A generic template won't get you funded. We build structured, data-backed business plans that stand up to investor, bank and free-zone scrutiny — written by the same team that structures the financial models behind them.
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Most founders don't fail because the business idea is weak. They fail because the business plan doesn't survive the first hard question from an investor, lender or licensing authority.
Business plans built from templates that don't reflect the UAE regulatory or market context
Financial projections that don't reconcile with the narrative, raising red flags with investors
No clear articulation of unit economics, meaning investors can't assess viability quickly
Plans that take months to produce internally, delaying fundraising and licensing timelines
A Sequoia Gulf business plan is built to be interrogated — by an investment committee, a bank credit team, or a free-zone authority — and to hold up.
Plans organised the way investors and lenders actually read them: market, model, moat, milestones.
Every projection ties back to a working financial model, not a set of disconnected assumptions.
Built with on-the-ground knowledge of UAE, GCC and South Asian market dynamics and regulation.
A dedicated advisory lead manages your plan end-to-end, typically delivering drafts within 2–3 weeks.
A structured six-stage process designed to move you from concept to a document you can put in front of investors with confidence.
We understand your business model, stage, funding objective and target audience for the plan (investors, banks, or licensing authority).
Our team gathers and validates market sizing, competitor positioning and regulatory data specific to your sector and geography.
We construct the underlying financial model — revenue drivers, cost structure, cash flow — that will anchor the plan's numbers.
We write the plan itself: executive summary, strategy, operations, go-to-market and risk sections in an investor-ready tone.
You review drafts with your advisory lead; we incorporate feedback and stress-test assumptions before finalising.
You receive the final plan plus a short briefing on how to present it to investors, lenders or authorities.
Every engagement is scoped clearly upfront. A typical business plan mandate includes:
Most business plans are delivered in 2–3 weeks from kickoff, depending on the depth of market research required and the responsiveness of the client team during review cycles.
Yes. We regularly prepare business plans structured to meet free zone and mainland licensing requirements across the UAE, in addition to investor-facing plans.
Yes — every business plan is backed by a full financial model built in parallel, so the narrative and the numbers are fully aligned.
Yes. We regularly build plans for pre-revenue and early-stage businesses, using bottom-up market sizing and comparable benchmarks in place of historical data.
We include a short briefing on presenting the plan, and can support a full pitch deck and investor outreach through our Capital Raising service.