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Green Technology Investment Fund |
GREEN TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT FUNDS (GTIF)
Meeting ever increasing environmental standards is now the norm for all businesses.
However certain industries by their very nature remain un-avoidably heavy polluters. Ironically these are often the very industries that create the wealth that can be used to improve the environment.
Because of their public profile, and despite introducing world class best practice and major investment to reduce their ecological footprint, some polluters need to be able to publicly demonstrate they are going further to demonstrate their commitment to the green agenda.
One high profile approach is for companies to establish their own venture capital fund to develop technologies relevant to their industries that deliver the environmental changes the public demands – while diversifying and creating additional profits.
GTIF is Inkopo’s programme for the customised delivery of this capability to your industry.
Benefits of involvement:
- Identify your organisation as serious promoter of environmental technologies.
- Publicly demonstrate an ongoing commitment to reduce your pollution footprint
- Demonstrate that “clean business” is also ‘’good business’’ and commercially viable.
- Public recognition for promoting positive change in the local, regional and national economy.
A typical seed investment fund of between £1.0m and £2.0m might be as follows:
| Objectives of the Fund |
Raising your profile in the media and complementing other public
relations work
Demonstrating your commitment to corporate and social responsibility
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| Size & Timing: |
Expect to have invest between £1.0m and £2.0m within two years.
Time to realisation of the investment is Typically 5-8 years |
| Investment Committee: |
An internal Investment Committee would be established drawn from your senior management that includes the heads of PR, financial analysis and legal departments.
The Investment Committee make investment recommendations to your Executive Committee which will take the final investment decisions.
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| Investment Criteria: |
The criteria might include:
- Relevancy to your corporate objectives.
- The ability to generate positive media coverage
- Early stage of development or at business start-up
- Based on strong and unique protectable technological or ‘know-how’ content
- Management demonstrated significant commitment to the venture
- businesses plans that cover technical development and commercialisation
- Management to be looking for minimal assistance other than investment
- Priority given to local regional projects.
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| Fund Review
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Assuming a key review for the Fund at month 22, the decisions for the Fund would include:
- Injecting new funding to maintain and extend the Fund’s operations to support the whole investment cycle.
- Providing subsequent investment in support of the initial invested companies.
- Continuing the work of the existing Fund.
- Managing the established investment portfolio.
- Bringing the Fund operation in house, or
- Closing the Fund.
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For more information and to discuss this opportunity in more detail please contact:
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