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• Corporate & project finance transaction advisory

• SME early & growth strategic / financial consulting

• EMMA  matchmaking & business development

• Profit & purpose alignment strategy for impact

• PE / VC fund design / structuring / processes

• Interim exec & board / monitoring non-exec roles

• Venture development lead & sweat equity partner

• Or explore  altVENTURE for hybrid solutions

 

Mandate Management

Relentless Harvesting Chase

 

Source 

Whatever the stage, the sector, the size or the stakes are; wherever you got stuck or need a push in the development cycle- it is likely that we can address your strategic or financial requirements

 

Process 

Hands-on roll-up-our-sleeves what-you-see-is-what-you-get role, where all the work is done by the senior you have engaged, whether it is the XLS tables or the CEO negotiations

 

Harvest 

We are milestone-orientated & result-driven, and as such- we will break our mandate into tangible chunks of your corporate & business needs, whereby you can feel your development targets

 

Service Inquiry

  1. Cold-calls do work, although as we all know- referrals work even better- and that works both ways
  2. Send a brief info mail describing the fit in 2-3 paragraphs:
    • What is that you do & why anyone should care
    • Where in the market are you & what is its size
    • Who is the team & does it have existing credentials
  3. If in any way unique, fits the context, is digestible or comprehendible to us, within a week we will schedule a free-no-ties short call of 10-15min:
    • Elaborating the mandate opportunity further
    • Assessing the requirements & commitment
    • Recommending next steps & timing
  4. Within another week you will receive a written high-level recommendation, incorporating one or more of the following:
    • A mandate proposal heads of terms; or
    • A business development lead / intro; or
    • A platform affiliate / other alternatives
  5. We get to work!

 

Corona Update

In line with ‘the new normal’ – 2EMMA Emerging Market Finance Advisory platform caters for outsourced / subcontracted / remote / desktop deal or project execution for either side of the investment table:

  • research, analysis & evaluation
  • BP, strategy & pitch development
  • financial modelling & valuation
  • structuring & negotiation
  • due diligence & closing documentation

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