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Get ready, raise and scale.

We prepare your company, find the right investment and support you through to commitment. We provide investment services: we do not provide capital.

Your moment

What stage are you at?

Choose the one closest to your situation and we will show you where to start.

Before you talk to investors.

We put your financial model, narrative, cap table and data room in order, so the first meeting is not the last.

See Investment Readiness

During the round.

We connect you with the investors who fit your stage and thesis, and we follow up on every conversation through to commitment.

See Fundraising & Investor Access

When the problem is sales.

We build your commercial engine: ideal customer, value proposition, B2B and B2G sales process, pilots with corporates and closing.

See Go-to-Market & B2B Growth

When you enter a new country.

We define your entry strategy for Chile, Mexico or Colombia before you incorporate, and we support you until the company is operating.

See Soft Landing & Regional Expansion

When you work with us

What you gain with Kavanah.

Matching with 8,326 investors

Our proprietary CRM categorizes VCs, CVCs, family offices, angels, impact funds and accelerators to find the ones that fit you.

A regional network

Angels, family offices, impact funds and corporates in Latin America.

Talent without a legal entity

Hire and pay talent in more than 150 countries through Ontop, where Tomás is an official partner.

Grants and non-dilutive capital

We identify open calls and support you through the application.

Partners who execute

Laura and Tomás work directly on every mandate.

One conversation to start

30 minutes to review your stage and tell you honestly whether we can help.

Before you raise

Four mistakes that stall a round.

Opening the round without a data room

Due diligence gets delayed and the conversation loses momentum.

One deck for everyone

A fund, a family office and an angel are looking for different answers.

A messy cap table

Unrecorded SAFEs and convertible notes raise doubts about real dilution.

Raising when the problem is sales

Without commercial traction, the round comes late or not at all.

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Team

Market

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Data room

Narrative

After you write to us

What happens next.

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Tomás Ffrench-Davis
1

30-minute conversation

We review your stage, your needs and what you have ready.

2

An honest recommendation

We tell you which line fits your needs, or whether we are not the right fit.

3

Written proposal

Scope, deliverables, timeline and engagement model.

4

Work with the partners

Laura and Tomás work directly on your mandate.

Programs and open calls

There are no open calls today.

When we open the next call for an acceleration program, it will appear here. Write to us and we will let you know.

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us.

Does Kavanah invest in startups?
We provide investment services: we prepare your company, find the right investment and support you through to commitment. Capital always comes from investors.
What types of investors do you work with?
VCs, CVCs, family offices, angels and angel networks, impact funds, development banks, international cooperation and grants.
Do you only work with impact startups?
We work with startups and companies across sectors, including AgrifoodTech, ClimateTech, fintech, mental health, renewable energy and manufacturing.
Which countries do you work in?
We have offices in Mexico City, Bogotá and Santiago, and we work with companies across Latin America.
How do you charge?
It depends on the mandate: fixed-scope project, monthly retainer, retainer plus success fee, phased engagement or equity plus retainer. We define it in the proposal.
Do you guarantee that I will raise capital?
We prepare you and connect you with the investors who fit. The decision to invest always belongs to the investor, so no one can guarantee the outcome of a round.
Do you work with idea-stage companies?
We work best with companies that already have a product and first customers or pilots.

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Let’s talk.

In 30 minutes we review your stage and tell you honestly whether we can help.

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