Event Details

Sustainable Energy Start Up Network (SESUN)​​​Sustainable Energy Start Up Network (SESUN)​ launched a series of training sessions for Start-ups in collaboration with Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)​. This series consists of 4 sessions, each bringing the Start-up a step closer to their fundraising goal and be ready to do what they know best i.e to run their business. The goal is to enable Start-up from evaluating their own business plan, preparing necessary documents, to choosing the right investor and learning how to structure their own investment proposal, this series will equip start-ups with the necessary components to approach investors in a structured format.


In this session, start-ups will be taught how to structure an investment proposal. This is important as it sets the path of your business journey where different types of funding will be required to support the different stages of growth. So it is important for company owners to understand how to present this accurately to the investors. It is also important that finding the right investor fit is crucial for their business. There are many options available out there, but it is important to get it right from the beginning as those initial investors will have a huge impact on attracting the subsequent ones.


Start-Up company must meet all of the following criteria to register for this programme.

• be less than 5 years old

• have a valid website

• be privately held with less than $1-3 Million in annual revenue

• have a product or solution that is validated through client's sales or beta testing

• have the means to deliver their product or solution to market

Speakers

  • Nagaraja Rao (Head Investment Facilitation at Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN))

    Nagaraja Rao

    Head Investment Facilitation at Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN)

    Nagaraja Rao has been with PFAN since 2008. As Head of Investment Facilitation, he provides focused support and assistance to the projects as well as PFAN network members in transaction structuring, financial modeling, project risk identification, risk mitigation and support investment negotiations outreach. He supports clean energy projects and simultaneously seeks out investors and institutions to fund them. He also provides strategic support in PFAN scale-up, market penetration, and investors outreach activities.
    Nagaraja Rao has been with PFAN since 2008. As Head of Investment Facilitation, he provides focused support and assistance to the projects as well as PFAN network members in transaction structuring, financial modeling, project risk identification, risk mitigation and support investment negotiations outreach. He supports clean energy projects and simultaneously seeks out investors and institutions to fund them. He also provides strategic support in PFAN scale-up, market penetration, and investors outreach activities.
    Nagaraja has mentored many renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Asia, Africa, Central Asia and Central Europe, several of which have reached financial closure, and many have won business plan competition awards.

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