Advisory
Thaheer works with investors, corporates and founders on the structural questions behind investing and expanding in Africa, from first screening through to commercial integration.
Screening and due diligence on early-stage opportunities, structuring angel syndicates and SPVs and setting up cross-border co-investment and deal referral arrangements.
Helping corporates, funds and trade delegations understand African markets and meet the right investors, angel networks, corporates and innovation hubs.
Formal partnership frameworks between corporates, startups, universities and research institutions, including governance and IP arrangements.
Reviewing data rooms and investment readiness, sharpening the fundraising narrative and matching the business to the right mix of equity, debt and grant capital.
Clients are kept anonymous. More detail is available on request.
Reviewed the data room and investment readiness of a deep tech company in a pan-African accelerator cohort ahead of its raise. The founder brought Thaheer back for a follow-on review as the data room neared completion.
Structured an angel syndicate's investment into a European-domiciled cloud infrastructure company expanding across Africa, including the offshore funding route and a vehicle for other angel networks to participate.
Advising on senior-debt fundraising for healthcare practice acquisitions in South Africa, in the R16m to R35m range, working alongside a credit advisory partner.
Drafted a relationship framework between an innovation centre and a national research institution to commercialise public research IP, keeping commercial terms for project-level agreements.
Deals and partnerships run on trust between people. The work starts with understanding who is around the table and what each party needs.
The right structure at the wrong moment still fails. Advice is grounded in where a business, a market and its funders actually are.
African deals often involve founders, angels, funds, corporates, government and development finance at once. Structures need to work for all of them.
A focused paid session of 60 to 90 minutes to pressure-test a deck, a data room, a deal or a market-entry plan. Best for founders and teams who need an experienced second opinion quickly.
A fixed-scope engagement with a clear deliverable, such as a data-room review, a partnership framework, a syndicate structure or a market-entry plan.
A retainer, advisory council seat or board role for organisations that want a standing adviser on capital, partnerships and African markets.
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