Senior debt · Equity · Capital markets
Cape Town
Africa
Global
Capital Advisory & Fundraising
Plenvare helps businesses, project sponsors and shareholders work out how an opportunity should be funded, and who should fund it. We structure the transaction, build the investment case, and take it to the institutions most likely to back it.
Discuss your requirementCapital solutions
The objective is not simply to raise money. It is to determine which instrument best supports the underlying business or project.
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When the cash flows, security and repayment profile support a lending solution.
When it fitsGrowth capex, acquisitions, development and projects with contracted revenues or tangible collateral.
When it doesn'tEarly-stage ventures, equity-funded expansion or situations where the business cannot yet service scheduled debt.
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When the opportunity justifies shared ownership and a clear path to returns.
When it fitsAmbitious businesses, transformative projects and strategic transactions where investors add more than money.
When it doesn'tOwners seeking funding without dilution, or opportunities that cannot articulate how value will be created and realised.
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When the scale, complexity or duration of the funding need exceeds conventional sources.
When it fitsLarger transactions requiring institutional placement, hybrid structures or multiple layers of financing.
When it doesn'tSmaller or earlier-stage opportunities that are not yet ready for institutional scrutiny.
The questions funders ask
01Why this opportunity?
02Why now?
03How much funding is required?
04What is the appropriate structure?
05How will the funding be deployed?
06What supports repayment or returns?
07How are risks mitigated?
08Why should this transaction be funded?
Our process
We build the investment story, structure the transaction and match the right institutions. We manage the process from positioning to completion.
We map the business, project, economics, funding requirement, risks and opportunity.
We determine the form of financing that best fits the transaction and the providers most likely to fund it.
We create a clear, credible and investable proposition that answers the questions funders will ask.
We know how different funders assess opportunities and approach those whose mandate, geography, sector and ticket size align.
We support diligence, term sheets, negotiation and the steps required to reach completion.
Who we work with
We concentrate on sectors where our experience and relationships are real.
Long-duration assets and essential projects.
Generation, transition and energy infrastructure.
Operators, facilities and healthcare platforms.
Growth businesses and technology-enabled companies.
We take on mandates where the investment case and transaction structure need to be built properly. We decline work that amounts to circulating a pitch deck.
Why raises fail
01 / Structure
The proposed structure cannot survive scrutiny on repayment, security, returns or risk.
02 / Fit
The opportunity is pitched to funders whose mandate, sector or ticket size excludes it.
03 / Timing
The raise goes out before the model, agreements or economics can withstand diligence.
We address these before a funder does.
About Plenvare
An independent capital advisory business based in Cape Town and working across African and international markets.
Our model is deliberately principal-led.
Founder & Managing Partner
Christopher has more than two decades of experience across banking, corporate finance, lending, fundraising, business development and principal investing.
His experience spans South Africa, Africa and international markets, including infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare, technology, financial services and private markets.
When investors understand the opportunity, believe the structure and see how value will be created, the probability of funding changes materially.
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Tell us what you are building. We’ll help work out how it should be funded and who should fund it.
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