凭借1200万美元的第二支基金,这家金融科技初创公司旨在为气候领域创业者注入更多资金

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美国太平洋西北地区金融科技公司Enduring Planet于本周三宣布,旗下第二期基金成功完成募资,募资总额超过1200万美元,规模较首期基金翻倍有余。这家于2021年成立的初创企业,专注为早期气候科技公司提供贷款,尤其青睐那些已获得政府拨款或合同的企业,并同时提供兼职首席财务官服务。
“尽管当前美国气候科技领域市场环境严峻,但我们仍对这一成果深感自豪。”该公司联合创始人兼首席执行官迪米特里·格申森在俄勒冈州波特兰总部表示。截至目前,Enduring Planet已向包括华盛顿州塔科马市Aquagga公司、波特兰Photon Marine公司在内的70余家气候科技及其他企业,累计发放近4000万美元贷款。
该公司提供10万至200万美元不等的融资服务,与风投机构不同,其不要求获得初创企业股权。但资金同样有成本:年利率高达15%至17%,附加费用也仅有1.5%的创始费。新基金的推出正值行业艰难时刻——尽管特朗普政府并未完全取消对气候项目的联邦支持,但支持力度已变得更加宽泛、更不可预测,且对早期阶段企业更不友好。
据Sightline Climate报告,气候投资者手中仍有约900亿美元资金,但资金投放速度已超过新基金募集速度。投资者正从风险较高的早期初创企业转向实力更成熟的公司和基础设施项目。本期基金得到了蓝港湾创投、思科基金会、ImpactAssets、DF影响力资本、绿色火花创投、Montcalm TCR、SK2基金、阿瑟·B·舒尔茨基金会、丽贝卡·伯耶斯与尼尔斯·约翰逊、维里迪安工场、明智投资、Figure 8投资策略客户、1994 LLC、Reality Impact(获施密特家族基金会支持)等机构的注资。
中文翻译:
扎根太平洋西北地区的金融科技公司Enduring Planet于周三宣布,其第二支基金已完成募资,金额超过1200万美元——规模是其首支基金的两倍多。
Enduring Planet成立于2021年,主要为早期气候科技初创企业提供贷款,重点服务那些已获得政府拨款和合同的初创公司。该公司还提供兼职首席财务官服务。
“尽管美国气候科技领域面临充满挑战的市场环境,我们仍对这一成果感到非常自豪,”这家初创公司联合创始人兼首席执行官、常驻俄勒冈州波特兰市的Dimitry Gershenson表示。
Enduring Planet已向70多家气候初创企业及其他公司发放了近4000万美元贷款,包括总部位于华盛顿州塔科马的Aquagga和波特兰的Photon Marine。
该公司提供10万至200万美元的融资,与风险投资机构不同,它不持有所支持初创公司的股权。但资金并非无偿使用:年利率高达15%至17%,不过附加费用仅限于1.5%的发起费。
这支新基金的成立正值该行业的困难时期。在特朗普政府领导下,美国政府对气候项目的支持并未消失,但范围已缩小、可预见性降低,且对早期初创企业不再那么友好。
与此同时,Sightline Climate报告显示,气候投资者手中仍有约900亿美元资金,但资本配置速度已超过新基金募集速度。投资者也在从风险较高的早期初创企业撤资,转而青睐更成熟的公司和基础设施项目。
该基金的出资方包括Blue Haven Initiative、Cisco Foundation、ImpactAssets、DF Impact Capital、Green Spark Ventures、Montcalm TCR、SK2 Fund、The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation、Rebecca Buyers与Nils Johnson、Viridian Works、Brighter Investing、Figure 8 Investment Strategies客户、1994 LLC、Realize Impact(获得Schmidt Family Foundation支持)等机构及个人。
英文来源:
Enduring Planet, a fintech company with Pacific Northwest roots, on Wednesday announced it has closed its second fund at more than $12 million — more than twice the size of its first.
Launched in 2021, Enduring Planet provides loans to early-stage climate startups, with a focus on those that have been awarded government grants and contracts. The company also offers part-time chief financial officer services.
“We’re really proud of this outcome, despite the challenging market environment that climate tech is facing in the US,” said Dimitry Gershenson, the startup’s Portland, Ore.-based co-founder and CEO.
Enduring Planet has issued nearly $40 million in loans to more than 70 climate startups and other businesses, including Tacoma, Wash.-based Aquagga and Portland’s Photon Marine.
The company provides financing of $100,000 to $2 million and, unlike venture capital investors, does not take equity in the startups it backs. The cash still comes at a price: annual interest rates run up to 15% to 17%, though additional fees are limited to a 1.5% origination fee.
The new fund arrives at a difficult moment for the sector. U.S. government support for climate initiatives hasn’t disappeared under the Trump administration, but it has become less broad, less predictable and less friendly to early-stage ventures.
Meanwhile, Sightline Climate reports that roughly $90 billion remains in climate investors’ coffers, but that capital is being deployed faster than new funds are being raised. Investors are also pulling back from riskier early-stage startups in favor of more established companies and infrastructure projects.
The fund was backed by Blue Haven Initiative, Cisco Foundation, ImpactAssets, DF Impact Capital, Green Spark Ventures, Montcalm TCR, SK2 Fund, The Arthur B. Schultz Foundation, Rebecca Buyers and Nils Johnson, Viridian Works, Brighter Investing, clients of Figure 8 Investment Strategies, 1994 LLC, Realize Impact (with support from The Schmidt Family Foundation), and others.
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