Bankable business plans

Most business plans are written to describe the business. A bankable plan is written to survive scrutiny: the financial model reconciles, the assumptions are defensible, the market sizing is sourced, the risks are addressed before they are asked about, and the funding ask is structured for the specific institution reading it.

What we deliver

The plan itself — investment-grade narrative covering business model, market opportunity, competitive position, management, and growth strategy, written in the language funders use internally.

The financial model — three-statement projections with clear assumptions, scenario ranges, and the ratios lenders and investors test first.

The funding case — the ask, the structure (equity, debt, grant, or blended), the use of funds, and the returns or repayment story, matched to the target funder's mandate.

What a business plan consultant should cost — and deliver

Business plan consultants in South Africa typically charge between R15,000 and R120,000+. Template-driven writers sit at the bottom of that range; corporate finance teams building bankable plans — investment-grade narrative plus a defensible three-statement financial model — sit at the top. The honest test of price is not the document but the outcome: a cheap plan a committee declines is the most expensive plan you can buy.

What separates a consultant from a writer: funding experience on the other side of the table. Caban's team has executed more than 200 capital raising, M&A and advisory transactions since 2012 across banks, DFIs, grant bodies and private investors — every plan is built to the evidence standard of the specific committee that will read it, and reviewed by a principal before it leaves.

Who it's for

Businesses preparing to raise from banks, DFIs and development funders (NEF, SEFA, IDC and peers), private investors, or grant programmes — and businesses entering our Investor Readiness Programme, where the bankable plan is the foundation document.