Potential Hurdles

Finance-related

As many start-ups, Upcycled Aromatics will require a significant amount of cash investment in its initial phase. In order to diminish this requirement, in addition to the traditional means of financing (angels, VC's, etc.), we will approach our feed suppliers (paper recycling plants) with an innovative plan: Front end payment for the installation of our technology for 3 years at a cost lower than the equivalent cost of their waste removal (estimated at $3000 per day for our first partner). This will allow us to secure capital early on in the development of the company. This will help us face the challenge of securing funding without excessively diluting our ownership of the company.

For the early investment, it is a well known generality that new investors will evaluate a company's worth as much lower than the worth perceived by pre-existing investors. As a consequence, these pre-existing investors feel they are giving away too large a share of the company in exchange for the cash investment. In order to avoid this scenario, we are exploring a variety non-diluting funding options: