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Raise the capital you need. Understand the commitments you make.
Gracen Law brings capital advisory and legal transaction services together for businesses, projects and institutions seeking funding in Kenya and across African markets. We help you choose a funding route, prepare the investment case, engage suitable capital providers and negotiate the agreements that turn a proposal into a transaction.
Our Nairobi team supports the transaction from legal readiness and term sheet review through due diligence, documentation and completion. We explain how proposed terms affect ownership, control, repayment, security and future financing.
Whether you are growing an enterprise, financing a project, mobilising cooperative capital or pursuing development and donor funding, we connect your funding objective with the financial, commercial and legal work it requires.
Capital should support what you are building. A funding structure can also change your ownership, cash flow, decision-making and future options. We help you assess those consequences before committing to a proposal.
An agreed mandate can help you:
We tailor the work to your institution, funding stage and transaction:
Capital Raising and Financing Transactions
Start with the service that matches your funding objective. Each has a separate page with its offering, process and frequently asked questions.
Build a credible funding proposition before committing time and resources to funder engagement.
Connect your expansion plans with capital that fits the business you are growing.
Bring project bankability, capital structuring and legal execution into one coordinated mandate.
Design funding structures that connect commercial viability with development and impact objectives.
Prepare financing that reflects the institution's mandate, member interests and decision-making structure.
Strengthen your funding application and understand the commitments that follow an award.
Evaluate borrowing against your cash flow, assets and existing commitments.
Assess new funding and revised terms before repayment pressure narrows your options.
Keep funders informed and your institution prepared for the next capital cycle.
The appropriate route depends on your business model, stage, funding purpose, repayment capacity and readiness.
We help compare the financial and legal consequences of the available routes. Capital providers make their own investment, credit and award decisions.
Capital Raising and Financing Transactions
Capital advisory and transaction execution need to support the same commercial objective.
Our legal work addresses the rights, commitments and implementation steps behind the proposed funding.
We advise founders, companies and investors on seed, venture capital and growth rounds.
The work covers term sheets, subscription agreements, shareholder agreements, disclosure and corporate approvals.
We prepare and negotiate loan and facility agreements, guarantees, indemnities and security documents.
We review project entities, finance documents, construction and operating contracts, payment arrangements and security packages. Financial, tax and technical input is coordinated where needed.
We review the records an investor or lender will examine, including ownership, capitalisation, corporate records, material contracts, intellectual property, employment, property interests and regulatory permissions.
We review creditor consents, priorities, guarantees, continuing obligations and the consequences of revised terms. Where distress affects the transaction, we assess implications for the company, directors and creditors and coordinate the relevant professional advice.
We agree the scope, responsibilities, fees and timetable before substantive work begins.
Depending on the instruction, deliverables can include:
Already have a term sheet, loan offer or grant agreement? Share the proposal and deadline so we can focus the review on the decisions you need to make.
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Consultation
Tell us what you are building, the funding you need, the stage you have reached and any approaching deadline. We will agree the advisory and legal support needed to move the matter forward.
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Questions
Start by defining the amount you need, what it will fund and when it is required. Review your business or project model, cash flow, ownership and existing commitments. Gracen Law helps turn that assessment into a funding strategy and a preparation plan before investor, lender or donor engagement begins.
The choice depends on repayment capacity, growth stage, ownership preferences, project risk and funding eligibility. We compare the options using financial models and capital structuring analysis alongside the legal consequences. The aim is to understand dilution, control, repayment, security and reporting obligations before selecting a route.
Yes. Readiness can include financial modelling, valuation logic, unit economics, investment materials, governance and a data room. The legal review addresses ownership, contracts, licences, intellectual property and other diligence issues. We prioritise material gaps and organise the information needed for a credible funding discussion.
Yes. We help assess capital structures combining commercial debt or equity with grants, concessional funding, catalytic capital or public support. The work can include DFI positioning, financial preparation, risk allocation and alignment of funding conditions, impact expectations, governance and transaction documents.
Yes. We help assess eligibility, prepare the funding case and budgets, and organise governance and application materials. We also review award terms, co-funding, expenditure restrictions, reporting, audit rights, intellectual property and partner responsibilities, so your organisation understands the commitments it may accept.
Yes. An agreed mandate can include investor reporting, performance indicators, board documentation, shareholder communications and donor compliance. We help connect those processes with the signed funding agreements and maintain the records needed for follow-on funding, refinancing or future due diligence.
No. We advise growing and established businesses, project sponsors, cooperatives, SACCOs, funds, portfolio companies, social enterprises and nonprofits. Mandates can cover expansion, working capital, projects, acquisitions, strategic exits, grants, refinancing and capital restructuring, as well as early-stage investment.
Seek advice before accepting terms that may affect ownership, repayment, guarantees, security or business decisions. Early involvement can identify gaps and existing consent requirements before negotiation. If you already have an offer, share the documents and deadline so we can assess the binding commitments and immediate priorities.
Yes. We review binding and indicative provisions, costs, conditions and negotiation points. Depending on the proposal, this includes valuation, dilution, exclusivity, investor rights, repayment, covenants, default, security, permitted use of funds and continuing obligations. We also assess how the proposal interacts with your existing agreements.
Yes. We advise on due diligence, transaction structures, documentation and protections relevant to the client's role. Each engagement is subject to conflict checks and an agreed scope. The work may support an investor or lender assessing a proposal, or a business or institution seeking capital.
An agreed capital raising mandate can include investor and lender mapping, targeting, pipeline development, engagement materials and negotiation support. The relevant providers may include venture capital, private equity, family offices, strategic investors, banks and DFIs. We help structure the process and prepare the transaction; each funder decides whether to proceed.
Our mandate can cover capital strategy, financial preparation, funder engagement, negotiations and legal execution. It does not guarantee an investment, loan or grant. The engagement defines the services and responsibilities involved, while funding remains subject to the relevant provider's assessment, approval and conditions.
Yes. Our Nairobi team supports transactions involving international capital providers and financing across African markets. We assess structure, funding terms, approvals, security and completion requirements, and coordinate relevant local counsel and financial, tax or technical specialists where the transaction requires them.
Capital raising concerns obtaining funds for a business, project or institution. Financing transactions cover the structures and agreements through which funding is provided, including equity, loans, leases, receivables arrangements and project finance. Gracen Law connects the funding strategy with financial preparation, governance and legal implementation.
Yes, where the funding terms and applicable requirements allow it. We help design the capital structure and align shareholder rights, repayment priorities, covenants, security, grant conditions and intercreditor arrangements. This includes reviewing whether one funding source restricts the use or availability of another.
Seek advice when existing facilities no longer fit the business, a maturity or covenant issue is approaching, or new liquidity is needed under repayment pressure. We assess cash flow, creditor permissions, security priorities, guarantees and restructuring options before new commitments are made.
