We understand how overwhelming, exhausting and daunting it is to start a company from scratch.
There’s a thousand critical decisions to make and million things to do. And each and every one of them is critical to the success of your business.
We have designed our offerings in a manner so that we are able to provide our startup clients with a start-to-end solution in order to make their venture a super success!
STELLAR BUSINESS PLANS
Stellar Business Plans is what we like to refer to as the ‘Startup Wing’ of ONS. In 2015, we expanded our offerings to help budding and innovative entrepreneurs build and pivot their startup ventures. With economies greatly supporting the startup culture we started getting a large number of startup projects. Which is when we decided to expand our company and formed a team dedicated solely towards helping the startup community. And that’s when Stellar was born. Our team at Stellar, works solely towards helping entrepreneurs and business owners at various stages of their startup journey whether its developing a business plan, an investor presentation, a startup budget, forecasted financial model or raising investment. Know more about us here
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
PRODUCT FEASIBILITY
We help entrepreneurs validate their idea by conducting extensive research of the target market for their product/service. The objective is to establish if there is a demand for the value proposition, how big is that demand, and what features does the product/service need to have in order to fully satisfy the customer’s needs. At this point, we can also estimate the price of the value proposition. Read more about our service here.
BUSINESS PLAN CONSULTING & WRITING
Once we’ve established the feasibility of your value proposition, we help you devise a strategic plan for your business. This includes further refining the value proposition, developing an action plan for the foreseeable future, developing a go-to-market strategy, preparing financial forecasts, conducting a market analysis that includes SWOT, competitor and PEST analysis. Read more about our service here.
INVESTOR PITCH AND FUNDRAISING
We help you become investor-ready by providing guidance and support on building impressive pitch decks. Not only that but we also help you in the actual fundraising process by identifying potential investors both in and outside of our network, connecting you to the right people and helping through the negotiation process
INVESTOR PITCH DECKS THAT STAND OUT
We do not believe in a 'one size fits all' strategy and hence all our decks look different and unique. We have drafted hundreds of investor pitch decks and we strive to bring out the uniqueness of your business in the best possible manner. We go the extra mile to understand you, your vision, and your ultimate goal to be able to narrate your story in the most compelling and impactful way possible. Our decks also tick the box when it comes to aesthetics since they are designed by our in-house graphic designers who make sure your pitch deck feels and looks unique and more ‘you’.
INVESTOR PITCH AND FUNDRAISING
We help you become investor-ready by providing guidance and support on building impressive pitch decks. Not only that but we also help you in the actual fundraising process by identifying potential investors both in and outside of our network, connecting you to the right people and helping through the negotiation process
OUR PROCESS
We have tried to keep our process as simple, smooth and collaborative as possible.
1INITIAL REQUEST RECEIVED
The process starts when you fill one of our contact forms or email/call us with your requirements. At this stage, all we ask for is basic details like your name, email address, company name, industry, service (business plan) and a brief description of your requirement along with any attachments you might want to send. You then directly book an initial consultation with us here.
2INITIAL CONSULTATION
The purpose of this call is to understand your current situation, story, background and requirements. The agenda is very high-level, and the primary objective is to ascertain project scope, timeline, milestones and budget.
3FOLLOW-UP/INFORMATION GATHERING
Post initial-consultation, we move on to gathering relevant information from you about the business. This can be in the form of a questionnaire or interview(s) with relevant stakeholders - whichever is more appropriate.
4SUBMISSION OF MILESTONES
Based on our initial discussions around timelines and milestones, we submit our agreed-upon deliverables and work with you every step of the way
FUNDRAISING SUPPORT
PHASE ONE - INVESTMENT READINESS
The first phase is all about helping you reach investor-readiness through improvement of your business and investment case as well as fundraising materials.
We will make sure your fundraising materials including business model canvas, one-pagers, business plan and investor pitch decks are in accordance with investor preferences by either helping you create them from scratch or performing an in-depth quality assurance review of your existing materials
PHASE TWO - TARGET INVESTORS
The next phase includes compiling an extensive list of potential investors to approach. Depending on the type and amount of investment, business model and industry we will identify suitable investors (i.e. angel or VC) who’s appetite, preferences and risk tolerance match with your particular business. We scan our Investor database for investors looking at opportunities like yours (based on geography, industry, stage, check size etc).
PHASE THREE - INVESTOR OUTREACH
Once we have identified and scoped out relevant investors, we reach out to decision makers to collect interest and feedback on the investment opportunity. We meet with potential investor contacts, answer the first set of questions and then organize pitch calls & meetings between you and interested parties.
PHASE FOUR - FINAL CONTRACT
We assist in investment negotiations and contract formalities that take place after a formal interest has been shown in your business case.
We help finalise the investment terms & conditions by taking part in investor meetings and negotiations.
PHASE FIVE POST - INVESTMENT SUPPORT
Managing use of raised proceeds is more challenging than actually raising those funds. We help you make strategic decisions so as to use the raised investment in the most optimised manner by providing interim CFO support, and comprehensive strategic planning. As your interim CFO, we help you set the right financial tone for your business to ensure any current and future investment is utilised in the most efficient and accountable manner.
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
Our preferred approach is to connect clients with investors in our network to make the process as quick and easy as possible. But we also look outside of our network, carrying out extensive research to identify the right people for your company. The process can be long and may test your patience a lot but if you are the next unicorn then we leave no stone unturned to get you the investment and partnership you rightly deserve. We approach:
