RCS - Stankevicius Pacific - SPONSOR (SCOP) Taps Stankevicius for $25B IR Push
18/08/2025 07:00
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 Stankevicius Group - business@stankeviciusinternational.com Website: https://www.sponsorgo.com Platform: https://app.sponsorgo.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sponsorclimate/ This press release is distributed by Stankevicius Pacific Limited. This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com. RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. 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