Connecting capital with energy and water solutions

The economy’s inefficient use of energy and water is exacerbating resource scarcity, increasing geopolitical risk and limiting growth. Trillions of dollars will be invested each year in solutions. Capital abounds, but smaller firms can struggle to access it efficiently. Viridis Advisors addresses these challenges by harnessing deep industry insights and relationships to advise firms and connect them with investors.

Who we serve

Providers of capital

We use robust analysis to help credit and equity investors understand industries and pinpoint companies that are reshaping them. Our process identifies high-potential opportunities often overlooked in traditional banking channels.

Consumers of capital

We raise the visibility of energy- and water-oriented firms, helping them gain the attention they deserve. We partner with these firms to enhance and articulate their value propositions and connect them with experienced investors.

We use fundamentally driven insights to deliver opportunities for clients

Build differentiated investment views in energy and water

  • In each industry, track technologies we expect to benefit most from secular growth trends
  • Evaluate how each may affect growth, risk and value across sub-industries
  • Determine priority subsectors and firms for investor clients

Find well positioned firms that need capital

  • Engage through extensive network of relationships
  • Evaluate firms’ competitive positions and funding needs
  • Maintain proprietary, extensively populated database with >2,000 firms that provide energy and water solutions

Introduce investor clients to target firms

  • Partner with investor clients to agree target industries and firms
  • Tap Viridis’ extensive network of relationships
  • Conduct additional research as necessary to optimize firm engagement

About Viridis Advisors

Tom Lyons, Founder and Principal of Viridis Advisors, has unique expertise in energy and water capital markets and has created successful investment strategies in credit, equity, and commodities. Tom has advised Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and Principles for Responsible Investment. Earlier in his career, he led top-ranked investment research teams focused on European energy and utility firms as the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme was disrupting markets. Tom has worked with Allspring Global Investments, UBS, and Louis Dreyfus. He holds a BA in History from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Viridis story

Viridis is Latin for “green,” but it symbolizes much more—growth, transformation, and renewal. These ideas are at the core of what Viridis Advisors strives for: innovative and efficient resource solutions that drive growth and create value. The name also conjures the phrase virtus semper viridis, interpreted to mean virtue is ever-renewing—like the solutions we pursue.

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