Secure Solar Capital LLC, (the “Company”), a Virginia based limited liability company founded in 2017, is an operating company for its parent company, Secure Futures LLC, which has been operating since 2004. As an innovative market leader in the Virginia solar industry, Secure Futures and the Company develop affordable solar power solutions for non-tax paying entities. Secure Futures LLC is a Certified B Corp, meaning that doing good for our employees, our community, and our earth is part of our DNA. We are inviting individual and institutional investors to join the solar transformation. For the first time in Virginia’s history, we are implementing a solar investment crowdfunding campaign, giving investors the opportunity to join our Solar Bond™ program to help fund solar projects for a group of Virginia-based non-profits.
****************************Note: Please disregard the “Target” of $40,000. It’s really a minimum to get this crowdfund initiative rolling, in compliance with Securities Laws. Our goal for this initial portfolio of projects is to raise at least $468,000, and our aspiration is to raise $1 million. Thanks for helping us to meet our goals!
Current Fundraise Summary
Fundraise Summary
Security Type | Loan | |
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Minimum Investment | $1,000 | |
Interest Rate | 2.50% | |
Term | 66 months | |
Payment Frequency | Monthly | |
Loan Collateral | Unsecured | |
Seniority | Junior | |
Investor Eligibility | All Investors |
Security Type | Loan | |
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Minimum Investment | $1,000 | |
Interest Rate | 2.85% | |
Term | 99 months | |
Payment Frequency | Monthly | |
Loan Collateral | Unsecured | |
Seniority | Junior | |
Investor Eligibility | All Investors |
Offering Materials
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Financials
This is an overview of the previous and planned financings of the business, including the capital needs the business is looking to cover in the current financing.
Funding Uses for Target Raise ($40 k)
Description | Equipment for the first project |
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Timing | A one-time payment 1 month after investments close. |
Description | Labor for the buildout and installation of the first project |
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Timing | A one-time payment 1 month after investments close. |
Description | Soft costs such as engineering, loan origination costs, interconnection fees, permitting, developer fee, etc, for the first project |
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Timing | A one-time payment when investments close. |
Funding Uses for Max Raise ($1.1 mil)
In addition to target raise
Description | Equipment for additional projects |
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Timing | A one-time payment when investments close. |
Description | Labor for the buildout and installation of additional projects |
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Timing | A one-time payment when investments close. |
Description | Soft costs such as engineering, loan origination costs, interconnection fees, permitting, developer fee, etc, for additional projects |
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Timing | A one-time payment when investments close. |
Remaining funding uses include cash buffer and Localstake Marketplace fees. See offering materials for full details.
$2,167,048 from Other Financings
Source | Bank |
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Structure | Debt |
Date Closed | October 31, 2019 |
Source | Outside Investors |
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Structure | Equity |
Date Closed | October 31, 2019 |
Financial projections are subject to certain risks of the business and may not be achieved. Projections only contemplate projected cash flows, are unaudited and may not be formulated in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Consult the investment materials for more information on business specific risks and a discussion of the key risks that may impede the achievement of the revenue forecasts presented. There is no guarantee that an investment may achieve any level of return. Review our Risks of Investing before making an investment decision.
Pitch Deck
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Team
Anthony Smith
Tony brings over 30 years experience in energy efficiency, solar energy, and community economic development in Vermont, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He served as founding first chairman of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association; founding Executive Director of the Community Energy Development Corporation in Philadelphia; business consultant in creating the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (which later formed the first energy efficiency utility in the country); Commodity Trading Advisor in energy futures; National Program Leader for USDA in Community-Based Entrepreneurial Development; and founding Executive Director of the Staunton Creative Community Fund, Inc.
He serves as a board member of the Virginia Renewable Energy Association (VA-REA) and a founding member of the Virginia Distributed Solar Alliance. He earned his Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD from the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania.
Tony combines his passions for wind and solar by sailing in the Chesapeake and the Caribbean.

Margaret Davison
Maggie joined the Secure Future’s team in June 2015 as Administrative Officer. She manages the day-to-day operations, contract administration and human resources. She brings 25 years of experience in business administration, accounting, and human resources with telecommunications, highway construction, and retail businesses.
Maggie earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business and Organizational Development from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA. She received an MBA with non-profit specialization from Marylhurst University in Portland, OR.
Maggie makes it all happen in our office!

Christie Silverstein
Christie serves as the Impact Investment Fund Advisor for Secure Futures in our Richmond, VA office. Her passion for renewable energy and creating a sustainable future led her to join the company in December 2017. Christie’s interest in joining the Secure Futures team grew from her involvement with The Community Foundation of Richmond’s RVA Solar Fund, of which she is a founding member. The RVA Solar Fund is an innovative and collaborative effort to encourage solar energy growth in the Richmond region.
Before her work with Secure Futures, Christie served as the Regional Development Director for five centers with the YMCA of Middle Tennessee. During her years in Nashville, TN, she developed her passion for sustainability and healthy living and started her own business as a health & wellness and decluttering coach. Christie is a graduate of Wake Forest University.

Hugh Stoll
Hugh is a master electrician with more than 14 years experience in renewable energy generation (solar photovoltaic and hydroelectric facilities) as well as petroleum industry facilities, controls and automation. Hugh has designed, owned and/or managed several renewable power generation installations in Washington, Virginia and North Carolina. Hugh designed the plant automation system for the nations first variable speed permanent magnet hydroelectric generator – a DOE funded research project.
He brings further capacity in commercial and industrial scale demand side energy management as a designer and installer of energy efficient control systems. Hugh was the owner/operator of an electrical contracting firm in Washington state and now resides in Harrisonburg, Virginia in a home with a 11 kW solar photovoltaic system he designed and installed. He holds a BA from Eastern Mennonite University.
He avidly pursues sparkology and white water kayaking.

Andrew Yoder
Andrew serves as the Financial Technology (or “FinTech”) Manager for Secure Futures, managing the energy production of the installed solar systems, conducting technical and economic analysis for solar feasibility studies, and coordinating the operation and maintenance of installed solar systems. Andrew previously served as an intern with Secure Futures during his senior year of college. A native of Pennsylvania. Andrew graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2016 with a BA in Economics and Environmental Sustainability.
In his free time Andrew enjoys playing beach volleyball.

Ryan McAllister
Ryan joined Secure Futures in 2019 and serves as the Business Development Manager. Ryan’s responsibilities include coordinating outreach and managing relationships with Secure Futures’ customers. He brings over ten years’ experience in education, banking and renewable energy. Additionally, he spent two years serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania and Rwanda. Ryan holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from Penn State University and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of London SOAS.

Erik Curren
Erik oversees outreach for Secure Futures in marketing and communications. And, with CEO Tony Smith, Erik manages the company’s government relations and regulatory affairs.
Erik brings 25 years experience in corporate communications, including a stint at Los Angeles and San Francisco offices of Hill and Knowlton, the world’s oldest and largest public relations agency. Since 2009, Erik has run the Curren Media Group, a marketing agency focused on the solar power industry. He has published two books about solar power: The Solar Sales Leap in 2016, the first guide to online marketing for solar energy companies, and then, in 2018, The Solar Patriot: A Citizen’s Guide to Helping America Win Clean Energy Independence.
Erik also draws from his experience as a local elected official — since 2012 he has served as a city councilman in Staunton, VA — to support the company’s public policy outreach.

Sam Stoner
Sam has been part of the Secure Futures team since 2016. He manages an array of marketing programs including sales collateral, company website, videos, photography and illustrations. Sam became a FAA-certified drone pilot in 2018. Sam’s interest in conservation grew out of his experiences at Eastern Mennonite University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Sustainability in 2016.

Eric Hurlocker
Eric is a principal at GreeneHurlocker, PLC in Richmond, where he has practiced since July 2012. With over twenty years of experience in practicing and advising clients in the areas of energy law, commercial transactions and general corporate work, Eric brings a legal perspective to Secure Futures, LLC.
Eric works closely with renewable energy development companies and has appeared on behalf of clients before the Virginia State Corporation Commission. He is a former partner in the Richmond, Virginia offices of Williams Mullen and former senior in-house corporate and energy attorney at PPL Corporation in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and at Virginia Power in Richmond, Virginia.

Matt Ferguson
Matt Ferguson is an investor, attorney and strategic research and management consultant. He invests in clean infrastructure companies and assets. He represents organizations in securing financing agreements in his law practice. His research and consulting is on operating and governance structures that are optimally capitalized and function as intended.
Prior to Matt’s present activity he was Counsel at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (KTS) advising clients on the tax aspects of transactions and business activities in the energy innovation, infrastructure and creative sectors. Before KTS, he was the Founder of the Renewable Energy Practice at CohnReznick and served as the firms National Practice Leader. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and the Solar Electric Industry Association (SEIA). He continues to be active in the broad spectrum of the developing and evolving clean energy economy.

Cal Redekop
Cal brings a lifetime of academic and business leadership experience, including positions as a professor, dean and vice president at numerous American and Canadian colleges and universities, and the successful development of farm equipment and solar companies. Growing up in Montana during the Dust Bowl (1930-1937) instilled in Cal a deep appreciation of the power of nature and faith, addressed in his (2000) publication of Creation and the Environment: An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies) and Enchantment and Despair: Montana Childhood Stories, 1925 – 1937.

Brown Edwards
Brown, Edwards & Company is a regional accounting and business consulting firm formed in 1967 through the merger of the accounting firms of Fred P. Edwards Company and C. A. Brown & Company, whose histories date back to the 1920’s. Today, the firm has 24 partners, 18 directors, and over 170 associates, with offices located throughout Western Virginia and West Virginia. Each of their service areas offers complete accounting, assurance, tax, and management advisory services to clients. Brown, Edwards, & Company provides information technology consulting, business valuation services, and an array of consulting and business support services.

Greene Hurlocker
GreeneHurlocker, PLC, located in Richmond, Virginia, was founded in 2012 by Brian R. Greene and Eric W. Hurlocker, who together have nearly 40 years of experience practicing law. The firm provides a broad range of litigation, energy law, administrative/regulatory law, and corporate services. The firm represents clients before state and local agencies, state commissions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and state and federal courts in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and around the United States.

City National Bank
City National Bank is a company built on rich tradition. For over 125 years, City National Bank has provided quality financial services to the communities we serve.

Virginia Community Capital
Virginia Community Capital is a Certified B Corporation with a mission to support housing and community development ventures, increase jobs, and build sustainable communities by offering flexible financial products and advisory services.

Park View Federal Credit Union
Park View Federal Credit Union partners with its members, as owners, to achieve and maintain financial stability throughout life stages by providing excellent personalized service, sound financial products and innovative solution. Park View Federal Credit Union is a thriving, member-centered financial cooperative empowering individuals, businesses and partner organizations to cultivate financial stability and growth.

McMackin CPA
Providing businesses with the expertise and knowledge to advise in the use of accounting, tax preparation, year-end payroll, monthly bookkeeping and software products such as QuickBooks. Kris has extensive training and experience in technology and accounting, putting a powerful tool at your disposal.

M&T Bank
The Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (M&T) is the seventeenth largest commercial bank holding company in the United States. Based in Buffalo New York, M&T has been in operation since 1856. M&T Bank serves as the key investor in Secure Futures’ 205 kW project at the University of Richmond.
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