Startup Series: Banyan Infrastructure

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Aug 19, 2021

Amanda Li, Co-Founder & COO at Banyan Infrastructure, discusses how they use financial and technological innovation to accelerate the development of sustainable energy systems. They employ blockchain-based contract technology to streamline project management and decrease costs for lenders. Topics include the challenges in project finance, their pricing model, and the intersection of climate tech and FinTech.

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

Project Finance: Challenges and Solutions

02:45 • 24min

Timelines, Traction, and Funding: Growing in a Fast-paced Market

26:16 • 2min

Discussion on Pricing Model and Portfolio Management

28:08 • 3min

Team Size, Skillsets, and Sales Strategy

31:15 • 2min

Opportunities in Climate Tech and FinTech

32:46 • 7min

Today's guest is Amanda Li, Co-Founder & COO at Banyan Infrastructure.

Banyan Infrastructure is unleashing capital to accelerate the development of next-generation infrastructure projects to provide essential services across the globe and transform the world's energy systems into sustainable forms of energy. The startup combines financial and technological innovation to accelerate the deployment of solar, wind, and other critical infrastructure around the globe. They use blockchain-based, innovative contract technology to oversee and automate complex and time-consuming contractual management of these small distributed assets. Their solution de-risks these assets for lenders, decreases overhead costs, and increases the ability to refinance these projects at a lower cost of capital. Before co-founding Banyan Infrastructure, Amanda was an Infrastructure Investor at Generate Capital and Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company. She has also served many product roles at technology and renewables startups across Canada, China, and the US.

In this episode, Amanda takes me through the company's mission, the product, and what led her to co-found the company. Then, we dive into how these projects are traditionally financed, the problem Banyan is tackling, and other areas of project finance ripe for innovation. Amanda and I have a great discussion, and it was exciting to learn more about what Banyan is doing.

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Episode recorded July 29th, 2021

To learn more about Banyan Infrastructure: https://www.banyaninfrastructure.com/

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