Case studies / Merstra — Selected engagements
Outcomes, not case files.
A sample of mandates where the work outlived the slide deck. Numbers verified with the client; names shared where we're allowed.
18
Live mandates
$380M
Capital catalyzed
22 mo
Client tenure avg.
Sovereign Innovation Authority · 2022 — 2025
Scaling a national incubator from 40 to 240 startups a year.
A 12-week fundraising sprint that gets founders from data-room chaos to term-sheet negotiation — with a real investor room at the end.
6.2×
Startup throughput
82%
Cohort survival at 24 mo
$180M
Follow-on capital
Pan-African Ecosystem Coalition · 2023 — 2025
Capacity-building curriculum for 1,200 ecosystem operators.
Designed a train-the-trainer program running across seven countries, with certification and a shared operating standard.
1.2K
Practitioners
7
Countries
94%
Completion rate
Global Enterprise CVC · 2024 — Ongoing
Standing up an open innovation program across four verticals.
Designed the thesis, ran founder scouting across GCC and Africa, and now operate the pilot program between portfolio startups and the corporate BUs.
18
Live pilots
4
Verticals
9 mo
Time-to-first-pilot
Flagship program
Operating a national grant program worth $220M.
Ran cohort selection, disbursement and impact reporting on behalf of the ministry across three funding waves — with a public dashboard the parliament uses.
$220M
Deployed
3
Funding waves
410
Grantees
