ADVISORY
Three fixed-scope ways to get a project financed.
Each engagement has a defined scope, a fixed fee and a clear output. We work alongside your team, not instead of it, and bring in specialists from our network where a project needs them, for example in lease and asset finance.
01 · For fuel producers before FID
FID readiness
Engineering gets a project to the starting line. Bankability gets it across. We help producers build the commercial case, capital structure and lender confidence that turn a plan into a final investment decision.
WHAT YOU GET
Offtake strategy: target buyers, contract structures and pricing evidence
Capital structure options across debt, equity and public funding
A lender readiness review from a banker's point of view
A board-ready FID pack
SUITED TO
Projects from pre-FEED to financial close
FORMAT
8 to 12 weeks, fixed fee
02 · For companies raising capital
Capital strategy
The terms you accept in this round shape every round after it. We help you raise on terms that keep your options open, including with public co-investors.
WHAT YOU GET
Round design: how much, from whom, in what order
Investor readiness: the story, the model and the data room
A review of public co-investor terms before close: consents, location conditions, follow-on rights
SUITED TO
Growth companies raising from seed to Series B, and project equity
FORMAT
4 to 6 weeks, fixed fee
03 · For clean-tech scale-ups
Scale-up commercial design
Engineers tend to raise to build. Platforms raise to multiply. We help clean-tech founders design the second kind of business.
WHAT YOU GET
A platform business model built for replication, not one-off projects
Go-to-market and revenue design
The commercial evidence a Series A investor expects to see
SUITED TO
Post-pilot companies preparing for Series A
FORMAT
6 to 8 weeks, fixed fee
A note on independence. First Carbon advises on offtake strategy and terms. We do not broker offtake or act as agent for buyers or sellers. H2C is a First Carbon venture. Advisory clients are under no obligation to use it, and any work involving H2C is disclosed in the engagement letter.
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