Securing financing and conducting financial due diligence are two of the most critical parts of any project. We get many calls for assistance in securing financing – where to go, what to expect, how to be best prepared, etc. On the other side, much of our professional time is spent conducting technical or financial due diligence on projects for potential investors and developers. We are quite often asked to evaluate assumptions and opine on representations about technology, markets, feedstocks, and a myriad of other things. Securing the upfront financing and arranging due diligence from industry experts that can offer the most in-depth scrutiny of a process or project is a key for any undertaking for entrepreneurs or companies that are focusing most of their energies on fine-tuning their idea or technology. There is often separate commercial, technical, and legal due diligence, all intended to offer some assurance—to the developer and to the potential financial backer or institution— that the technical, financial, and political risks are sufficiently low that the project has a strong chance of reaching the stage of viable and sustainable commercialization. Even companies that use their own money to develop a project are well served to conduct due diligence because the information gathered for due diligence are necessary for other stages of the life of a project, such as securing permits and licenses.
Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) offers a wide range of services in biofuels, biochemicals, biotechnologies, biomaterials, synthetic biology commercialization, feedstocks, and hemp/cannabis. The company has business and financial services like due diligence, feedstock availability, grants and loans, and bio market research. Our experts have written multiple articles on both Financing Projects and Due Diligence. The company also offers technical and engineering-related services like techno-economic analysis, environmental evaluations, feasibility studies, risk analysis, and expert witness engagements. The company also has strategic partnerships in place to assist clients with insurance, legal, accounting, plant fabrication, and feedstock procurement. With over 150 experts worldwide, Lee Enterprises Consulting also has experts in anaerobic digestion, fermentation, biomass, conversion technologies for things like tires and railroad ties, organic synthesis, fuel additives, ethanol gas, biodiesel fuel including algae biofuels, solid-state and industrial fermentation, green energy grants, ag-biotech, agricultural waste, alcohol fuels, alternative proteins and animal-free products, sustainable foods, beverage fermentation, biocatalysis, biodiesel conversion, biogas production, biomass power, carbon intensity, co2 utilization, combined heat & power, Fischer-Tropsch technology, food waste, hydrothermal carbonization, industrial enzymes, landfill management, microbial fermentation, organic synthesis, plastic pyrolysis, plastic recycling, plastic waste, pyrolysis oil, reactor design, renewable identification number, the Renewable Fuel Standard (rfs2), solid recovered fuels, torrefaction and torrefied biomass, waste to energy, and waste-to-hydrogen. This is a multidisciplinary group of green energy consultants that is a virtual “one-stop-shop” for any client need and handles projects of all types and sizes.
Take a look at our experts and the services we provide. You will note that most of our experts are also available for ancillary engagements and advice, for specialty engagements like serving as expert witnesses in litigation matters. A good overview of our group is found in this video. Call us at 1+ (501) 833-8511 or email us for more information.