Client Case Studies & Testimonials
| Waste-to-Value & Resource Recovery | Renewable Energy, Fuels & Storage | Sustainable Food Systems | Commercial Real Estate |
| Waste-to-Value can deliver baseload power, recover displaced materials for use by industry, prevent pollution such as with plastics, anticipate and avoid health issues, and enable proper land use. | Renewable Energy and more distributed power to “localize and decarbonize” and allow for grid resilience, microgrids, radical reduction in CO2 emissions as fuels, for cleaner electricity, storage for emergency power. | Sustainable and “climate smart” Food Systems restore and build healthy soils, farmer autonomy, diversity and inclusion, social justice, and food security. | Diverse CRE projects worldwide are not just about what we build, but what we use and how we build. Bamboo, for example, a CO2-sequestration superhero, conserves trees. |
| •Tire pyrolysis •Biomass-to-biochar •Waste-to-energy •Ammonia to green hydrogen | Solar, wind, small hydro, geothermal, & WTE generation, energy efficiency & management, or storage; see Waste-to-Value for fuels | •Regenerative and sustainable agriculture, including Organic •Minimal tillage •Supply Chain innovations… | •Green buildings •Affordable homes •Regenerative walkable, smart and safe communities •Innovative building materials |
Client History
See below for examples of specific portfolio companies and client work history. We uphold strict confidentiality and the highest ethical standards, thus only a choice selection of clients can be publicly disclosed.
See In3 Client overview or Client Case Studies & Testimonials for expertise and services we offer.
Client Company / Location | When | Value Delivered |
United Kingdom | 2024 | Funded the conversion of an unsustainable biomass waste-to-value facility into a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) cogeneration plant, generating baseload power sold to a private offtaker. |
Midwest USA | 2024 | End-of-life tire pyrolysis with on-site fractionation of liquids (tire pyrolysis oil) instead of combustion as fuel. |
Northeast USA | 2023 – current | Ecological design commercial real estate |
Asia (confidential) | 2023 – current | Commercial real estate project in a developing country that needs modern, leasable, office space for top-tier institutions to work and provide their services from a centralized location near the largest city in the country. Developer has completed projects previously so was able to bring forward their own Completion Assurance guarantee. |
North America, Latin America and Caribbean (confidential) | 2023 – current | Commercial real estate projects from ecoresorts to “regenerative” hospitality, affordable multifamily housing, ecorestoration projects that promote ecotourism, or provide essential worker housing, or simply as part of a region’s growing business environment. |
North America and Europe (confidential) | 2023 – current | Waste-to-Value in the form of end-of-life tires via thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) — four projects from 3 different developers. In3 served as co-developers and industry experts for financial modeling, vetting, benchmarking rates, deal packaging and presentation to in-house funding programs. |
North America (confidential) | 2022 | Electrification of transportation — strategic planning, including tax incentives/equities and transitional fuels, leveraging a US DoE loan guarantee, identify and introduce backers of the required completion guarantee under In3 CAP Funding*. |
Philippines and Florida | 2022 – current | Venture capital and project finance hybrid for alternative, advanced building materials. Identify and introduce backers of the required completion guarantee under In3 CAP Funding*. |
Canada (confidential) | 2021 – 2022 | Co-develop 200MW solar project and arrange financing through a funding partner. Involves an In3 Master Affiliate, merchant pricing, and attractive carbon credits. |
California (confidential) | 2020 – current | Venture capital and project finance (production facility) hybrid for an agricultural input company. Identify and introduce backers of the required completion guarantee under In3 CAP Funding. |
East Africa (confidential) | 2020 | Real Estate (housing) to be delivered in several stages via In3 CAP. Vetting, pre-qualification and funding per our mandate. |
N. America (confidential) | 2020 | Commercial Real Estate and infrastructure development and refurbishment; vetting/funding via CAP funding. |
SMRT Farms | 2020 – current | Regenerative, “no till” agriculture (multi-paddock rotational grazing, organic water-wise row crops, fertigation, and bamboo in the Midwestern US, packaging & funding via CAP. |
Luke Society Hospital & Eye Care Center | 2020 – current | Project manage, plan and finance healthcare expansion and community development projects in Ghana via CAP funding. |
AQAN LLC (Uzbekistan) | 2020 – current | Confidential project planning, financial modeling and financing in the food space. |
Sustainable Botanicals International (SBI) | 2019 | Assist with packaging and presenting this certified organic, Fair Trade, specialty botanical oils enterprise, an international project “roll-up”. Transaction incomplete. |
Chollas EcoVillage project (Groundwork San Diego) | 2018 | Audited and improved financials for California Energy Commission (CEC) Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Challenge Grant awarded for plans to build an Advanced Energy Community (AEC) using “net zero energy” (NZE) in this disadvantaged community. |
Fego Foods Processing Ltd (Ghana) | 2018 – 2020 | Co-develop strategic/business plan and capital campaign for “climate-smart” agriculture (no till, organic, and other practices to build up soil carbon). |
| North Park Power Ltd (W. Africa) | 2018 – present | Project development via private, long-term PPAs, planning and financing for bulk (utility-scale) power generation and storage. |
Cetyl Holdings (US) | 2017 | Plant acquisition and retrofit project finance in the biofuels space. |
McBill Engineering Ltd (Ghana) | 2017 – 2018 | Originating project finance for a series of utility-scale solar/PV arrays with storage. |
GCT Anchor Fund (Portugal) | 2016 – 2017 | Private equity investment fund sponsoring projects in renewable energy in the US and Europe. Assisted with project finance via In3 Capital Partners expert system. |
Fine Dried Foods Int’l (US) | 2016 – 2017, 2019 | One of the largest producers of dried organic tropical fruits. Business development, strategic planning, metrics and BI analytics, scorecards and project feasibility studies. |
BamCore LLC | 2016 & 2019 – 2020 | Revolutionary new way to build. Embeds bamboo between soft-wood veneers, with multiple patented systems for radical efficiency and building performance. Pitch presentation and introduction services. See website. |
Diverso Energy (Canada) | 2016 | Project finance (debt facility) for cost-advantageous, geothermal (Geo-Exchange™) renewable energy used for multifamily, commercial and office building heating and cooling. See website. |
Atlantsmyllan Sp/f (Faroe Islands) | 2016 – 2017 | Business development and finance for renewable energy projects, favoring island nations and coastal environments. |
AQAN LLC (Uzbekistan) | 2016 | Business development and project finance for cold storage and warehousing of food and related products. |
Chazon Energy | 2015 – 2016 | Business development and finance (stealth mode) for renewable energy and materials company. |
Byogy Renewables | 2015 – 2016 | Capital campaign to further develop and expand opportunities for converting ethanol into A1 Jet Fuel, renewable diesel, food and fiber. |
Pinwheel Learning LLC | 2015 – 2016 | Business development and finance (stealth mode) for alternative learning and social media company. |
Pascuales Partners LLC (Latin America) | 2015 – 2016 | Capital campaign for radically innovative real estate projects, designed for new urban, mixed-use, master-planned, sustainable neighborhoods, enabling healthy, zero waste, zero carbon and zero water use for residents. Fundraising strategic advice, media and PR consulting. |
NEIN Agriculture Ltd (S. Korea) | 2015 | Organic poultry project finance package: business plan narrative, information summary, financial model, and presentation materials. |
Encore, Inc. (Senegal) | 2014 – 2015 | Agriculture value chain project improving grain yields, quality and capacity through post-harvest processing techniques, better storage and transportation systems. Coaching, planning, writing and investor sourcing. |
Confidential (India) | 2014 | Sale of established small hydroelectric (run-of-the-river) power generation asset in North India. |
AgriSmart Inc. (Cote d’Ivoire, Africa) | 2014 | Project development and planning, presentation package, de-risking, coaching, fundraising and related strategic advice to establish large, sustainable agriculture project in degraded forest lands via public-private partnership. |
ALKA Polyester (Turkey) | 2014 | Project planning, financial modeling, presentation, de-risking, fundraising and related advice to establish large, recycled polyester facility in Turkey. Expansion project of existing group of companies; visited Saudi Arabian strategic partner. |
Mazazul Organics, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) | 2014 | Loan origination, strategic advice, planning, writing, coaching, de-risking and presentation of complete loan package to development finance institution for expansion of food processing operations. Sponsor: Fine Dried Foods Int’l. |
Aquaponics, Inc. (Hawaii) | 2014 | Aquaculture and produce technology innovation in the US, with strategic alliances formed into Ghana, West Africa. |
Medical Services Int’l (Ghana) | 2013, 2019 | Project development and planning, grant development consulting, coaching and related strategic advice to establish specialized healthcare clinics in Ghana and the surrounding region. |
Carbon Drawdown Solutions, Inc. (US, Asia, LatAm) | 2013- present | Biomass waste conversion systems, turnkey and proven for energy, biochar and process heat. Venture development, business planning, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, marketing, sales and project finance assistance. cdsbiochar.com |
MBT Infra (India) | 2012- 2013 | Loan origination for organic agriculture and textiles (via sericulture) in Mozambique, working with small-hold farmers. Project development and packaging. |
Asian Development Bank (Indonesia) | 2011-2012 | Consulting team lead for capacity building project in Southeast Asia (Indonesia ExIm Bank): Energy efficiency project finance and loan/performance guarantee and insurance product development. |
Fulcrum Impact Capital / In3 Capital Partners | 2011-2012 | Public/private debt facility for construction-ready renewable resources projects in the W. Andean region of Latin America. Proposal development and financial modeling. |
Runa LLC (Ecuador) | 2011-2012 | Project and venture finance for novel nutraceutical / functional beverage product supply chain in Ecuador’s forests: business development, de-risking, and loan origination services. |
IyeCare International | 2011-2012 | Preventable eye disease in emerging and underserved markets: business development, writing and capital formation. |
Blume Distillation LLC | 2010-2013 | Business plan review, strategic fundraising advice, presentation coaching, website and presentation content consulting in advance of a successful capital campaign. Going concern. |
Farmhouse Culture | 2009-2012 | Early stage investor. Consulting. Going concern. Now widely distributed via Costco, Whole Foods markets and elsewhere. In3 took investment exit in 2012. |
| FreshPower LLC | 2009-2012 | Business development, capital formation, strategic planning, project management. |
Chemical Fabrics & Film Association | 2008 | Consulting, strategic advise and education on how to shift product strategy toward bioplastics/biopolymers for favorable ratings by USGBC LEED. Annual meeting in Florida. |
WISE Solutions, Inc. | 2006 -2012 | Business development & capital campaign for green chemistry product company. Raised more than $1 million in early stage rounds. Daniel Robin is a shareholder. Going concern. wisesolutions.net |
Whole Energy Fuels Corp | 2008 | Capital campaign and strategic alliances. Going concern. |
Prime Solar Pty Ltd (Australia) | 2002-2005 | Polysilicon photovoltaic device manufacturing in India and Germany — fundraising and strategic advice. Going concern. |
Terra Nova Ecological Landscaping | 1999, 2004 | Business planning and debt finance. Going concern. |
Matrix Management Consulting (Kuwait) | 1993, 2003 | Led negotiation skills workshops for Kuwaiti business people; managed project and mediation services to resolve dispute with Kuwaiti government on behalf of infrastructure projects (MEP), airport, roads, etc. |
M3 Systems International | 2003-2007 | Funding and business development of M3ZrO Packaging systems. In3’s Daniel Robin serves on the board of directors. |
Kalliste Tours | 2002 | Marketing consulting, planning, and coaching for luxury European eco-tours in Corsica. Going concern. |
Symantec Corporation | 2001 | Consulting services and culture change. Going concern. |
Harris MyCFO | 2001, 2003 | Business development, culture change, management training and coaching. Acquired. |
RollTronics Corporation | 2000-2001 | Funding and coaching; contributed to funds raised during Series A round. |
Architectural Photovoltaic Glass Corp | 1996-1997 | CIGS photovoltaic (licensed from NREL) and multijunction PV manufacturing, fundraising presentation and consulting. |
EarthShell | 1996 | Technology transfer from coating technology patent holders in Germany to EarthShell first-generation bioplastics (biodegradable) packaging, then based in Santa Barbara. IPO in 1998; acquired in 2006. |
Threshold Enterprises, Source Naturals, Hewlett Packard, PG&E, and others | 1995-2011 | Corporate development, long-term culture change, collaborative leadership and facilitation skills training, performance management, financial incentive and productivity systems using Balanced Scorecard, leadership coaching. See Daniel Robin & Associates clients for details. |
* CAP stands for Completion Assurance Program™ — see CAP overview.
Separate listing of complete consulting client history, courseware deliveries and testimonials, and presentations available upon request.