Who We Are
Sixth Element Sustainable Management (6esm) is a consulting firm that provides executive services for investors and project developers in the area of bioenergy, biorefining, bioproducts and related biomass–based technologies for a better environment. We are situated in Prince George, BC.
What We Do
Investor Services:
a. Due Diligence & Pre-money Valuations
b. Risk Management: pre-investment analysis and mitigation
c. Techno-commercial Appraisals: stage of development and commercialization of technologies
d. Biomass Option Appraisals: cellulosic ethanol, biofuels, biodiesel, syngas, FT, biocarbon, torrefaction, carbonization, pyrolysis, biochar, pellets
Project Developer Services:
a. Financing Options & Development
b. Institutional-grade Financials: preparation, planning and analysis
c. Risk Management: analysis and mitigation
d. Strategy Development & Business Planning: preparation and analysis
e. Evaluations, Audits, and Feasibility Studies
What is the Sixth Element?
The sixth element of the chemical periodic table is carbon (symbol “C”). In the fight against climate change all carbon is not created equal.
An effective solution to climate change is biomass as a fuel which contains renewable carbon to replace fossil-fuel carbon.
The combustion of biomass carbon results in bioenergy, an important component of the sustainable management of energy production.
Latest News & Reports
“ELEMENTS” – Project Financing-4: VC & Commercial Financing – Risk is the component that determines whether you will get financing and how much it will cost. The following factors mitigate project risk: i. Management Team – never underestimate the value of an experienced management team, including financing, engineering. ii. Coverage – debt to total net [...]
- April 11, 2012 Project Financing-3: Angel Financing -“ELEMENTS” – Project Financing-3: Angel Financing – Angel financing (from private investors) is common for seed and start-up companies, which are often not able to obtain venture capital funds. In these high risk ventures, about 50% of angel investments make no return or lose money; less than 10% make a return greater than ten times. [...]
- January 18, 2012 Project Financing-2: F&F Financing -“ELEMENTS” – Project Financing-2: F&F Financing – You need funds to commercialize your invention. A traditional bank is no help, unless you are going to put up collateral, such as your home, for the loan. Most institutional investors and angel investors will not be interested at this early stage. At this stage, there is only [...]
- October 19, 2011 Project Financing-1: Financing Options -“ELEMENTS” – Project Financing-1: Financing Options – General sources of project financing are: i. F&F (“friends and family”) – they are already counting the millions that will flow from the project. ii. Angel Investors – individual funds – require high returns and an exit strategy iii. Venture Capital – group funds – may take controlling [...]
- July 25, 2011 Project Roadmap-3: Risk Mitigation -“ELEMENTS” – Project Roadmap-3: Risk Mitigation – As bioenergy projects progress through the venture valley-of-death, financing is what will take most of them down. Any technology project should be divided into milestones. The intention is that financing is given in stages. A milestone must pass its performance criteria before the next phase of financing is [...]
- June 29, 2011
