{"id":95445,"date":"2021-07-28T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T03:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/truegreen-secures-110m-in-new-funding-to-advance-nexport-mobility-group-to-deliver-electric-vehicle-advanced-manufacturing-for-nsw\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T03:33:00","slug":"truegreen-secures-110m-in-new-funding-to-advance-nexport-mobility-group-to-deliver-electric-vehicle-advanced-manufacturing-for-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/truegreen-secures-110m-in-new-funding-to-advance-nexport-mobility-group-to-deliver-electric-vehicle-advanced-manufacturing-for-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"TrueGreen secures $110m in new funding to advance Nexport Mobility Group to deliver electric vehicle advanced manufacturing for NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 28, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ESG accelerator and active impact investor&#160;TrueGreen Impact Group (&#034;TrueGreen&#034;), has secured <span class=\"xn-money\">$110m<\/span> in new funding for its transport and technology group, Nexport Mobility Group (&#034;Nexport&#034;).<\/p>\n<p>Tor Investment Management, a private alternative asset manager focused on <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia-Pacific<\/span> markets with over <span class=\"xn-money\">US$2Bn<\/span> in assets under management has provided the new funding line. Burnvoir Corporate Finance Limited was the financial advisor to the raise. <\/p>\n<p>The funds will be used as growth capital for the Nexport Group who are currently leading the clean mobility-tech evolution across <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>. This includes boosted funding to support the NSW government with their transition to an electric bus fleet and to introduce a wide range of mobility product offerings to the corporate and consumer markets. <\/p>\n<p>The funding injection also supports the renaissance of clean-tech manufacturing in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> with Nexport to establish a large-scale production facility at a 94-hectare <span id=\"spanHghlt502c\">eco-hub <\/span>in the Southern Highlands region of Moss Vale, which is being developed by the TrueGreen Group. The locally produced electric vehicles (&#034;EV&#034;) will be developed in conjunction with specialised EV automotive group BYD Auto Co., Ltd., of which <span class=\"xn-person\">Warren Buffett&#8217;s<\/span> Berkshire Hathaway owns 8.2%. <\/p>\n<p>The funding significantly bolsters the group&#8217;s balance sheet and provides a clear runway to a potential IPO in early 2022. It marks TrueGreen&#8217;s push to bring manufacturing back to <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and Southern Highlands region. It also highlights the ongoing demand from government organisations and other large corporate groups for sustainable alternatives, as <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> urges closer to net zero emissions. <\/p>\n<p>Nexport received considerable demand from a range of international investment groups, which well exceeded the <span class=\"xn-money\">$110m<\/span> need. <\/p>\n<p>This funding follows the completion of a successful capital raise in <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 2021<\/span>, when Nexport secured <span class=\"xn-money\">$20m<\/span> from the St Baker Energy Innovation Fund. <\/p>\n<p><b>Executive Director of Mobility, <span class=\"xn-person\">Luke Todd<\/span> said: <\/b><i>&#034;To have secured this funding is a major coup for Nexport. It exceeded the total amount we were initially seeking and comes from a major international fund, highlighting the broad reach and potential applicability of our vehicles<span id=\"spanHghlte5bb\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span id=\"spanHghlte189\">The<\/span> group now has the necessary financial flexibility to progress a number of opportunities and bring advanced manufacturing back to <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> and transform EV adoption from aspirational to mainstream.&#034;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>TrueGreen is assessing a number of other avenues to fund and further scale up its broader operations. The group is currently seeking funding for other verticals and pleasingly, is experiencing a similar level of interest. The group continues to generate very strong interest across its portfolio and a number of developments are expected to materialise in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p><b>About TrueGreen Impact Group <\/b><\/p>\n<p>TrueGreen is an ESG Accelerator; an active impact investor focused on projects and businesses that generate positive environmental and social benefit whilst generating above market economic returns. It invests and operates in the following areas: Zero Emission Transport, Green Building Manufacturing, Indigenous industry and participation, renewables and remediation.<\/p>\n<p><b>About <\/b><b>Nexport<\/b><b>&#160;Mobility<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nexport Mobility is majority owned by TrueGreen Impact Group. It is comprised of the following zero emissions transport companies: Nexport Pty Ltd, Gemilang Australia Pty Ltd, EVDIRECT, Etaxico, Go-Zero, Foton Mobility. <\/p>\n<p>Nexport and Gemilang are on the NSW government panel for the supply of Electric Vehicle Buses to replace the NSW Transport 8,000 diesel bus fleet. <b>&#160;&#160;<\/b>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, July 28, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; ESG accelerator and active impact investor&#160;TrueGreen Impact Group (&#034;TrueGreen&#034;), has secured $110m in new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}