Financing Sustainable Infrastructure with Ben from Silta Finance | ReFi Podcast Bonus Episode

Join jE for a bonus episode of the ReFi Podcast as he welcomes Ben Sheppard, the serial entrepreneur behind Silta finance. In this episode, Ben will share his insights on how his company is bridging the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance to support sustainable energy infrastructure projects. As a due diligence protocol, Silta finance is offering unique processes to instill confidence in the lending side of the market, helping them to finance projects in emerging markets all over the world. If you are interested in real-world assets on chain and the future of infrastructure finance, this is a must-listen episode! Don't forget to subscribe, share and leave your thoughts.

Ben Sheppard, Co-Founder, Silta Finance “Building a better world for my son to grow up in”  
Keep up to date with Silta:
https://silta.finance
https://www.youtube.com/@SiltaFinance

00:00 Intro
03:00 What is Silta?
05:08 What is the size of the market? (It's big)
06:00 Epiphany Moment
13:41 Silta's Alternative to Due Diligence
16:37 First DD Solar Micro Grid Philippines
17:53 Silta Score
20:16 Debt Instrument People are Buying?
24:08 What people are investing into...  
28:15 Satisfying TradFi & DeFi Lenders
29:44 Explainer
33:43 Pre-existing alternative to SILTA?
36:15 Silta Token
39:20 Are the tokens at risk?
43:45 Building in Resilience
48:34 Are we still in Crypto Winter?
51:56 CTA  

People:
James Cook https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-04173142/
Stanley Boots https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanley-boots-1b383526/?originalSubdomain=vn
Samy karim @cryp7omaxi  https://twitter.com/cryp7omaxi
Maex Ament @maex242 https://twitter.com/maex242?lang=en
Philip Stehlik @pstehlik https://twitter.com/pstehlik

Orgs:
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan  https://www.otpp.com/en-ca/
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  https://www.cibc.com/
StepStone Group  https://www.stepstonegroup.com
Goldfinch | The Decentralised Global Credit Protocol https://goldfinch.finance
Aave Open Source Liquidity protocol https://aave.com
Centrifuge | The first protocol to bring Real-World Assets to DeFi https://centrifuge.io
TrueFi Capital Markets | DeFi’s Leading Credit Protocol https://truefi.io
Credix | Credit investing made global https://credix.finance
Maple https://www.maple.finance
MakerDAO | An Unbiased Global Financial System https://makerdao.com/en/

Definitions:
Stable coins  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stablecoin.asp
KYC and AML https://getid.com/kyc-and-aml/
Dynamic NFT https://chain.link/education-hub/what-is-dynamic-nft

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