Innovation in financing structures
In response to the time-frames and returns of new global investment sectors including carbon reduction, distributed clean energy, regenerative models, sustainable urban solutions, climate proofing, blue economy, food resilience and new technologies targeting these sectors, new financing and investment models are required to deploy the required significant capital at lower cost and more efficiently. These sectors often provide returns over longer time-frames, may have different cash flow structures and can also be structured to support local and community based sustainable financing platforms. The size of the investment programs may vary leaving a gap from larger institutions.
Opportunities exist to use catalytic and first loss equity to develop blended finance structures that can draw on foundations and governments to leverage private sector capital.
Collaborative capitalism
Collab Global is a transaction adviser focused on sectors and initiatives bringing innovative financing and collaboration for impact and sustainable investments. Collab Global promotes and facilitates collaboration of stakeholders, experts and resources with capital to address opportunities and to create global solutions for investments that make a difference. Collab Global draws on international networks, partners, experts, investors and processes that are tailored to each situation.
Emerging sector models
New investment sectors with different goals and paybacks will require more innovative financing solutions than traditional private equity, project finance or PPP structures.
- Zero emission transportation
- Energy efficiency, storage, distribution and renewable energy
- Green hydrogen as fuel
- Innovation and technologies in cleantech, agritech.
- Future proofing cities, communities
- Food resilience and security
- Regenerative farming
- Marine economies – life under water
- Sustainable food production
- Resource wastage and circularity
- Passive building and community solutions
Carbon and emission reduction technologies
Innovative Funding
New funding solutions are developing that can be adapted for the needs and requirements of projects, stages of investment with global applications.
- Bonds – community investors for local projects, impact linked returns
- Development of bond platforms
- Project development vehicles
- Private debt funds
- Blended finance structures – equity classes with options for debt tranches
- Open-ended, closed ended, corporate vehicles,
- Carbon funds
- Catalytic funding with Foundations
- Yield funds