Startup ran out of funding before the launch; had to go on the road, couch surfing for two months

So what’s your problem exactly dude?

Pass

Few points. Congrats on thinking about green energy advancements but your title is misleading. Truth is stating you are “ready to launch” but out of money is the wrong status of your startup. “Ready to launch” in startup tech sense, which most investors interpret to mean the minimum physical infrastructure of your company is built already and can provide useful product to customers today and bring in revenue now, but is just short “runway” i.e. money for basic minimal company operations.

Business plans, documentation & interactive presentations are fine but are usually a very small part of getting a startup off the ground. Most dont even have business plans initially. It seems you still need to actually build your physical infrastructure, the plant & establish the production output processes manually and test the quality of the resulting green product itself & if its viable and accepted by customers (all three of which are huge internal processes with variable risks in & of itself) before getting to the stage of distributing the final version green product to end user or trade to get a profit. A distribution process which still needs real life testing & execution. So many variables, unknowns, potential redtape, delays, costs and risk from paper estimates to real life output & profitable execution, that for an investor to estimate when they will recoup their principal, or have to invest much more to overcome manufacturing obstacles to or even see a return is too difficult to estimate. Vs just putting their money in another startup they understand, where there is a forseeable return & exit at some point and the physical buildout phase is already done, which most startups are at when seeking investment these days, unless it is a very simple straightforward concept such as a viral game or something where the business is seen, proven and risks are obvious.

Seems like you’ve done alot of mental groundwork to de-risk the project visually on paper but none of that execution effort has created any tangible asset (factory, codebase, inventory) that can generate customers or revenue today or anytime soon, even if at a loss. If for nothing more than to prove that the market wants the type of green product you produce. This is why it seems you are naive about your project and your mindset toward investors coming on board.

Anyone in business knows, one real life buildout of (plant construction or a manufacturing processes-type) setback can blow the entire business plan, projections and forecasts by years.

Why tie their money in that when there are so many projects needing money that are ready to produce today with less variables and risk?

Get a real job and if your knowledge & experience in the field is respected & deep, pool your connections along with their money and expertise & go in as equity founders. Maybe partner with a plant and refurbish it to start building product now. Better to have people invested with field knowledge versus VCs with none wondering what the hell you’re doing with their money.