Who We Are

We are an experienced team of “boutique” financial services practitioners preferentially supporting Clean Energy and Green/Impact Infrastructure developers and investors to profit together.  How?  Through streamlined and accelerated access to middle-market private capital using a proven system that uses capital guarantees using well-established traditions and legal efficacy, but in a creative/innovative way.

We also serve mid-market companies in other sectors (sometimes also called small and medium-size enterprises or SMEs*), and startups or “greenfield” projects as well as established companies seeking expansion capital, or for retrofits, refinancing or refurbishment (such as replacing capital equipment).  Note that the requirements for securing investment are more stringent when there is additional development or operations (working capital) funding required, and/or limited operating history.  But we are good at dealing with that challenge.

Our Purpose — why are we committed to this work?

Over the next few decades, the world will transition to a low-carbon economy influenced by the imperatives of climate change, energy security, limits on natural resources, population- and emerging market growth. Economic disparities and lack of access to capital — both financial and social — slow down this transition, which ultimately requires huge amounts of capital to be invested into innovative structures and strategies, creating unique investment opportunities.

The main objective of BNB Funding Solutions is to deliver non-bank (alternative) capital for impact industries — dozens of diverse cleantech, renewables, and sustainability-oriented sectors — via projects and transactions in emerging markets and developing economies.  This is also called “impact finance” or “development finance” (different things, but related) and has become an important tool for private businesses seeking to expand overseas, enter new markets, or renovate/upgrade existing capital structures.

Since the 2008 global economic crisis, SMEs have been at a disadvantage due to the global liquidity contraction in the banking system.  BNB Funding Solutions eases some of this exclusion with access to competitive-rate loans, loan guaranties, hybrids of debt and equity, and related services for qualified companies.

We deliver a wide range of services to startups and established enterprises including funding, financial and risk analysis, market and competitive analyses, transaction de-risking, funding structure and fund raising strategy consulting, business development coaching, business planning and deal packaging.

• Most of our clients considered or actually approached a traditional bank for finance before coming to BNB
• 88% received some assistance from us with their business plan, financial model, and loan application
• Better than 97% of qualified projects received loan approval. Equity is more hit-and-miss, as it depends on investor appetite aligned with management’s offer.  Getting to terms can be challenging.

Our Industry Experience:  Clean energy, food, water, materials.  We have the greatest expertise in the following cleantech industries:

• renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, wave/tidal, biomass), biofuels, thermal energy, energy efficiency (see below) and energy storage.
• biomass or other resources into value — biomaterials such as char or activated charcoal, natural polymers/fibers, fabrics or fine chemicals, botanical extracts, biolubricants, bioplastics (single-use, durable, hybrids), agricultural inputs such as biopesticides and fertilizers, etc.
• functional foods & beverages, health, wellness and nutrition, nutraceuticals and other “natural” health products
• sustainable food systems and regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, natural resource and forestry management
• energy efficiency — industrial-scale retrofits, including LED lighting, Lighting as a Service (LaaS) with no money down, street lights, specialty lighting (such as in food processing and other regulated facilities), and village-level electrification (microgrids) with indoor residential lighting and USB charging
• waste management and resource recovery, waste-to-energy (MSW, MSS, RDF, TDF), engineered conversion pathways, rubber waste into carbon black (elemental carbon) such as from tires, recovery of displaced nutrients (such as NPK), rare earth metals, precious metals, salts, or other waste-to-value / waste conversion.
• water conservation, water purification and filtration (especially if energy efficient), waste water management, etc.

If you are developing or represent a reasonably well-organized project in clean energy (solar, wind, small hydro, geothermal), storage, biomass, waste conversion or water, or any of the industries shown here, then we want to hear from you.

If capital is required above $25 million ($50m or more preferred), please visit BNB Capital Partners and complete our optional readiness assessment, RAIN (Readiness and Investment Navigator) to fast-track access.

Your Future Success:  If you require assistance to make your project bankable, are looking for help in identifying an acquirer or investor, including advisory services in structuring or negotiating a transaction, or are interested in furthering your strategy in emerging markets, please contact us. We would be pleased to discuss how we may be of service to you.