Strategy and investment advisory
Clear decisions in complex markets.
Corva International is a strategy and investment advisory firm working with founders, investors and governments worldwide. We build the financial models, valuations and market studies that capital decisions rest on.
Based in Karachi. Available to clients worldwide.
The challenge
From emerging economies to established ones, the opportunities are real. The information behind them is often thin, and decisions get made on optimistic decks and untested assumptions.
Market figures are scattered, out of date or missing. Sizing an opportunity takes real research, not a database query.
Teasers and pitch decks lead with the upside. The risks in ownership, structure and cash flow sit in the detail.
Investors and boards test every assumption. A model that cannot explain itself costs time, credibility and money.
Corva International exists to close that gap.
Services
Every engagement is shaped to the question you need answered. Most of our work starts in four core areas, and it rarely stops there.
What is the business worth, and will investors trust the numbers?
Operating and three-statement models, DCF valuations with a full WACC build, trading comparables, and an investor deck where every number ties back to the model.
Should we invest, and on what terms?
Independent research on the company, its market and competitors, a red-flag review of the numbers and structure, and a side-by-side comparison of equity, debt, convertible and SAFE structures.
Where should we grow, and is the market big enough?
Market sizing, competitor mapping and prioritisation of countries, segments and partners, built from public data, regulators, industry bodies and trade flows.
Does this programme make commercial sense?
Commercial models and business cases for new projects, concessions and public-private partnerships, with cost, revenue and operating analysis written up as one clear paper.
Beyond the core areas, we build whatever the decision needs. A few of the requests we take on most often:
Operating, three-statement and returns models, DCF valuations and trading comparables.
Equity, debt, convertible, SAFE and share-swap structures compared side by side.
For new ventures, licences, projects and expansions.
Pitch decks, teasers, company profiles and websites, with every number tied to the model.
Priorities, new lines of business and expansion plans management can act on.
Performance analysis, cost and staffing models, and technical evaluation of bids.
Investment memos and board papers that lead with the answer.
Internal policies and contract summaries, prepared for review by your legal counsel.
White-label business plans, feasibility studies and financial models, delivered under your brand at partner rates. You keep the client relationship.
Approach
Four steps from the first call to the final walkthrough, with every assumption written down and every number traced to its source.
Agree the question, who will read the answer, the scope and the timeline before work begins.
Research the market, gather the data and build the model, with every figure traced to where it came from.
Run sensitivities and red-flag checks, and say plainly where the case is strong and where it is weak.
Hand over the model, memo or deck, then walk your team through the logic so they can defend it.
You work directly with the person doing the analysis, from the first call to the final walkthrough.
Track record
Selected work from our founder's experience. Client names, figures and identifying details are withheld.
DCF valuations of manufacturing businesses, with a full WACC build and cross-checks against listed comparables.
Marketed returns rebuilt from the source documents, with a clear recommendation to pass when the case does not hold.
Companies, verticals and partners mapped for leadership teams expanding into new markets.
Government business cases and commercial models for public-sector programmes in several countries.
Descriptions are deliberately general. The work was carried out by our founder as an employee of other firms, and no client names, figures or confidential details are shared.
Coverage
Our current experience spans 15 countries, from our base in Karachi. We are expanding into new markets and take on mandates worldwide. Choose a region, or point at a country to see the type of work done there.
Current experienceNew markets welcomeBase, Karachi
Why Corva
Analysis tends to fail in the same few places. Here is where it usually goes wrong, and how we work instead.
What is the decision in front of you?
Recommended starting point
A model and valuation investors can test, and a deck where every number ties back to it.
Leadership
“The person who scopes the work is the person who builds it.”
Corva is led by its founder, who brings experience across private equity deal work, corporate strategy and public-sector programmes. Every engagement is scoped, built and presented by the founder personally, so you never lose the thread between the question and the answer.
The founder's full profile is shared privately with every proposal.
Contact
Send a short note on what you are deciding, your timeline and any material you already have, such as a deck, a model or data. We will reply with how we can help and what we would need.
