Business Strategists & Custodians is a professional services firm with a focus investment capital & intellectual property. It was established in 2015 & presently has operations in; Nairobi (Kenya), Kilifi (Kenya), Dubai (UAE) & Saga (Japan). It is a subsidiary of Blue Kite Holdings Group.
Current Status
The professional services firm is fully operational & has been in existence for the past five years. Presently - it offers services in: (1) finance & accounting, (2) marketing & branding, as well as (3) big data & production operations.
It also boasts a staff of over 15 permanent & freelance consultants who oversee a client base of over 250 annually with a majority of the clientele located in Africa. Average turnover for the past 5 years has been $220,000.00 despite 2 years of the said period being election years.
Market
Our target market is primarily startups & MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, to capitalize on our global structures & networks - we also target startups & MSMEs in North America, Europe & Asia. This additions help us either bridge revenue generation gaps or beat our targets in accordance to the performance of the global economy.
Problem or Opportunity
Our niche in investment capital & intellectual property has put us on the frontier of directing & innovating trends the consultancy industry for startups & MSMEs in our jurisdictions of interest with much of our success coming from our client base in Africa. This is despite the fact that we have presently limited our operations to only one region of the continent. We feel that a similar opportunity is available for the taking in South, West & Central Africa. Further, we are optimistic of the opportunity present in fast growing India & China, as well as the Middle East as many nations in this regions begin to reduce their dependency on oil & begin turning to services in the course of this century.
Competitors
Our competitors include other professional services firms that focus solely on startups & MSMEs.
Advantages or differentiators
Key to our differentiators is our focus on startups & MSMEs with an an interest in investment capital & intellectual property. Further, we pride ourselves with offering premium service quality at the lowest rates.
Finance
Our financial model is threefold: (1) 70% of our revenue is directed towards our core business which entails consultancy services which attract a revenue of approximately $220,000.00 annually. This is collected by charging commissions to the value of the client account being handled. Further, we independently operate alternative investment services in private equity, venture capital & derivative trading where we charge management & performance fees. (2) 30% of our revenue is directed towards our alternative business which entails our incubation program where we develop our in-house or client projects for future sale. (3) 10% of our revenue is directed to our moonshot projects, where we experiment with our new offerings & project ideas.
Loan terms
36 months
Interest rate, %
15
Type of pledge
Another
Pledge and assets
10% of redeemable shares and/or convertible bonds in the parent company - Blue Kite Holding Group held for the entirety of the loan term.
Business model
The business model allows us to collect consultancy fees ranging between 2.5%-0.5% depending on the size of the account with a minimum charge of $750. Further, we collect management & performance fees from our respective alternative investment funds which are 2% & 20% respectfully. Through the derivative trades, we charge 2.5% for underlying assets sold & further earn a commission spread that varies in accordance to the Black-Scholes model.
Solution (product or service)
Our structure enables us to offer a wide range of solutions in the professional services realm in the form of advisory services, alternative investments, asset management, tax management, legal services, production operations & enterprises software management to mention but a few. This makes our firm a comprehensive option for our clients by way of offering a wide variety of solutions at affordable rates.
Our risks of concern include failure to generate targeted revenues due to political instability & other similar risks to the global economy. We plan to mitigate this by aggressively diversifying in our target markets - especially in Africa.
Incubation/Acceleration programs accomplishment
Business Strategists & Custodians operates its own incubation & accelerator program which currently houses six projects.
