Financing the Future of Compost with Jorge Montezuma and Paula Luu

About this episode

The episode discusses financing options and investment readiness for compost facilities with industry experts.

Join me for Episode 11 of The Composter for a conversation on Financing the Future of Compost with Jorge Montezuma from the Compost Capital Network and Wanu Organics and Paula Luu, managing director of Biocycle. We cover practical steps to make your facility investment-ready and what lenders are really looking for. Let’s grow this industry together. Jorge Montezuma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlmontezuma/ Wanu Organics (👊) at https://wanuorganics.com/ compostbuilder.com (free planning tool for composters) Paula Luu (👊) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholuu/ The latest in BioCycle news and sign up for newsletter at biocycle.net USCC Compost Operations Training Course: https://compostfoundation.org/cotc/ USCC bank loan kit: https://www.compostingcouncil.org/page/compost-business-bankloankit Compost Capital Network: https://www.compostcapital.com/ BPI webinar: https://bpiworld.org/webinars Consider giving to the Cary Oshins Training Scholarship : https://compostfoundation.org/ways-to-give/ . Composting Consortium https://www.closedlooppartners.com/composting-consortium/ 10,000 Small Business School: https://10ksbapply.com/ Earth Care Farm on BioCycle…

People in this episode

Host: Jayne Merner

Guests: Jorge Montezuma, Paula Luu

Topics covered

• financing composting
• investment readiness
• compost industry growth
• lender requirements
• sustainable practices

Keywords

• compost financing
• investment
• composting industry
• lenders
• sustainability

Sponsors

Agrilab Technologies, Viably, Green Mountain Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compost Capital Network, Wanu Organics, Biocycle, USCC, Composting Consortium

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