Building the Financial Case for a New Restaurant Venture
Turning an entrepreneurial restaurant concept into an investor-ready financial opportunity
Molino Oloyo operated a collection of food and hospitality ventures spanning farming, restaurant pop-ups, private catering, and other culinary activities.
When the team decided to launch a formal restaurant as a standalone venture, 7Alder built the financial models, valuation analysis, and transaction framework used to support the company’s successful capital raise.
- ClientMolino Oloyo
- Client TypeFounder-Owned Business
- TransactionCapital raise for a new restaurant venture
- WorkstreamsOperating modeling, valuation, pro forma analysis and deal structuring
- ResultSupported a successful outside capital raise
- Capital Raised$5 million
The Client and Situation
Molino Oloyo had built an entrepreneurial collection of food-related businesses across farming, restaurant pop-ups, private catering, and related ventures.
The team’s next step was to launch a formal restaurant as a standalone business.
Moving from a collection of entrepreneurial ventures to a capitalized restaurant required a more structured financial foundation. The founders needed to understand the economics of the concept and present those economics clearly to prospective investors.
The Transaction Objective
The objective was to build the financial case for the new restaurant and support the associated capital raise.
The founders needed a clear view of the restaurant’s projected performance, capital requirements, valuation, and proposed transaction structure.
The analysis also needed to translate the founders’ operating assumptions into a format prospective investors could evaluate.
The Constraint
The team had limited internal financial resources and difficult historical information to work from.
The new restaurant also represented a different operating model than the group’s existing collection of food-related businesses.
7Alder needed to build a standalone financial framework for the new venture while working within a compressed timeline.
The Work Performed
7Alder worked with the founders to convert the restaurant concept and available financial information into an investor-ready analytical framework.
The work included:
- Organizing the underlying financial information
- Building a forward-looking restaurant operating model
- Developing pro forma financial statements
- Preparing valuation analysis
- Modeling the proposed capitalization and deal structure
- Connecting operating assumptions to the contemplated capital raise
- Refining the analysis as the concept and financing assumptions evolved
Representative Deliverables
Operating Model
A forward-looking model connecting restaurant-level operating assumptions to revenue, expenses, profitability, and cash requirements.
Pro Forma Analysis
Financial projections showing the expected economics of the new venture.
Valuation Analysis
Analysis used to frame the value of the new business and inform investor discussions.
Deal Structure Model
A framework supporting evaluation of the proposed financing and ownership structure.
The Result
7Alder delivered the financial analysis required to support the restaurant’s capital-raising process.
The work helped translate an entrepreneurial concept into a structured financial opportunity, and the resulting analysis supported a successful outside capital raise for the new venture.
The founders also gained a reusable financial model for evaluating performance and updating expectations as the restaurant developed.
Client Perspective
“7Alder approached our model from first principles, rebuilt the underlying logic, and delivered an accurate, intuitive, investor-ready financial tool that exceeded our expectations.”
Molino Oloyo
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