BuildKilo Advisory · Fund it.
Capital and advisory that gets deals to close.
We help South African businesses and institutions raise growth capital and donor funding, and we build the business case that makes funders say yes.
BuildKilo Advisory
We pair strategy-house rigour with hands-on capital-raising delivery. Our advisory team is drawn from global strategy and corporate-finance backgrounds, and we've mobilised R175m+ for clients across development finance, donor, and corporate funding pools.
What we do
Transaction advisory & capital raising
From investment case and financial model to funder engagement, term-sheet negotiation and financial close.
Grant & donor fundraising
Donor mapping, bankable proposal development, theory of change, and submission-to-disbursement management across DFI, international donor and corporate CSI funders.
Strategy & transformation
Growth strategy, operating-model design and commercial advisory for growth-stage and mid-market businesses.
Financial modelling & business cases
Investment-committee-grade models, PIMs and business cases built to funder standards.
By the numbers
Factual and unattributed. Figures to be confirmed before publishing.
in capital and grant funding mobilised for clients
development finance, grants, and corporate funding pools
full advisory cycle, end to end
team drawn from global strategy and corporate-finance firms
What our advisory team has delivered
The advisory team's background and capabilities, drawn from senior consulting and corporate-finance experience. Capability statements: described work, no clients named.
Capital & development finance
- Raised growth and expansion capital through development finance institutions, blending loan and grant instruments.
- Structured and led grant and donor fundraises, from donor mapping through bankable proposal to disbursement.
- Built investment-committee-grade financial models, business cases and information memoranda to funder standards.
Strategy & transformation
- Led commercial turnaround and revenue-uplift strategies for telecoms and financial-services businesses across Africa and the Middle East.
- Designed digital-bank and fintech build strategies, including proposition, segment strategy, and five-year business plans.
- Delivered continent-wide cost-efficiency and operating-model transformations, benchmarking against global best practice.
- Conducted commercial due diligence on acquisition targets for private-equity investors.
- Designed risk-based pricing and risk-appetite frameworks for large development and investment institutions.