The private exchange will feature five companies in the next two months and twenty companies in an year’s time. The first company to be listed in the exchange will be Carbon Credited Farming Plc, a British producer of jatropha-based biofuels. Green technology start-ups got a major boost yesterday with the launch of GREENDAQ.
GREENDAQ will debut what it calls "new classes of commodities", including green oil, green energy, green carbon, and green lumber. The minimum investment for equity offerings will be $100,000. GREENDAQ hopes to have 10,000 investors registered for the exchange by the end of its first year.
GREENDAQ is just the latest in a series of boosts for clean technology start-ups. President Obama recently announced plans to invest $150 billion in green energy projects to create 5 million new 'Green Collar' jobs. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), meanwhile, has called for a Green New Deal, and proposed a $750 billion initiative to revive the world economy by investing in Green globally.
The uniqueness of GREENDAQ lies in providing start-ups an opportunity get funding without asking for government hand-outs. Investors who might otherwise be wary of investing in certain companies can trade shares on the GREENDAQ, allowing for liquidity. In other words, the GREENDAQ gives promising, below-the-radar companies their chance in the sun. Sounds like an encouraging development for an industry that is expected to grow 4000% by 2030. According to a report by Morgan Stanley, Green Energy will be a US$ 1 Trillion market by 2030, up nearly 4,000% from today.
"GREENDAQ was created to provide a missing mechanism in the marketplace. Our goal is to fund compelling -- and qualified - innovative Green Companies while providing qualified investors' access to the first global green centric exchange, including creating new classes of Green commodities," said Andrew McLean, CEO and Founder of GREENDAQ.
The Green Commodities in Greendaq
Green Oil Investment Units
The GOIU is based on a fixed area of biomass producing green oil dated to the time of planting. Both capital appreciation curves and revenue predictions are available as a guideline for these units. The market will set the capital appreciation value that is ultimately related to energy and oil demand. These units are also designed to allow liquidity for institutional portfolios as well as retail.
GLU or Green Lumber Units
These units represent an area of lumber, species specific, within a managed and audited environment. These commodity units provide an asset-backed opportunity with considerable end of term revenues.
Greendaq carbon units
GREENDA's own carbon credits. GREENDAQ has the exclusive right to market significant quantities of carbon credits with a variety of certifications.
Green Energy Investment Units
These represent a unit of Green Energy production, be it Bio-diesel, Solar, Wind, or other alternatives. They should be considered as unit trust style investments with likely little capital appreciation but with revenues attached to them.
"A historic shift in public awareness and concern over environmental issues coupled with a spiraling economic meltdown has set the stage for the marketplace to provide solutions rather than afford more debate," said Andrew McLean. "Frankly, the cost to the global economy is too great for us not to act promptly." (Courtesy: PRWeb)
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