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Certified Pending B CorporationA public benefit corporation and pending B corp seeking to acquire a business addressing global challenges identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our focus includes water, food & ag, renewable energy, environmental resource management and supporting technologies. Listed on Nasdaq (SDAC)

Investment strategy

SDAC will look to invest in companies aligned with specific target sectors. Our target company group is differentiated from other sustainability and impact-focused SPACs and leverages our decades of collective investment and operational experience.

Water

Water Management, Irrigation and Conservation Technologies

IOT / Sensors

Testing & Monitoring / Analytics

Filtration & Treatment

Disaster Relief

Food & Agriculture

Precision Agriculture Technologies

Branded Produce

Covered Agriculture

Marketplace & Platforms

Proprietary Genetics

Renewable Energy

Grid Energy Storage & Services

Integration & Demand Management Technologies

Alternative Fuels / Hydrogen / Biofuels

Energy Efficiency

Environmental Resources Management

Recycling Infrastructure & Technology

Waste Management & Services

Sustainable Packaging

Remediation

About Us

Shape

A Pending B Corp that seeks to acquire a business that is addressing the global challenges identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Renewable Resources Group and its affiliate, RRG Capital Management (collectively, “RRG”), strive to identify underutilized assets and to optimize them for water, agriculture, land, renewable energy, and conservation values. RRG has always focused on generating environmental and social benefits as well as financial returns, and on addressing environmental, labor, and natural resource challenges.

Capricorn Investment Group pursues extraordinary investment results by leveraging market forces to scale solutions to global problems. Capricorn focuses on investments in sustainable infrastructure, transportation, aerospace, energy, agriculture, environmental monitoring, data analysis and more.

 

SDAC was formed as a partnership between RRG Global Partners Fund, a private fund affiliated with Renewable Resources Group, a B Corp, and Sustainable Investors Fund, a private fund affiliated with Capricorn Investment Group, a certified B Corp. Both firms focus on market opportunities to create financial value, generate environmental and social benefits, address environmental, labor, or natural resource challenges and leverage our expertise, experience, and existing portfolios.

  • Combined Global Footprint international platforms, with 80+ investment professionals covering North and South America, Europe and Asia

  • Extensive network of Sustainability focused investors through groups like CREO (founding members), Ceres (board member), and B Corp
SDAC Network

Investment Criteria

Operational alignment with SDGs and B Corp Principles

Defensible Market Position

Strong Management Team

Growth Profile

Attractive Valuation and Financial Profile

Benefits from Being Public

Sourced Through Proprietary Channels

Benefits from RRG's and Capricorn’s experience and platforms

Nicole Neeman Brady

Nicole Neeman Brady

CEO and Director

  • Principal and Investment Committee Member of RRG
  • Former President of Edison Water Resources and former manager of So. Cal. Edison’s $5 billion renewable energy procurement business

 

Eric Teche;

Eric Techel

CFO

  • Partner and CFO of Capricorn Investment Group
  • Former Senior Manager with Deloitte in the Special Acquisition Services Group, focusing on potential acquisitions of KKR

 

William Orum

William Orum

Operating Partner

  • Partner and Investment Committee Member of Capricorn Investment Group
  • Former investment banker with Merrill Lynch in their global industries group focused on corporate finance and M&A advisory for technology clients

 

Jason Scott

Jason Scott

Operating Partner

  • Principal at RRG, with deep experience in impact investing across food, water, agriculture and renewables
  • Co-Chair of CREO Family Office Syndicate, and Founding Director of Generation Investment Management

 

Anthony Abbenante

Anthony Abbenante

Operating Partner

  • Principal at RRG, with extensive experience in M&A in worldwide markets
  • Former President of Ivanhoe, executive in companies spanning agriculture, water and other natural resources, high tech, manufacturing, and renewable energy

 

Robert Schultz

Robert Schultz

Chairman

  • Partner at Capricorn Investment Group
  • Co-founder of Greentech Capital Partners, an investment bank and asset management firm focused on sustainability and impact

 

Annette Rodriguez

Annette Rodriguez

Director

Compensation Committee Member
Audit Committee Member

  • Founder and Managing Partner of MKH Capital Partners
  • Board Member of Clean Streak Ventures, and Former Managing Director at Warburg Pincus

 

Kathleen Brown

Kathleen Brown

Director

Compensation Committee Member
Audit Committee Member

  • Partner at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips
  • Former California State Treasurer who participated in over $4 billion of water and power financings
  • Board director of Meridian Infrastructure and the publicly listed Sempra Energy, Stifel Investment Bank and FivePoint Holdings

 

Andrew Kassoy

Andrew Kassoy

Director

Compensation Committee Member
Audit Committee Member

  • Co-founder of B Lab, which created the B Corp standard
  • Board Member of Echoing Green, and member of both the U.S. working group of the G8 Social Impact Investing Task Force and Forbes Impact 30 list of leading social entrepreneurs