About Us
Catalytic Impact Capital
We finance great Australian businesses, to commercialise and scale climate transition solutions, whilst delivering strong risk adjusted returns for our clients.
We are facilitating the climate transition through the deployment of debt capital to companies engaged in delivering it.
We focus exclusively on environmentally aligned finance:
- Energy Transition (inc micro mobility)
- Carbon Markets
- The Circular Economy
- Agri & Aqua Tech
We exclusively support Australian company’s, both domestically and internationally.
We tailor bespoke solutions to borrower requirements
We understand climate transition collateral and how to ascribe value to it.
What’s in a name?
Catalytic
Was born of the need for a boutique financier to fill the gap in the market, to act as a financial catalyst, and to accelerate the deployment of debt financing to Australian corporates at the forefront of climate transition.
Impact
We are exclusively an environmental impact boutique financier.
Capital
That’s what we deploy into Australian corporates driving the climate transition.
We have provided funding for everything from industrial zero carbon thermal heat systems, to solar systems (inc BESS) both fixed and portable, to carbon credits, to Australia’s leading e-bike subscription company, to refurbished commercial and consumer electronics and a lot more in between.
Paul Byrne
Chief Executive Officer
Catalytic Impact Capital
Paul has spent his career in financial services across Dublin, London, Stockholm, New York, and Sydney. His experience is predominantly in loans and debt capital markets, including serving as Group Treasurer for a number of global banks (investment, commercial, and consumer) and insurers (QBE and AIG).
Across his career, Paul has raised over US$100bn through public and private debt markets, across formats including Reg S, 144A, senior unsecured, Tier 2, AT1, contingent convertibles, certificates of deposit, ABS, and RMBS. A number of these transactions were world firsts, including:
- World’s first Green Bond for an insurer
- World’s first and only Gender Equality Bond, which was 24 times oversubscribed
- Australia’s first Green Bond from a non-bank lender
Paul has also structured and closed approximately US$30bn of syndicated loan transactions. He has restructured a number of businesses, raised approximately US$6bn of equity, and re-IPO’d an Irish bank. He has also sold EUR 20bn of residential mortgage loan books, a non-bank lender, and a private bank as part of a prolonged deleveraging and capital creation transaction.
Along the way, Paul has been a trusted advisor to a number of boards of public companies and the Irish Government.
Why Choose Catalytic Impact Capital?
Exclusively environmentally focused financing orientation
Bespoke, solution-driven structuring designed around real-world constraints
We lend where banks often do not, including non-standard collateral
Discretion and professionalism suited to founder-led businesses and sophisticated capital
Partners for the life of the loan and beyond, with a focus on your pathway to bank funding
Commercially disciplined with a focus on strong risk-adjusted returns
Some of our clients
Start a conversation with Catalytic Impact Capital
If you are a borrower seeking flexible funding to scale, we are always happy to talk.