Ending Energy Poverty and Rejuvenating Soils 1 Distributed Biomethane and organic fertilizers $ Problems 2 1. Usage of diesel for peak loads due to lack of reliable clean fuels 2. Oversized battery bank to meet the peak loads High cost of energy generation impacting customers and distributed energy Agri waste Polluting Diesel engines *Proprietary Technology and Innovations in Process / Design/Formula Patents pending Solution: Distributed clean fuels and fertilizers Biomethane * * * Phase I 2022 - 23 Tech demonstration Biomethane replacing diesel at 2 Mini Grids done Commercial pilot for 12 mini grid locations being demonstrated now Phase II 2024 - 25 Wider Implementation Biomethane as replacement for diesel for 200 Mini Grid. Off take interest from Tata Power Decentralized generation and distribution Core Value Propositions: Biomethane Lower Cost than Diesel / Battery Organic Fertilizer effective over Chemical Alternatives Mini grids Farmers 3 Biomethane at mini grids Biomethane Cylinder Ready for Transport Gas engines and storage balloon operating on Biomethane Diesel engine replaced with gas engine Market Traction Mini grids Lower Fuel Cost by 50 - 60% Industrials Lower Fuel Cost by 20 - 30% 2 active installs 2022 , 12 active installs 2023 Partnership to set up 500 plants Advanced discussions with 5 manufacturing customers Mini Grids Industrials Partner: Value Prop: Market Readiness: 5 Organic Fertilizers Formulation and Validation Formulation Demonstrated, tested and supported farmers across multiple crops in 8 states 25000+ Satisfied Farmers Created with assistance of India’s leading agri research institutes Research Tested by IRRI across 5 crops for integrated farming analysis and dosage recommendation International Rice Research Institute Reach 6 Regulates pH, moisture Retains topsoil Reduces water needs 2 - 4X nutrients uptake Soil Benefits Impact on the community and environment 12 new jobs with each Biomethane installation for processing of gas 4000 farmers get organic fertilizers and agricultural residue collection with each Biomethane installation 20000 MTCO2e / annum reduction with methane emission avoidance with each Biomethane installation (diesel replacement and agricultural residue usage) 7 Competitor Landscape Full - Stack (Biomethane, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture) Hydrogen Biomethane Carbon Capture 8 How We Make Money • Mini Grids: 1. Biomethane - sell fuel to Mini Grid developers via off - take agreements (60%) 2. Organic Fertilizers (40%) • Industrials / Hydrogen: 1. Licensing of technology (30%) 2. Annual maintenance contracts (30%) 3. Organic Fertilizers (40%) 9 Ask: Funds and advisors A. Seeking Seed Fund of $5 Million, commitment of $3M Usage of Funds Amount Product Development (R&D, Intellectual property) $0.5M Deployments: Biomethane plants (Build - own - operate) $3.75M Working Capital $0.75M Total Ask $5M 10 B. Need advisors in the areas of: • Fermentation • F inancial structuring • Agronomy Founding team from Harvard and Babson Strong engineering team from IITs, NITs and PhDs 10+ years experience on distributed energy projects Built businesses ground up in South Asia and Africa Management Team Mateen Abdul CEO / Co - Founder MBA, Babson Firas Ahmed Co - Founder/Board MPP, Harvard Ankit Shukla Director Engineering NIT - Trichy Advisors Shyamali Sarma PhD in BioHydrogen Univ of Nottingham Ganesh Das Tata Power Jeff Miller Miller Center, Santa Clara Donald Tilton Technology Advisor Winnie Wan Strategy / Business 11 Let’s Connect mateen@grassrootsenergy.co +91 - 991 - 629 - 8362 12 Distributed Biomethane and organic fertilizers Ending Energy Poverty and Rejuvenating Soils