As a first step when seeking financing from Trine, the borrower sends us a brief presentation of the company. We have a first digital meeting with the company to establish if they pass our screening criteria;

Trine ensures we have received a full data room containing an overview of the business and the below critical information;

Pre-IC

An initial assessment of the borrower is put in place and presented to the investment team at Trine. The following aspects are critical to this early assessment:

Due diligence

Trine is conducting a desk review of the borrower as well as a visit to their office and their installations to confirm the desktop review. The desk review consists of reviewing the financial models, financial reports and other key documents related to the business and the transaction. Typically Trine spends 2-3 days with the borrower to cover the main functions of the business as well as interacting with key employees, customers and suppliers. Guiding us through this process is our risk assessment tool that looks at some critical risk categories, for more information see this article.

Step 5: Investment Committee

The information gathered in the above steps are summarized in an investment document presented to an internal investment committee at Trine. The investment committee looks at the residual risk towards investors, the proposed structure as well as if the transaction is in line with our investment policy. If a positive decision is taken, the Investment team prepares the investment contracts and security documents together with lawyers. Once all agreements are in place an investment will be available on the homepage