” Provanedge was engaged by the owner of several patents in the renewable energy sector to develop business plans for a start up in order to find funding from an angel investor. Provanedge researched and developed actionable marketing and operational plans and led meetings with investors. Initial funding was obtained and the company began operations accordingly. The company was purchased by another investor after 13 months of operations.

A project principal came to us for help in securing funding for a facility that would mill timber as well as convert sawmill waste and dead trees to ethanol and other marketable by products. The project already had a long term lease on forest land and a contract to remove and mill dead timber. Provanedge performed a Blackhat risk analysis of the project, and based on its finding, assisted the project principal in creating a business plan which eventually lead to successful funding of the project.

Provanedge was approached by a well-established company that provided multilingual translation services to a regionally. The company founder was facing a disruptive technology risk—the increasing proficiency of translation software freelance translation services available on the internet. At the same time, he wanted to expand his company to a national footprint and establish an organisational structure so that he could sell the business and retire. Therefore, The company principal did not want to seek funding for this growth and development as he would not realise the full profit from an expanded business. Provanedge performed an extensive business analysis for the client, and found several underserved market segments that could not be adequately served by this disruptive technology, and created a development plan based on this analysis. Provanedge worked with the client over several years to implement this strategic growth plan. The results is that the business grew to be a national service provider in these strategic markets before the principal placed the business up for sale. This growth was without outside investment or funding, enabling the founder to fully capture the value of the company.