Fundraising financial models

What goes into the model

A three-statement model, profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow, driven by real assumptions rather than a single growth rate dragged across every line. Historical actuals come straight from your books rather than being estimated, and the use-of-funds breakdown ties directly to the amount being raised, so an investor can trace every dirham back to a decision.

The assumptions a UAE investor actually checks

Beyond the usual growth and cost assumptions, a UAE-focused model needs to hold up on a few local specifics: whether the entity is or expects to become a Qualifying Free Zone Person and what that implies for its Corporate Tax rate on Qualifying Income, whether Small Business Relief still applies at the projected revenue level, and how VAT at 5% flows through working capital once the business crosses the AED 375,000 mandatory registration threshold. A model that gets these wrong invites exactly the kind of question that stalls a raise.

Built for the structure you actually have

Whether the raising entity sits in DIFC, ADGM, a commodities-focused free zone like DMCC, or on the mainland under Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021, the model reflects the real entity structure rather than a generic template, including how a holding company sits above one or more operating subsidiaries where that applies.

Equity or debt, the logic holds

The model logic works for a debt raise as well as an equity one; the assumptions and the output a bank wants differ from what a venture investor wants, and we build to the audience. Pair this with investor reporting once the raise closes and a recurring update takes over from the one-off model.