Offer · Investment readiness
Grow your business, then convince investors.
Investors look for businesses with a clear strategy, solid numbers and a team that can deliver. We help small and growing businesses build all three, from commercial strategy to the investor pitch.
Talk to us about your businessIs this you?
Your product works. Investors are not convinced yet.
Small businesses in clean energy, water, agri-food, climate or waste valorisation have a product and first customers. To grow and raise debt, equity or grants, they still have to structure their strategy, their team and their accounts.
- Which markets should we go after first, and how do we sell?
- Is our business plan solid enough for an investor?
- How much should we raise, from whom, and in what form?
- How do we meet the right investors and close the deal?
What we do
How we work with you
- 01Diagnose the businessStrengths, weaknesses, potential and needs.
- 02Build a tailored support planWhat to fix first, and with whom.
- 03Shape the growth strategyMarket and offer, sales, marketing, team and organisation, partnerships.
- 04Prepare the investor fileMarket study, business plan, financial model, valuation, environmental, social and gender requirements, pitch.
- 05Design the raiseUse of funds and structure: debt, equity, mezzanine, blended finance.
- 06Connect and closeIntroductions to investors, government and development agencies, support through negotiation to closing.
What you get
Entry diagnosticSupport planGrowth strategyInvestor file and pitchFinancial modelGender action planPost-investment follow-up
Case · Entrepreneurs and investors
USD 50M+ raised by the businesses we mentored.
- The problem
- A global network created under the United Nations, the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN), helps clean energy and climate projects become investable in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
- Our role
- PFAN coordinator in Cambodia since 2015, lead mentor, and gender focal point for South-East Asia.
- What we delivered
- A pipeline built from scratch, demanding entry due diligence, tailored support for each business up to fundraising, and conferences that brought together over 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors and partners.
- The result
- 17 businesses mentored, over USD 50M raised in debt, equity or grants, across solar and mini-grids, biogas, agri-food, drinking water and organic waste.
Proof
74 assignments with small businesses since 2015
Clean energy, water, agri-food, climate and waste valorisation, often funded by support programmes.
- Business and marketing support for a rural renewable energy programme (IFAD)
- Investment readiness for a water business (We4F)
- Two agri-food businesses prepared for investment (REEEP, 2025)
- Entrepreneurship programme for women entrepreneurs
