About us
Determined dealmaking, based on quality relationships.
Who we are
Emanate Capital is a boutique corporate and structured finance advisory firm, specialising in sustainability and the energy transition.
We provide our clients with independent structured and corporate finance advice, covering debt and equity, buy side and sell side, for public and private companies, joint ventures and projects. We provide support at any point in the journey from start-up and growth, through M&A, to recapitalisation and exit.
Launched in 2020, Emanate Capital draws on over 40 years of successful experience in renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and real asset investments. This gives us a profound understanding of the needs and requirements of those requiring funding, and those seeking investments.
We connect innovative and exciting projects and assets with committed debt and equity investors.
This enables all parties to play a role in addressing the clean energy funding requirement leading to net zero – which the IEA estimates to be around US$4 trillion annually.
What makes us different
Technical understanding and resources
We have a strong technical understanding of your business or project, and the financing and structural alternatives available to deliver it, while always considering your long-term growth, funding and exit requirements.
Dynamic and bespoke solutions
With a willingness and ability to find bespoke solutions, we draw on experience across infrastructure, energy and real assets. Not constrained by traditional deal structuring or siloed approach, no potential solution is left untested.
Long founded quality relationships
Quality relationships with most major and niche investors, with the shrewdness and guile to focus on those most suited to any transaction, offering the greatest likelihood of success.
A strong track record and determination
A determination to get the deal done, based on a clear alignment of interests, that ensures clients reap benefits efficiently and effectively.
Our founder - David Kemp
David Kemp is Founder and Principal of Emanate Capital - a business he launched in 2020 to play a material and long-term role in the energy transition.
He has more than 20 years of experience across structured finance, institutional investment, banking and accountancy – most of it with a sustainability bias. This experience allows David to understand each client’s business and business needs.
David is a CFA Charterholder and a member of Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), Australia. He is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK to hold controlled function (CF) 1 (director function) and CF30 (customer dealing function).
David’s specific areas of expertise are:
- TRANSACTION DELIVERY: expert in sourcing capital, structuring and execution, with a strong record of identifying future investment themes and opportunities.
- CROSS-SECTOR EXPERTISE: spanning utilities, energy, transport and PFI / PPP, with particular expertise in the renewable energy space, having originated, structured, executed and monitored landmark deals.
- STRUCTURED FINANCE: deep understanding of structured finance, including capital structures and tax considerations, having worked extensively with capital providers ranging from global banks to one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors.
David is able to draw on a wide range of expert consultants, in financial modelling, tax, legal, insurance, power markets and engineering, when necessary, to ensure that clients receive the most appropriate support.
Consultant – Peter Kleintunte
Peter’s experience spans more than two decades.
Starting in project finance syndications with the merchant bank MeesPierson, he then branched into syndicated loans, debt capital markets, corporate finance advisory and mezzanine investment management roles with Fortis Bank Nederland and ABN AMRO. Most recently, he worked with sustainable finance provider ASN Bank, where he delivered renewable energy deal flow in excess of €750m.
Peter speaks Dutch, English and basic French and German.
Peter’s specific areas of expertise are:
- SUSTAINABLE FINANCE: an extensive network of financiers allows him to draw upon diverse pockets of capital and translate client’s needs into investable and bankable solutions, particularly for midcap and high growth renewable energy companies.
- CROSS-SECTOR EXPERTISE: breadth of experience across energy, transport, and PPP, with a particular focus on renewable energy, having originated, structured and executed transactions across Europe.
- STRUCTURED FINANCE: particular focus on corporate, structured and cash flow driven finance provided by banks, investment boutiques, infrastructure investors and asset leasing companies.
