Since 2012 Caban has supported entrepreneurs and growing businesses with strategic business planning, capital raising and the implementation of growth strategies.
We collaborate with you to understand and improve your business model, target market, plans for securing funding and increasing sales, and other aspects of your unique vision in order to create a custom business plan and financial plan that will assist you in meeting your company's objectives.
As venture capitalists ourselves, we understand the requirements and level of detail investors look for in a business plan. Our team has experience in starting, financing, and growing businesses as well as working as angel, venture capital, and private equity investors.
We know that each business is unique. You will work 1-on-1 with a dedicated business plan consultant. The team at Caban consists of individuals with world-class academic, entrepreneurship, and corporate finance backgrounds.
Our experience in creating business plans for clients in hundreds of industries and across all organisational types, including startups, small businesses, mid-sized companies, large corporations, nonprofits, and government organisations ensures that we have the insight to set you on the right path. We don't just write down your business ideas. Our business plan consultants conduct market research and work with you to develop strategies for success in both the short and long term.
Market research today includes a number of different sources including market and trend analysis, market research databases and even google search and social media analysis to ensure that both the industry and your target market is understood. This can assist you in better understanding emerging trends in your industry and identifying target markets, potential risks, and growth opportunities in order to develop a truly comprehensive business strategy.
Over the years we have learnt that good solid business is built on relationships. With most of our clients we provide support for numerous rounds of fund raising. Our approach has always been about building relationships. This ethos is also something we aim to install in the clients we support. Developing relationships with both existing and prospective customers enables businesses to provide a more personalised and value adding customer experience. According to a recent study, 86 percent of customers believe their experiences are just as important as the product or service they buy.
Clarify and develop your business model and growth strategy;
Utilise data and analytics processes to pin-point key target markets and the tactics to reach them;
Introduce you to new funding, and grant support programmes
Look at your business from an external perspective and avoid pitfalls which you may not be able to see
Gain an immediate, extensive business network
You can probably find a number of companies who deliver business plan consulting. Unfortunately, the majority of them are not that good.
Remember that you will need a business plan to successfully fund your business and to help you establish a successful company. While anyone may scribble down your idea on paper, few can match the expertise of a professional business consulting firm with more than 32 years of venture capital experience.
Ask yourself this question. If you were going to approach venture capital firms with your business plan, would you not want a team in your corner who work in venture capital themselves?
At Caban we see an average or four to six business plans and pitch decks every day. The majority of them are so poorly constructed that we don’t consider them from the outset. As our business is all about supporting entrepreneurs, we decided to offer business plan consulting services.
You won’t be able to design the correct tactics to grow your firm if your business plan consultant can’t undertake market research on your industry, competitors, and customers.
Similarly, if your business plan consultant does not spend a significant amount of time each month with your target clients (venture capitalists, bankers, angel investors, loan officers, and so on), they are unlikely to design a strategy that motivates them to write you a check. As a venture capital business, we know exactly what venture capitalists look for in a business plan.
Caban’s business plan consulting services have assisted hundreds of new and existing growing firms in raising funding and building successful businesses for over 20 years in both South Africa and the UK with our corporate finance advisory firm in London positioned to help gain access to UK financial markets and investors. We look forward to speaking with you about our business plan services and assisting you in achieving your goals.
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Matthew is an entrepreneur and business Advisor with a passion for change management and social empowerment. With a background in business accounting and advisory, as well clinical research project management, he strives to find strategic and sustainable solutions to business problems.
Oluwaseun Adewuyi who is the Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at Caban, is a Certified Chartered Accountant, with Fellowship status at both the ACCA as well as the Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a UK Based industry body with a specific focus on the management of charities, not-for-profit organisations and NGOs.. Oluwaseun comes with strong business acumen and 20+ years of progressive experience in finance and operations management within well-reputed and high growth organisations Including Next Plc and Royal Mail. He has been heavily involved in impact investment across Sub-Saharan Africa and has been instrumental in the creation of a series of community schools in West Africa. Throughout his career, he oversaw a broad range of operations, including Business Strategy and Business Reorganisation, summarising the organisation’s financial status, and coordinating the preparation of tactical plans, financial forecasts, and budgets. Adept at developing and implementing effective internal control framework to maintain sound financial accountability.
Tim Scholtz, who's is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Caban Investments, is experienced in implementing corporate governance guidelines, formulating risk management structures, process and cost optimization. Tim has a strong corporate background, having worked as COO at the South African Tourism board, was COO at the Nelson Mandela foundation and as a internal audit manager at Arthur Anderson earlier in his career.
Ben Botes is Entrepreneur, VC, co-Founder, Author and Academic with a strong social conscience. Ben Involved with early stage and growth firms for the past 20 years and has been Co-founder of 9 separate businesses across Africa. Ben has directly and indirectly been involved in impact investment and the support of charities and non profits for the last 30 years. Ben is a regular speaker at the African Investment Conference in London and has been featured in Wall Street for Europe, The Guardian Small Business, BBC, the Mail and Guardian in the UK and BizCommunity, Channel 3 TV, Investors Weekly, The Cape Times, Radio 702 with John Robbie and Good Hope FM in South Africa
Dave Romero is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with a passion for making an impact. A qualified Professional Accountant, Dave has been a director in multiple financial institutions and was once the youngest Chairman on the JSE, in addition to being listed as one of Business Times’ Top 100 companies and the 40th fastest-growing company in South Africa. Dave is a core founder of the Caban Group, which aims to provide a comprehensive service offering to small businesses in return for equity. With a passion for nurturing entrepreneurs, Dave can often be found outside of the boardroom – offering advice, creating innovative funding solutions and building communities through sustainable practices.
Dr Ruben Richards is a truly inspirational South African leader. Through his peace-building seminars for criminal gangs, Dr Ruben has facilitated the longest ceasefire in the history of gang warfare on the Cape Flats. In addition to being Chairman & Founder of the non-profit Ruben Richards Foundation, Dr Ruben is an ordained cleric, company director, non-executive Chairman of Visual International Limited and was once the Deputy Director-General of the now-disbanded Scorpions.
