Investment Criteria

Focused on Double Bottom Line (DBL) returns, DBL Cleantech Capital seeks to partner with outstanding companies that fulfill the following requirements:

• Committed, energetic and experienced management teams with proven track records.
• People & Planet impact - Solutions addressing significant positive impact to the environment.
• Technology-driven products that have the potential to create new market segments or displace current market offerings in clearly defined markets with sustainable high growth rates.
• Leading-edge or breakthrough technology that drives superior economics.
• The target customer is clearly defined with proven value / benefit received from the solution.
• Customer buying behavior, buying cycle and decision process to change from an existing solution to a new solution are substantiated.
• Proprietary intellectual property through patent protection, copyright and/or trade secrets.
• Clear exit strategy, aligned with the interests of other stakeholders.
• A strong value proposition, preferably with multiple drivers.
• Product or service solution delivers a measurable reduction of carbon loading.
• An opportunity for our team to add value beyond the investment capital.

Our due diligence process ensures the development of a relationship and understanding of management's key drivers, genuine value proposition, the market acceptance of the defensible technology and quality of patents. This process is sometimes time consuming but a critical stage in our investment process.