The bankability gap
80%of infrastructure projects in Africa fail at the feasibility and business-plan stage. Fewer than 10% reach financial close.
Source: McKinsey & Company, ‘Solving Africa’s infrastructure paradox,’ March 2020
Strategy, Risk & Capital Advisory
From idea to investable.
DigiEra Advisory helps financial institutions, founders and investors turn ambitious plans (an enterprise AI program, a deep-tech company, a complex project) into ones that boards, regulators and capital can back.
Why now
Ambition is everywhere. Approval is scarce.
AI moves into production
Financial institutions are taking AI from pilots into core processes. Regulators expect governance and model risk to keep pace.
Family offices go direct
Families increasingly co-invest directly and need institutional-grade diligence without an institutional team.
Deep tech needs a path to market
AI and quantum founders often hold breakthrough technology without a fundable model or route to market.
Our practices
Three practices. One standard: work that holds up under scrutiny.
Practice 01
AI Strategy & Governance
For banks, asset managers and insurers.
AI & digital strategy
Priorities, operating model and roadmap.
AI governance & model risk
SR 11-7 and the EU AI Act, made workable.
Executive & board workshops
AI readiness and board-level oversight.
Practice 02
Capital
For founders, families and investors.
Fundraising strategy & investor readiness
Narrative, data room, valuation and targeting.
Family office advisory
Co-investment strategy and deal screening.
Investment & capital structuring
Structures that align sponsors and investors.
Practice 03
Strategy & Risk
Make it viable. Make it bankable.
Go-to-market for deep tech
Positioning, pricing and commercialization.
Project advisory
Feasibility, modeling, bankability and PPPs.
Operational & investment risk
Country, project and governance risk, mitigated.
How we work
Built to the standard of an investment committee.
01. Diagnose
What the opportunity really is, and what would stop a board, a regulator or an investor from backing it.
02. Model
Economics, feasibility and risk, run to cash, not just to a headline return.
03. Structure
Governance, capital stack, partnerships and mitigation that align every party.
04. Engage
Prepare for, and engage, the right investors, partners, boards and institutions.
Who we serve
Where ambition meets scrutiny.
Financial institutions
AI strategy, governance and risk that satisfy the regulator without stalling innovation.
Deep tech, AI & quantum founders
From breakthrough technology to a fundable, sellable company.
Family offices & private investors
Direct deals with institutional discipline.
Project sponsors & governments
From a policy agenda to a bankable project, including public–private partnerships in high-growth markets.
Founder
Vaibhav Sharma
Founder, DigiEra Advisory
Nearly three decades in banking and financial services: building practices from zero, running global P&Ls and leading regulated transformations. DigiEra brings that operator’s judgment to every engagement.
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