Financial Services

Westar Trade Resources specializes in “layering” multiple financing sources in order to achieve successful commercialization. We possess expertise in identifying and securing all sources of public & private financing available for a multitude of projects, including:

• Bank loans
• Government guaranteed loans
• Grants
• Venture capital
• Tax credits
• Special tax exempt bond programs
• Government direct loans
• Congressional earmarks and other government programs
• State programs
• Federal procurement programs that can be accessed
• International trade funding programs

"Organic Fuels Holdings Inc., a renewable fuels producer headquartered in Houston, TX, retained Westar to prepare applications for grants and loan guarantees for a complex and innovative project to convert biomass to ethanol and power. The applications needed to be prepared at short notice against tight deadlines, and the complexity of the project meant that many different parties were involved in compiling the applications. Westar Trade Resources did a superb job in defining what needed to be done, managing the tasks and creating valuable documents such as business plans in the specific formats required for the applications. The specialized knowledge and insights into the complex world of large grant applications provided by Westar was very valuable, as was the sheer hard work under pressure."

Thomas Gieskes, Vice President, Business Development
Organic Fuels Holdings, Inc.