Reginel Consulting Firm

Stage: Fund

Business Funding Access

Capital on terms that still make sense in year three

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The problem

Why this work exists

Most funding applications fail long before anyone reads the business plan. Books that will not reconcile, a cap table nobody can explain, projections built backwards from a target, no audit trail. These are the reasons deals die, and they are all fixable before you approach a single funder. The businesses that raise well are not the ones with the best idea; they are the ones that are ready to be examined.

We get your business ready for lender and investor scrutiny, then run the raise itself to a close: grants, debt, equity or partnership.

How we work

The method

Durations are typical rather than promised. They depend on the state of your records and how quickly decisions can be made internally.

  1. 01

    Funding readiness diagnostic

    We assess your business exactly as a funder will: financial records, governance, tax position, contracts, security available and realistic debt capacity. You receive a scored readiness report naming every gap that would sink an application.

    1-2 weeks
  2. 02

    Capital strategy

    Grant, debt, equity and partnership capital carry very different costs and obligations. We model the realistic options against your growth plan and cash profile, and recommend the instrument and the amount. That is often less than you first asked for.

    1 week
  3. 03

    Remediation

    We close the gaps the diagnostic found: restate accounts, regularise tax, formalise governance, build a defensible financial model and assemble the data room.

    2-8 weeks
  4. 04

    Application and outreach

    We write the submission, build the investor materials, and introduce you to funders whose mandate actually fits your stage, sector and ticket size.

    2-6 weeks
  5. 05

    Negotiation and close

    We sit on your side of the table through due diligence, term negotiation and closing conditions, and flag the covenants that will constrain you later.

    4-12 weeks

What this covers

Capabilities

  • Grant application support

    Eligibility screening, proposal writing, budget construction and the monitoring-and-evaluation framework most grant bodies require before disbursement.

  • Loan application support

    Bank and development-finance applications: debt capacity analysis, security structuring, cash-flow forecasting and lender presentation.

  • Venture capital consulting

    Investor-readiness, cap table design, valuation support, data room preparation and term sheet review.

  • Private equity consulting

    Buy-side and sell-side support, financial due diligence, value-creation planning and exit preparation.

  • Mergers and partnerships

    Target identification, commercial and financial due diligence, valuation, deal structuring and post-deal integration planning.

Deliverables

What you actually receive

  • Funding readiness report with a scored gap analysis
  • Capital strategy recommending instrument, amount and timing
  • Three-statement financial model with scenario testing
  • Investor memorandum or grant proposal, submission-ready
  • Indexed virtual data room
  • Term sheet review with covenant risk commentary

Outcomes

What changes in the business

  • 01Fewer rejected applications, because gaps are closed before submission rather than discovered during due diligence
  • 02Capital raised on terms you can still service when growth is slower than forecast
  • 03A financial reporting discipline that survives the raise and serves the next one

Sector context

Where this pillar does the most work

All industries

Questions

Before you get in touch

Do you guarantee that we will get the funding?
No, and you should be wary of any adviser who does. Funding decisions belong to funders. What we control is whether your business is genuinely fundable and whether it is presented to the right funders in the form they expect. Where we assess that a raise is unlikely to succeed, we will tell you before you spend money on it.
How are you paid: fixed fee or success fee?
Readiness and remediation work is fixed-fee, because that work has value whether or not you proceed to raise. Transaction support is typically a retainer plus a success fee on close. We set both out in writing before any work begins.
Our records are not in good shape. Should we fix that first?
That is the work. Start with the diagnostic. It is designed for businesses whose records are incomplete, and it tells you exactly how far you are from fundable and what it will cost to close the distance.

What usually comes next

Related pillars

Talk to someone who does this work

A first conversation is diagnostic, not a sales call. We will tell you what we think the problem is, and whether we are the right people for it.

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