Addressing unsolved problems in cleantech financing since 2009
Solve REA helps companies better understand the cleantech sector, working with investors to evaluate opportunities, and solution providers to craft their finance-driven offerings.
Our expertise — at the intersection of clean technology, business strategy, and finance — gives us the capacity to identify the biggest opportunities, and solve the biggest problems in cleantech. We thus draw on years of relevant experience in the trenches to provide both insight and action to organizations entering, operating or expanding in this space.
We are investors, start-up veterans, and product managers; management consultants, bankers, and policy nerds. Our financial modeling, product development, opportunity analysis, deal diligence, strategic planning, research, education, advice and understanding will level-up your organization. As a start-up looking to leverage the latest project finance business models, an investor needing to expand their scope and capabilities, a public-sector group considering their next program, or a regulated utility wanting to plan for the future, Solve REA is here to provide the support you need.
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Contact
➤ LOCATIONs
98 Columbia St
Albany NY 12210
W 79th St Boat Basin
New York, NY 10024
☎ CONTACT
contact@solverea.com
518-209-6335
Areas of Practice
Financial product development
Building first-of-their kind project financing products is one of the things we do best. We have served over a dozen agile startups looking for new ways to leverage their technology or ideas. We’ve helped utility companies across the country to build new financing programs for solar, efficiency, storage, vehicles, and other emerging assets; We’ve helped capital providers build their first offerings into Cleantech, and exsiting players expand their offerings in the space.
In addition to extensive work with solar, energy efficiency, storage, and electrification, we have built successful new product offerings for distributed wind, single family energy efficiency, carbon credits, energy insurance, and biofuels.
distributed energy
Distributed assets are what we work best with. We believe the energy and resource future is decentralized, with more types of resource technologies deployed in more ways, and in more places. We know these technologies, their business models, and their potential.
due diligence & Underwriting
Evaluating opportunities, structuring projects, managing risk, and doing deals is core to the work of Solve. We work with individuals, family offices, Cleantech investment funds, specialty finance shops, banks, and insurers -- from finding opportunities to evaluation to closing. We've seen hundreds of transactions, and have the skills to help you bring them through a fair process to a safe, profitable conclusion.
emerging energy/resource assets
Part of what makes Solve so different is that we haven't just worked on basic solar energy transactions, dealt with infrastructure investment, or built a standard SaaS company. We’ve gone further, driving the transformation of energy and resource assets into viable investments. In addition to our intense experience with solar, distributed wind, energy efficiency, and biofuels, we have worked with vertical farming, water resources, electric vehicles, charging stations, and energy storage.
Models & research
Often, businesses or investors simply want to learn more, test out a financial structure, build a model, or answer a question analytically. Solve’s flexible staff are well suited for your challenges, be they unique or mundane. We bring our full intellect, analytical rigor, and experience to bear on every inquiry.
distributed finance
As the alternative currency market matures and utilities continue to pursue the de-coupling of their business models, opportunities arise for new ways to structure the exchange of resources for value. Real assets such as solar PV capacity, water resources, and charged batteries could provide stable backing for this exchange. At the same time, blockchain and other distributed transaction technologies hold the promise of being able to remove the need for trusted intermediaries, allowing producer and consumer to transact more directly. Solve is actively exploring opportunities in this space, and is available to assist those firms looking to better understand this area.
Past clients and employers include:
Interested in Joining the Team?
For job opportunities, please email your resume and a short statement of interest to careers@solverea.com. We’re always looking for new and exceptional talent to expand the firm's reach. We are committed to bringing the brightest members to our team, and offer full training on the fundamentals of energy project finance to those with the right background.