As well as supporting businesses on strategy and operations, we also assist them to access capital to start-up, expand, or develop projects. In the developing world, access to capital is a key barrier to the development of successful micro, small and medium-sized businesses.
We believe that while private, commercial capital is fundamentally the right solution, there remains an important role for public funding via donors to catalyse and underpin private investment due to the early stage of the market. We help design and implement private and public/private capital solutions by providing:
Transaction advisory and investor introductions: We support micro-enterprises, as well as large companies and project developers, to raise financing. We help companies prepare for raising capital, define their capital needs, prepare investor materials, prioritize potential financiers, and negotiate a transaction. We also make introductions to investors, lenders and other capital providers in certain circumstances.