WELCOME TO ECHELON
Before we proceed, we’d like to tell you a little about what we do, how we do it, and who we do it for.
Essentially, the services we provide fall into the Corporate Services category, but with a core competence and specialist knowledge in the ESG / CSR / Sustainable and Renewable Energy Sector.
Corporate Services
Our Corporate Services entail acting as Corporate Business Advisors to well-established, start-up and embryonic companies that in our opinion show excellent indications of sustainable above-average growth. The Boards of Directors of these companies come to us for help in structuring their international affairs, listing their company or securities on recognised Stock Exchanges and then taking their company and offerings to market, often within a regulatory wrap.
The talents and attributes we look for are disruptive technologies, mould-breaking business concepts, unique and innovative product offerings, intuitive leadership, market penetration, solid corporate governance and a strong moral and ethical compass (especially within the ESG sector).
Upon success, and if required Echelon will then work with the funding recipients to manage and administer a sustainable and long-term funding program, and or provide stock-exchange, banking, platform and payment distribution services.
Basically, when companies need money to launch or expand, they come to us. Our directors, shareholders and consultants are all highly experienced in many business sectors, including Leisure and Commercial Property, Consumer Debt, Corporate Finance, Electric Vehicles, CBD, and Luxury Goods, although more recently we have concentrated on the Sustainable / Renewable / EV sector.
ESG / CSR / Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Many companies go to their bank manager to ask for a business loan, and we’re sure he will do his very best to analyse and investigate the loan application and do as much investigation and due diligence into the loan as possible (relative to the function they perform sitting in an office on a computer screen all day). But how many of them visit the factories, meet the Directors face to face, talk to the staff, look through the order book, scan an eye over the accounts, or inspect the actual products etc…? We would venture not many, if any of them at all! And isn’t that what it should all be about?
The mere suggestion that a bank manager can suddenly become an expert in the design, development and construction of a 100MW solar farm, or the technical knowhow involved in manufacturing an EV Charging unit, and/or possess the knowledge required to evaluate if the project makes a good investment opportunity is somewhat ludicrous. And in our opinion, if you can’t evaluate the financial prospects of an existing project, how can you hope to suddenly gain the expertise to understand how to fund it?
In the past 10 years Echelon’s Directors, stakeholders and consultants have transitioned from a core competence in property-related Corporate Finance transactions to focusing almost entirely on the ESG / CSR / Sustainable and Renewable Energy Sector. This makes Echelon a specialist consultant to a niche market that it fully understands.
So, in short….
We predominantly help potential ESG / Sustainable and Renewable Energy projects meet with funding partners, or, vice-versa…. we help people with money engage with high rate of return energy projects.
What type of projects?
We mainly deal with Solar, Wind and Hybrid farms, EV charging projects, Electric/Hydrogen Vehicles, Research and Development into innovative sustainable energy projects, and providing electricity, internet, education and medical facilities to disenfranchised and impoverished communities.
How does the relationship work?
Essentially, the relationships exist due to “good ideas” not having access to the financial backing they need. This is very often the case when intellectual/inventive technical people first enter the business world. Ohms, watts, volts and sine waves etc. are second nature to such people, but listing a security on a Stock Exchange Multilateral Trading Facility is an entirely different matter. This means that two worlds collide and need to work together in order to fund, launch and promote a new innovative product into the market. In essence a “joint venture”.
Very often the people with the “idea” or “new product” have utilised all of their available financial resources in the research and development of their new idea or product; this means there’s simply no money left to appoint legal and financial counsel and the corporate consultants need to get the band on the road!
So, what do we do?
We perform all of the legal and financial consultancy work.
We draft the legal documentation surrounding the financial promotions of securities.
We design all of the promotion literature and the company’s website.
We develop and maintain all of the IT and software issues.
We handle all PR, lead generation and social media campaigns etc
How do we make money?
Simple; we either take a percentage of incoming revenue, a profit share or equity. This way, we only get paid when you’re a success.
If we don’t perform, we don’t get paid…. and it costs you nothing along the way.
Here’s the process….
Analysis
The first step to raising capital is to understand your market. This is achieved by in depth analysis of the demographics and identifying trends. Once you’re familiar with your market, you can target your initial campaigns towards investors. Then your second campaign can be aimed at selling your services and products. The first step is necessary in order to succeed at the second.
Marketing
We can take your company to another level through the look, feel and presence of your brand, both online and offline. We understand the need for discretion and detail in order to deliver the highest echelon of targeted marketing for our clients. Using precision and a flair for delicate design, we can enhance your business to make sales that much easier.
Acquisitions
Financial markets are highly regulated in most jurisdictions. Any complications in the process can make setting up a new investment company an extremely costly exercise. This means that it could sometimes be more cost-effective to purchase an off-the-shelf company or to join a cell structure.
ROUTES TO MARKET
ROUTES TO MARKET
Venture Capital
Funding can be sourced via mezzanine finance, equity swaps, IP cessions, corporate loans and option agreements.
Listed Securities
Funds can be raised via loan notes & corporate bonds, debentures, financial institutions, HNWI and Family Offices.
Pension Wrappers
Investment can be packaged into a SIPP, SSAS, QROP or OPS pension wrapper.*
*UK specialists only.
JVs & IPOs
There is a great deal of money looking for a home. The most important aspect is packaging and presenting the opportunity correctly, and in an enticing manner.