Project Finance

Bring long-term, innovative climate tech and infrastructure projects to life with a team of experts dedicated to crafting the right financing solutions that support positive environmental change.
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Project financing innovators

SVB supports change-makers. While each may have different technologies, the one thing they have in common is creating solutions that influence positive change. ​Read their case studies to discover their unique innovations and how SVB has supported their growth.
Daroga
RENEWABLE ENERGY, FUEL CELL
Daroga

Fuel cell project holds promise for reliable distributed electricity.

"SVB has been a trusted financial business partner. They understand the complexity of our industry, they come to the table with financial and risk management solutions to support large-scale, time-intensive projects and we look forward to working together on our upcoming deployments.”​

Ory Moussaieff
Co-founder, Daroga

Longroad
RENEWABLE ENERGY, SEMICONDUCTORS
Longroad

Renewable energy company works to save the planet one project at a time.

“The SVB Project Finance team has been an important financial partner and lead arranger for our large-scale energy initiatives. The team is very collaborative, has a wealth of knowledge in the industry and connections to get the funding needed for our next big project.”​

Paul Gaynor
CEO, Longroad Energy

Sunrun
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR, SOLAR AS A SERVICE
Sunrun

Advancing residential solar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“SVB understands our business and the energy industry in which we operate and has been an important partner in Sunrun’s success.”​

Ed Fenster
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Sunrun

Championing leading-edge projects

Access intelligent, flexible financing structures that support the delivery of large projects and mitigate risk.
Construction financing
Structure, fund and monitor the construction of projects.
Tax-equity bridge loans
Bridge financing to the commitment of tax equity investments.
Back-leverage debt financing
Creative term loans leveraging the sponsors' cash flows from the project.
Loan syndications and agency
Top-rated syndications desk to help distribute products to partner banks.
Unitranche financing
Connect with SVB Capital to create hybrid loan structures for a project's capital stack combining senior and subordinated tranches into a single structure.
Aggregation facilities
Short-term warehousing of projects prior to long-term refinancing.

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