Question 1

What does management advisory at Contrarian cover?

Accepted Answer

Six kinds of engagement: feasibility studies and detailed project reports, capital and funds raising support, private equity, venture capital and angel investment advisory, business planning and modelling, commercial and legal due diligence, and the design of management systems covering accounting, costing and MIS.

Question 2

When should a business bring in an advisor?

Accepted Answer

At the decision, not after it. The common moments: a new project or expansion that needs a feasibility view, a fundraise that needs numbers investors will trust, an acquisition that needs diligence, or a business that has outgrown its reporting and needs proper management systems.

Question 3

What is a detailed project report, and who asks for it?

Accepted Answer

A DPR is the full case for a project: market, costs, funding plan, projections and risks, in a format banks and institutions expect. Lenders ask for it when you seek project finance, and promoters use it to decide whether the project deserves their capital at all.

Question 4

How does Contrarian help with raising capital?

Accepted Answer

We prepare the financial groundwork: the business plan and model, projections that survive scrutiny, and the data room. Then we support you through investor and lender conversations, whether the route is bank funding, private equity, venture capital or angel investment.

Question 5

Do you advise on which investors or funding route to choose?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Debt and equity suit different situations, and within equity the expectations of an angel, a VC fund and a private equity firm differ widely. Contrarian helps you weigh dilution, control and timelines before you commit, not after.

Question 6

What does due diligence with Contrarian look like?

Accepted Answer

Commercial and legal due diligence on the business you are buying into or partnering with: the numbers behind the story, contracts and obligations, and the risks that do not appear in a pitch deck. You receive a clear report on what checks out and what does not.

Question 7

What are management systems, and why would we redesign them?

Accepted Answer

The accounting, costing and MIS structures that tell you how the business is really doing. When reports arrive late, cost data is guesswork or decisions rely on gut feel, the system needs design work. We study what exists, design what is missing and help your team run it.

Question 8

We are not raising or acquiring. Is advisory still relevant?

Accepted Answer

Often most relevant. Strategic planning, pricing and costing clarity, and honest feasibility checks on internal projects are the quiet engagements that save businesses from expensive mistakes. Many advisory clients simply want a rigorous second mind before a big call.

Question 9

How long does a typical advisory engagement take?

Accepted Answer

A focused feasibility study or systems review usually runs a few weeks. A fundraise or due diligence engagement follows the deal's own timeline. Every engagement starts with a written scope, so you know the deliverable and the schedule before work begins.

Question 10

How is advisory work priced?

Accepted Answer

A fixed fee scoped to the engagement, agreed in writing before we start. Longer support, like ongoing MIS reviews or fundraise assistance, is structured as a monthly retainer with a defined scope.

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