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RNS Number : 6891V Stankevicius Pacific Limited 17 August 2025
SPONSOR (SCOP) Taps Stankevicius for $25B IR Push
Global cooperative secures strategic partnership to drive large-scale climate
investment and expand multi-billion-dollar pipeline.
SPONSOR (SCOP), a global cooperative uniting the climate finance industry,
today announced a strategic partnership with Stankevicius Group to mobilize
large-scale investment into SPONSOR's pipeline, which exceeds USD25 billion in
climate and sustainability initiatives worldwide.
Since its incorporation in February, SPONSOR has swiftly established its
leadership in climate finance. The cooperative has:
- Executed contracts with dozens of renewable energy companies and
developers of climate mitigation projects.
- Signed its first sovereign contract to unlock USD200 billion of climate
projects and achieve the country's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)
targets.
- Engaged with multiple national governments to support their climate
targets.
- Advising a central bank on structuring a green bond issuance under the
Climate Bonds Initiative framework.
- Joined the Alliance for Industrial Decarbonization , a coalition of
industry leaders driving large-scale decarbonization.
- Been named one of the Top 10 innovative startups worldwide in the
Catapult: Green Fintech program , hosted by LHoFT and Luxembourg's Ministry of
Finance.
"SPONSOR was created to rapidly scale climate finance and unite the USD 2
trillion p.a. industry, making climate finance faster, more transparent, and
collaborative," said Michael Grimm, CEO of SPONSOR. "This partnership with
Stankevicius Group is a critical step in mobilizing capital globally at the
scale required to meet climate targets. With our partners, we are empowering
the industry; the USD25B+ pipeline is just the beginning."
Platform Benefits
SPONSOR's AI-enabled platform delivers:
- Scale Without Limits - From local projects to national programs, SPONSOR
enables developers and governments to achieve climate targets.
- AI-Powered Intelligence- Leverage lessons learned from hundreds of
precedent deals and expert insights to help projects avoid costly pitfalls and
reach financial close faster.
- Seamless Collaboration- Secure data rooms and structured workflows align
stakeholders.
- Trusted Marketplace- All users pass KYC checks, deal in confidence and
trust.
Strategic Engagement
Through this partnership, Stankevicius Group-specialists in media and investor
relations-will:
- Facilitate capital raise efforts for SPONSOR's USD25B+ portfolio
- Run targeted PR campaigns
- Open global investor markets
Stankevicius Group will apply its expertise in global media, investor
relations and capital raising to introduce institutional and private investors
to SPONSOR's climate portfolio. Since 2016, the firm has successfully raised
USD3.3 billion for clients and plans to engage in multibillion-dollar
investment deals between 2025-2030, including a USD10 billion subsurface
innovation project with FIRST EXPLORATION.
"SPONSOR represents a bold new model in climate finance," said Paulius
Stankevicius, CEO of Stankevicius Group. "Our role is to ensure the world's
leading investors recognize the scale, credibility, and opportunity in
SPONSOR's pipeline. This is about financing the future of our planet."
About S.P.O.N.S.O.R. (SCOP)
SPONSOR is a global cooperative incorporated in Luxembourg uniting the climate
finance industry. All customers are member-owners, collaborating through
high-impact action to address the climate crisis. In addition to its
AI-enabled platform, SPONSOR offers advisory services to governments and
utilities to advance Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and to
project developers and sponsors to help climate mitigation projects reach
financial close, faster. Built by project finance experts and software
engineers, the SPONSOR platform shortens the process of origination to
financial close - unlocking capital, reducing risk, and enhancing
collaboration across stakeholders.
SPONSOR's mission is to empower its members to scale the climate mitigation
industry from USD2 trillion to USD5.5 trillion annually, the level required to
avert the worst effects of the climate crisis.
Media Contacts
SPONSOR (SCOP) - Stacy Charles, Chief Marketing Officer - stacy@sponsorgo.com
(mailto:stacy@sponsorgo.com)
Stankevicius Group - business@stankeviciusinternational.com
(mailto:business@stankeviciusinternational.com)
Website: https://www.sponsorgo.com (https://www.sponsorgo.com)
Platform: https://app.sponsorgo.com (https://app.sponsorgo.com)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sponsorclimate/
(https://www.linkedin.com/company/sponsorclimate/)
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