Investor Presentaiton
Financing options
Options
Non
traditional
There are a range on
financing options either
currently available or
imminent and which are
outside the traditional
commercial banks.
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Green Climate
Finance Bank
Investment institution for "good
assets" to package
▸ Size and standard
Catalyst for mobilizing capital
▸ Climate mitigation and adaptation
focus
Caribbean
Development Bank
► Environmental sustainability
Cohort of businesses
Projects appraised on the basis of
technical feasibility,
environmental and social impact,
gender analysis, climate
vulnerability, etc.
Inter-American
Development Bank
Private sector arm - IDB Invest
IDB is 1 of 3 donors to the
Compete Caribbean Program
► Direct Firm Support
► Support to Cluster initiatives
The Trident Angels Investor Network was an initiative of the Barbados
Entrepreneurship Foundation to allow for equity financing of new companies in Barbados.
"Team of One"
Entrepreneurs operate as
"teams of one" rather than
as and entrepreneurial team
of co-founders
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Risk Aversion
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Small funnel
Investors in Barbados tend to
be more risk averse than their
counterparts in larger
international markets
The quantum of business plans
proposed was relatively small
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Barbados Clean Tech Industry Report (Summary)
4 Target market
Entrepreneurs in Barbados targeted
small markets (i.e. Barbados) with a
view of later expansion to even smaller
(regional) markets rather than
targeting major world markets (US,
UK, Canada, etc.). Therefore, revenue
growth is stymied.
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