#13 Oliver Beavers - Playbook To Unlock Trillions For Next-Gen Infrastructure

20/04/2025 50 min Temporada 1 Episodio 13

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Jordan Wolfe has a conversation with Oliver Beavers, founder of Phosphor, to explore the complex world of project finance and next-gen infrastructure development.Oliver shares insights on the challenges of project financing for next-gen infrastructure and why the true bottleneck isn't capital—it’s the ability to organize large amounts of information and communicate projects properly to investors. He breaks down what he is working on at Phosphor to help solve the information problem in infrastructure and vision for standardizing the project finance industry.Follow Oliver on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverbeavers/ Follow Oliver on X - https://x.com/oliverbeavers Follow Jordan on X - https://x.com/jrwolfe Resources:For more information on Phosphor: https://phosphor.co/Last book Oliver Read: Alchemy of AirChapters:00:00 Introduction01:20 Understanding Infrastructure As An Asset Class05:02 Breaking Down the Key Players In Project Finance08:45 Financing Structures In Infrastructure11:10 Project Finance vs. Real Estate: Key Differences12:49 Disconnect Between Capital And Projects14:41 The $10 Trillion Infrastructure Opportunity15:55 Why Capital Isn’t The Problem20:23 Navigating First-of-a-Kind Project Financing22:23 How to Pitch Infrastructure Projects to Investors28:09 What Oliver Is Building At Phosphor31:36 Lessons from Financial History: Reduce Information Costs And Markets Explode36:31 Why The Financial Model Is The Source Of Truth In Infrastructure38:52 Phosphor's Vision: Standardize Project Financing For Next-Gen Infrastructure41:49 Future of Project Financing & Standardization49:34 Where to Find Oliver & Phosphor📢 Subscribe to learn more about how people are using technology to enable a decentralized real economy!📰 Join our newsletter: https://goingdirect.beehiiv.com

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