Clear-headed financial guidance for growing businesses
We help founders, finance teams and boards turn messy books, unverified suppliers and gut-feel decisions into numbers they can actually stand behind — to a bank, an investor, or each other.
Three ways we get you to a defensible view
Numbers you can actually stand behind
We rebuild reporting so it holds up under real scrutiny — from a bank covenant review to a boardroom question you weren't expecting. No more spreadsheets that only one person understands.
Average close time cut by 9 days
Supplier and vendor risk, reviewed properly
Growing fast usually means your supplier base grew faster than your controls did. We build tiered verification and financial-health scoring so you know who you're actually exposed to.
Suppliers screened to date 4,100+
Growth decisions backed by real modelling
Before you sign the lease, hire the team or take the funding round, we run the numbers three ways — best case, base case, and the one nobody wants to model but should.
Businesses advised through funding rounds 38A small team, deliberately
Adriaan Botha
Founder & Managing ConsultantFifteen years advising SA manufacturers and retailers on financial control and risk, formerly with a Big Four advisory practice in Johannesburg.
Naledi Mokoena
Head of Risk AdvisoryLeads Praleno's supplier and vendor verification work; built the scoring framework we now use across every risk engagement.
Chris van der Merwe
Senior Financial AnalystHandles modelling and forecasting for growth-stage clients, from pricing strategy through to funding-round scenarios.
Farah Adams
Client DirectorYour point of contact from first call to final report — makes sure recommendations actually get implemented, not just delivered.
From 600 unverified suppliers to a defensible view
600 suppliers, no consistent picture
A fast-growing manufacturing client had over 600 suppliers on file, added in the scramble of a three-year expansion. There was no consistent vetting process, no financial-health data, and no clear picture of BEE compliance exposure across the list — a problem their auditors and their bank had both started asking about.
A tiered verification framework
Praleno built a tiered verification framework covering financial standing, ownership structure, compliance status and payment history. We ran every active supplier through it, flagged anomalies for manual review, and trained the client's procurement team to maintain the framework going forward.
Exposure identified before it mattered
Of 600 suppliers, 214 were confirmed low-risk and fast-tracked, 89 were flagged and either re-negotiated or exited, and R3.2 million in previously unrecognised exposure was identified before it became a problem. The full review took six weeks.
A look inside how Praleno works
Client workshop, Kloof Street office.
Reviewing supplier documentation, week two of a risk engagement.
Naledi Mokoena walking a client through a scoring dashboard.
The Praleno boardroom, mid-quarter planning.
Table Mountain from the Gardens office rooftop.
A finished report, ready for a board meeting.
On-site with a manufacturing client in Paarl.
Adriaan Botha presenting year-end findings.
Cape Town CBD, five minutes from our door.
Let’s talk numbers
One conversation is usually enough to tell you whether we're the right people for the problem you have. No obligation, no sales pitch — just a straight answer.