At Sprout, we are passionate about the environment, health and wellness and about making your business venture a success. Whether you are looking to pursue a start-up venture, develop a strategic growth plan for your existing business, evaluate your strategic alternatives, or raise capital, Sprout will ensure you get off to a great start with our business plan development, financial analyses and capital raising consulting services.

Business Plan Development

Convert and articulate your great idea(s) into a compelling, actionable plan for success. As part of the business or strategic growth plan development process, we will work together to:

• Analyze the industry, market and overall business opportunity
• Highlight key product or service features and your firm’s value proposition
• Analyze the competitive environment, including threats and opportunities
• Outline critical operating and marketing strategies
• Perform financial and sensitivity analyses to highlight key assumptions; identify break-even thresholds; forecast capital requirements; evaluate profitability, net income and cash flow potential; and analyze potential returns on investment
• Identify and summarize the primary risk factors and help identify strategies to minimize/mitigate key risks

At completion, Sprout will ensure you are left with a concise, convincing and professional business plan that will: formally communicate your vision and action plan; accelerate interest in your venture from outside parties; and enhance your potential to raise capital from investors and/or partners.

Financial Analysis, Modeling, Valuation and Return Analysis

Establish a foundation of financial knowledge that is pertinent to your strategy, decision-making and initiation of capital raising discussions with investors and partners. By leveraging our expertise in investment banking, private equity and the capital markets, Sprout will develop dynamic financial models that are tailored for your business and that will help you evaluate the business opportunity and/or strategic alternatives from a financial perspective. As part of the process, we will work together to provide:

• Competitive and market share analyses
• Break-even, profitability and cash flow/cash burn analyses
• Current and projected income, cash flow and balance sheet statements
• Valuation and sensitivity analyses
• Return on investment analyses

At completion, you will have profound knowledge of the financial implications of your venture and will be equipped with the professional analyses and summaries that are critical to any investment process and which hold up to investor scrutiny.

Capital Raising Consulting

Garner attention from investors and successfully raise capital. Leveraging Sprout’s intimate understanding of both private and public equity investing, Sprout can help you effectively plan and prepare for a successful capital raise. While providing valuable insight into investor expectations and requirements, Sprout will work with you to prepare a winning presentation. Specifically, we will work together to:

• Help you formulate and articulate your capital raising strategy
• Create an investor presentation that is professional, persuasive and relevant for your audience
• Ensure you are equipped with the answers to the most important investor questions
• Prepare you for the investment due diligence process