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I wanted to run an opportunity past you to see if it might fit your portfolio.

Celtic Renewables h as patented a process technology which converts biological waste material into biochemicals and biofuel to supply competitively priced, sustainable alternatives to the same products derived from fossil fuel. This direct displacement will cut carbon emissions, and the full-scale deployment of the technology will have a significant and positive impact on the environment.

The technology is a highly innovative adaptation of a fermentation producing a mixture of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (ABE). By replacing the historic use of high cost food crops as the raw material, the process is economic even based on selling the ABE volume products at commodity prices or by targeting higher value niche markets. The global markets for these commodities is each worth many US$ billions and forecast to grow by 4-5% per annum for the foreseeable future. 
Prof Martin Tangney, Founder and President. An internationally recognised expert in microbial biofuel production, particularly biobutanol. Professor Tangney is Director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier University, which conducted the research to develop the fermentation technology being commercialised by Celtic Renewables.


Mark Simmers, CEO. Mark is an entrepreneur and commercialisation specialist with over 20 years of international experience in sales, marketing and business development. He helped co-found Celtic Renewables in late 2011 and has been the company’s CEO since its inception. leading its rapid growth, which has seen its technology proven at commercial-pilot scale and now establishing it at industrial scale.
Unlike many start-ups in this sector, Celtic Renewables began with a known process to shorten development and has quickly reached the point of final stage scale up supported by collaborative feedstock and product-offtake partners. £20m is being raised to finance the first commercial demonstration plant on a fully serviced 3 rd party site and rapidly build an international licensing/JV business model.

£17m of the required £20m has been already been secured from Scottish Government (£9m grant subject to matched funding), Abundance (£5m), Scottish Investment Bank (£2m) and a private Investor (£1m). The aim is to close the £1-3m investment gap by the end of 2017 and obtain assurance of EIS tax relief on behalf of private investors.  £1m minimum is required to finance the plant with £2m for operating expenses - the latter being potentially raised separately in 2018.

If you are interested in participating in Celtic Renewable's success or know someone who might be, please contact us at Greenbackers to engage with this opportunity.
Robert Hokin 
+44 7957 201 203

John Steedman
+44 7767 298 495
Thank you for considering this. 

Sincerely,

Robert Hokin
Chief Executive and Managing Partner
Greenbackers Investment Capital Limited
Phone: +44 (0)141 334 0817

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