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Energy for Cooking, Lighting and Heating. Water Supply and Washing.
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Solar electric cooker. Solar washing machine. Solar multi-purpose Mighty Motor.
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Solar electric cooker. Solar washing machine. Solar multi-purpose Mighty Motor.
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Infrastructure subcategory Number of people lacking access, billion Cost ($) per person for solution Investment need, $ billion Energy 0.6 100 60 Water 0.7 50 35 Transport 1.0 50 50 Buildings 1.0 5 5 Communications 1.0 15 15 Machinery 1.0 15 15 Waste 2.4 50 120 SUBTOTAL 285 300.
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Where are the best markets? High cost of existing fuels (diesel, electricity, charcoal, wood, LPG) $500 million spent per day on unsustainable fuels = $180 billion/year.
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Path to the Market. Projects. Products. B2C. B2B.
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Traction to date. $6 million of grant and venture debt raised over 13 years, zero equity investment to date Breakeven performance - small losses some years, profits in other years Now raising $1-2 million.
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Stewart Craine - Managing Director Stewart has 18 years experience in rural infrastructure. Co-founded Barefoot Power (2005-11, solar LED lighting), has helped over 1 million people get electricity, and raised $20 million of capital..
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VIA UK founded in 2012 VIA Australia founded in 2016 Very shallow “Valley of Death” capital burn in 2012-15 while prototyping. Grant-funded scale-up in 2016-19. Peaked in 2019, then hit by coronavirus and a double hurricane in Honduras, which wiped out all B2C projects. Pivoted to B2B cash sales from 2020 with two UK grants funding new product R&D. Mapping software earned good revenue always. Avg. YoY revenue growth 30%.
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Financials – Forecast. Highlights Have orders of 2000 units worth $1 million in hand Could find more sales if we had investor support 100-200% p.a. sales growth for next 3 years Profitable 2026 onwards.
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Target Capital Raise. US$2 million asap to fund production run of 2000 ordered machines and cover 1 year of opex, focused on B2B cash sales US$3-5 million in 2026 to fund further production and expansion, reach profitable scale, start mobilizing debt for future growth. US$10-30 million by 2027 to restart the B2C village projects - feasibilty study on a $30m Micro Infrastructure Fund completed.
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