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CVA, the business advisory affiliate of the Low Carbon Innovation Network, provides a complete spectrum of business innovation services to the CleanTech market. These include matching institutional investors with companies of all stages and maturities, from across a full range of CleanTech sectors. CVA also provides proven programs and resources to identify and introduce potential business partners and entrepreneurs who can help take new products to market, or assist in global expansion plans.

CVA's team of industry professionals combined with access to global financial institutions, are equipped to professionally address all CleanTech funding solutions. We are 'full service' and operate at each stage of the finance raising process whether it be private equity, subordinated debt, Mezzanine, PIPE and others. CVA specializes in helping companies at all stages in realizing their objectives, including:

• Seed & Start-up
• Early Stage
• Expansion
• Co-venturing, Joint Ventures & Business Partnering
• Re-capitalization & Re-financing
• Consolidation & 'Roll Up'
• Turnarounds
• Trade & IPO Exit Offerings
• Mergers & Acquisitions

CVA operates and works with the principals and senior management teams of companies within all global CleanTech market sectors. Primary areas of CVA activity include:

• SMART Grids
• Wind, Wave & Tidal Power Generation
• Solar: PV and CSP
• Hydrogen Storage & Generation
• Biomass & Biodiesel Fuel Oils
• Electric Vehicle and Battery Technologies
• Power Control and Conditioning
• Energy Efficiency/Management
• Storage Technologies
• Refrigerants & Retail Distribution
• Low Energy Architecture & Construction Materials


Access to Finance

CVA provide a full service live webcast investor presentation, production and transmission capability enabling CleanTech companies to successfully engage with prospective European, U.S. and Asian investors. This enables CleanTech operators to engage with potential investor participants beyond their usual range.

Companies wishing to raise funds can present online to a pre-qualified and motivated set of VC and Private Equity investors, from our primed and interactive audience of registered CleanTech investor institutions. Regardless of the size of your business entity, CVA offers a program of professional preparedness services, enabling you to reach the next level, without deflecting your management time and resources.

CVA Access to Finance program includes:

• Review/feedback on the investment synopsis
• Advice on the presentational content and style
• Identification of prospective, pre-qualified investors
• Rehearsal and management of the online presentation process
• Provision of investor feedback and contacts

"CleanTech Venture Associates introduced us to a potential investment that otherwise would not have been on our radar. We look forward to working with CVA on future projects going forward.“
Michael Vostrizansky, Flexpoint Ford

Interested in the Access to Finance program?


Access to Business Partners

Many CleanTech companies can be characterised as being 'born global' in that they are entrepreneurial, knowledge-based businesses keen to trade and collaborate internationally from their inception. The Access to Partners program offers established CleanTech companies and new university spin-outs, opportunities to directly engage with potential business partners to assist in their national or global expansion.

CVA works with clients to deliver online presentations on their technologies, capabilities and partnering opportunities, in order to fast-track technology transfer, establish reseller or distribution partners and explore supply chain collaboration opportunities. Each presentation is recorded and then marketed within our own CleanTech Innovation Partnering web portal, which profiles more than 300 of the world's most exciting CleanTech players.

The CVA Access to Partners program includes:

• Review/feedback on the partnering synopsis
• Advice on the presentational content and style
• Identification of prospective business partners
• Rehearsal and management of the online presentation process
• Inclusion on the CleanTech Innovation Partnering web portal

Interested in the Access to Partners program?

 

Other Services

CVA business advisory services also available include, business process review & enhancement; ratio and margin improvement initiatives; production of business plans and financials; sensitivity analyses, cash flow forecasting, benchmarking & strategic planning; market research; competitor profiling; and investment preparedness programs (including raising investment capital), for businesses of all stages and sizes.

For more information contact:

Richard Davey, Managing Partner, CVA
Tel: +44 (0) 203 372 5022
richard@carbon-innovation.com

CleanTech Venture Associates
Enterprise Events Ltd.
Maybrook House, Godstone Road
Caterham, Surrey CR3 6RE
United Kingdom

www.carbon-innovation.com/CVA

 

Notice: Enterprise Events Ltd, through its Low Carbon Innovation Network and affiliate CleanTech Venture Associates (CVA), provides a matching service for companies to be introduced to potential investors and business partners, as an initial introduction only. There has been no investigation as to the credentials of, or accuracy of any information provided by, any company seeking finance/business partners or any prospective investor. Enterprise Events Ltd, or its affiliates, are not licensed financial advisory companies and do not offer any legal or financial advice whatsoever. All users of our services, or visitors to this web site, should always seek professional legal and financial advice and conduct their own due diligence prior to making any investment or other business venturing decision.