding frenzy of a new, top-notch restaurant) … where standing in line is not the answer.
We offer the flexibility and experience to assist with almost any situation, from extremely well-informed and “seasoned” professionals, who just need a bit of coaching, to full service “leave it to us” concierge fundraising. Our purpose is to help you get out of the fundraising business, so you can rely on a specialist, now and in the future.
In our early years (late 1990’s) we specialized in raising “affinity capital” for new cleantech commercialization, gaining a network of trusted advisors and asset managers that, to this day, look to us to source exciting deals build on their pre-conditions, plus financial fundamentals. As things continue to change (nothing stays the same for very long when it comes to capital markets) we update our knowledge and keep current, to the benefit off all parties. We typically offer a Management Services Agreement (MSA) with terms based on scope-of-work, so contact us to get started, which can be a discussion of specific services needed, a sample agreement for review, entering a mutual NDA, or all of these.
Is there a more direct approach?
Yes, for project finance only (what’s the difference?), we have a mandate from a US-based private Family Office for direct investment in qualified projects worldwide. In3 Capital Partners serves project developers with $25 million minimum ask in focus sectors of our investment strategy. This in-house investor has a decidedly project orientation, also known in venture finance circles as “asset-backed” funding, “structured” finance, and (technically) convertible project equity investing. This is not an appropriate pathway for companies seeking mostly working capital, although we can include pre-construction (further project development) costs in the initial Uses of Funds, and can occasionally make “rollups” or Mergers & Acquisitions work so long as the seller does not object to our monthly drawdown approach (versus lump sum), as the funding is geared toward new construction, retrofits and refurbishments, not M&A.
The traditional path to project finance is fraught with problems and uncertainties. Our approach is refreshingly streamlined and simple by comparison, making due diligence quite predictable, enabling a better model that can pre-qualify (offer a fast yes/no decision) to avoid wasting time.
In3 created our Completion Assurance Program (CAP funding) to remove some of that uncertainty, but not every startup, venture finance or M&A scenario fits our criteria. Thus, we offer an advisory service arrangement that splits our fee to ensure risk-sharing and mutual benefit.
Pitch, Presentation or Plan Development
In3’s P3 advisory and capital campaign services are provided on either a fixed-fee or retainer basis, with a clear Scope of Work that has an established timeline for reaching milestones. We tend to work quickly and collaboratively, using stepwise strategies borrowed from Lean Startup, but tailored to our client’s unique circumstances. Ask us for details.