118 West Consulting Corp
An affiliated consulting service of 118 West Capital Management.
Harshan uses his operational experience to advise clients on private capital raises, structure investments for sponsor and tax equity investors, provide financial modeling, and collaborate on project designs for developers of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
Founding Principal and Manager
Harshan Jeyakumar, CFA is an investment professional with over 15 years of experience in Cleantech project finance and operations, plus capital markets experience on Wall Street.
Advisory services to Cleantech companies
In 2016, Harshan launched 118 West Consulting Corp to serve as an independent consultant to structured finance firms, commercial banks, developers, and active investors involved in the renewable energy market. Harshan uses his expertise to advise clients on private capital raises, structures investments for sponsor and tax equity investors, provides niche industry financial modeling, and collaborates on complex project designs for solar developers.
The following is a sampling of clients in the Cleantech space with whom Harshan has collaborated:
Advantage Energy Capital Partners
Advantage for Analysts
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp
AeroFarms
Arraycon
Bow Renewables
Bright Inc
Coronal Energy
One Energy Renewables
Trajectory Energy Partners
Harshan’s Background
Prior to 118 West Consulting Corp, Harshan led solar project underwriting at SunEdison, a company that was a leading global developer of renewable energy projects. During his tenure, Harshan led a team that shepherded projects under development from originations through raising term financing.
Prior to SunEdison, Harshan spent 4 years at Amonix Inc., an early-stage solar technology firm where he led business development efforts to commercialize CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) technology. Harshan got his start in renewable energy at Union Bank of California where he supported the origination, underwriting, and asset management of utility-scale wind and solar project finance transactions. At the bank, Harshan developed an expertise in specialized tax equity financing structures.
Prior to his career in Cleantech, Harshan lived in New York and served as a Senior Equity Analyst at Fukoku Life International (America) Inc., an asset management subsidiary of a Japanese life insurance company. In this role Harshan learned the “nuts and bolts” of fundamental equity research and investing in public equities. Harshan also worked at the credit rating agency Moody’s, supporting a function that ensured consistent debt rating policy standards across the company.
Harshan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Business Administration from UCLA, and a Master of Arts in Applied Economic Analysis from New York University with a Finance Specialization at the Stern School of Business.
