Litchfield Holdings is a clean technology investor and venture accelerator that provides specialized financial support to clean technology entrepreneurs, investors, states and municipalities.   The firm’s objective is to realize substantial capital gains through control investments in clean technology companies.  Litchfield Holdings invests in companies where it can work in partnership with senior management to identify growth opportunities and implement fundamental operating and strategic changes, resulting in substantial increases in revenue and cash flow.  The firm’s use of moderate amounts of debt financing in developing or acquiring companies affords the financial flexibility necessary to attain these corporate objectives.

Litchfield Holdings offers entrepreneurs the investment resources with the hands-on company-building skills of a cleantech incubator, including access to capital, strategic guidance and operational infrastructure necessary to transform innovative ideas into profitable companies.

LH’s underwriting criteria, is built around the following questions:

1. Will the product/company/technology improve the condition of the planet and the people on it?
2. Is the product/company/technology disruptive, entering mature markets, competing against inferior legacy products, globally scalable, flexible (i.e numerous applications across multiple core markets) and highly profitable (i.e. significant gross margins)?
3. Does the product/company/technology have durable (sustainable) competitive advantage (i.e intellectual property protection, trade secrets or other competitive leverage)?
4. Is the intended market(s) ready (i.e. acceptance/absorption) for the product/company/technology and is the product commercialization effort congruent with underlying turtle trends?