Investing in the new energy economy

Investing where power, infrastructure, and compute converge.

Caldura Capital creates and manages single project funds for power constrained, pre-FID new energy economy opportunities, where early, disciplined capital converts development complexity into institutional financeability.

Why now

Power scarcity is the binding constraint on AI, reindustrialization and low carbon fuels.

$3.4T

Expected global energy investment in 2026

2x

Clean energy investment now runs at almost twice the level of fossil fuel investment

~945 TWh

Projected global data center electricity demand by 2030

Source: IEA World Energy Investment 2026, IEA Energy and AI. Figures approximate.

The capital gap

Most infrastructure capital wants financeable assets. Caldura is designed for the value creation zone before that point.

Caldura zone

Selectively finance measurable de-risking

Capital availability

Institutional infrastructure capital enters after risk is visibly reduced

Concept

Pre FID

FID

Construction

Operating asset

Investment thesis

Capture the value created between project concept and institutional financeability, before that value becomes obvious to conventional capital.

Mandate

Energy, digital infrastructure and industrial growth.

Energy

Generation, storage, grid, renewable fuels, geothermal, and solar.

Digital

Data centers, AI compute, power first siting, connectivity, cooling and load solutions.

Industrial

Reindustrialization, process infrastructure, biomass and gasification, low carbon fuels, manufacturing load.

Near term focus: data center enablement, geothermal, and biomass and gasification. All opportunities remain subject to diligence and Investment Committee approval, and no assurance can be given that any transaction will be completed.

Investment approach

Find asymmetry, kill bad projects early, isolate risk, and drive milestones.

Every opportunity is underwritten as if it were the firm's only transaction.

  1. 01

    Source

    Proprietary origination and referrals from partner entities with a preference for early, non-auctioned, under institutionalized opportunities.

  2. 02

    Underwrite

    Independent, principal led diligence across technical, commercial, financial, legal and regulatory workstreams. No capital until the project survives defined diligence thresholds and Investment Committee approval.

  3. 03

    Structure

    Each transaction in its own single project fund, with milestone-based deployment and asset specific governance.

  4. 04

    Manage and realize

    Active milestone oversight, escalation on delay or scope drift, and disciplined exit or refinancing as the asset becomes institutional.

Principal led sourcing

Proprietary origination through active market analysis across energy, digital infrastructure and industrial load. Preference for early, non auctioned, under institutionalized opportunities.

Third party referral network

Developers, sponsors, advisers and strategic counterparties across the firm’s markets, led by the relationship with Actual Systems Inc. covering certain Actual Systems opportunities.

The gate

Caldura independent underwriting and Investment Committee approval

No automatic capital. Every opportunity must survive principal led diligence, defined gating and Investment Committee approval.

Single project fund

Qualified investors elect deal by deal

Caldura AI technical services

AI enabled screening for failure modes, sensitivity cases, document risk extraction and milestone monitoring across the entire process.

Earlier access only creates an advantage when paired with independent underwriting and the discipline to reject weak projects.

Single project funds

No blind pool. No forced exposure. Pick the asset, see the risk, fund the milestones.

Each fund is organized around one transaction. Investors elect into each opportunity on its own merits, through definitive fund documents. Capital is called against development milestones, and there is no obligation to participate in any subsequent transaction.

Qualified investors

Caldura Capital, LLC

Manager of each fund

Single project fund I

Project asset

Single project fund II

Project asset

Single project fund III

Project asset

Team

Principals

Stephen Hickman

Principal, Co-Founder

Leads project origination and capital raising. More than 30 years in energy platforms and capital formation across AIA, HSBC, Old Mutual, and Swiss Life. Development experience with ChemOne Group, including the Pengerang Energy Complex (previous Chairman).

Jeremy L. Hill

Principal, Co-Founder

Leads fund structuring, capital raising, and investor relationships. More than 25 years in fund management and capital markets across TF Markets, Societe Generale, Levy Harkins, and Alliance Bernstein.

Bharat Krish

Principal, Co-Founder

Leads technology strategy, AI enabled diligence architecture, and data infrastructure. More than 25 years in enterprise technology: President Digital and CTO of TIME, CPO of Newsweek, and CIO of HBO Latin America. Chief AI Transformation Officer at Zazmic.

Advisory Board

Marko Bogoievski

Former CEO of Infratil and Morrison and Co, more than NZD 21 billion of assets under management. Initial investor in the Caldura platform.

Scott Campbell

Managing Director and Head of Sector Coverage, Asia Pacific at MUFG, based in Singapore.

Contact

Stephen Hickman

Principal