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Stratum's Advisory Practice provides strategic and financial advisory support to investment institutions, family businesses, and entrepreneurs seeking to develop and grow new ventures. Stratum's engagements are primarily in areas such as venture development, business strategy, corporate finance, and mergers & acquisitions.
The firm has conducted advisory work for its clients in regions such as the Middle East, the United States, and Asia, covering a range of sectors such as banking & insurance, information & communications technology, telecommunications & media, manufacturing, petrochemicals, real estate & hospitality, and transportation & logistics.
Stratum provides its clients with advisory support at any stage along the firm's venture development process, from the initial stages of formulating a venture concept, to developing business strategy and growth options, to structuring investment transactions, to the monitoring of venture performance.
Stratum’s Venture Development Process
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Generating venture concepts; evaluating alternatives; defining the opportunities and risks of a particular venture
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Building rigorous analytic business models to measure the feasibility and value of a particular business venture |
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Acquiring new investors; creating legal or investment structures, negotiating joint venture partnerships |
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Continually reviewing the performance of business ventures and evaluating exit options to realize value for investors and entrepreneurs |
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Evaluating alternative investment opportunities for a private equity investor interested in a specific industry or market
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Developing valuations and scenario analyses for a private equity investor seeking to capitalize a specific business venture |
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Identifying value-added investors and partners for a business venture seeking to access regional markets
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Advising private equity investors on the timing, methods, and structures for a possible strategic sale or IPO of a business venture |
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Evaluating development or growth strategies for an entrepreneur with an early stage business concept |
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Completing a feasibility study for an entrepreneur seeking to expand a business venture from one to several markets |
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Negotiating commercial and/or investment agreements with industry leading operators and suppliers |
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Providing ongoing support to the founders and/or management of business ventures in evaluating mergers and acquisitions |
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