AntoniazziBusiness Consulting
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Capital structuring for founders & operators

Investors rarely reject founders. They reject deal structures.

Interesting, but nothing moves? The problem usually isn't your pitch. It's how the deal is built.

For founders and operators raising $3M+ from US institutional capital: structured, asset-backed, trade-finance, and cross-border deals.

See if your deal is fundable 30-minute diagnostic · No cost Or take the 2-minute self-assessment →
Fundability Scorecard38/100
Capital Fit3/10
Validation5/10
Structure4/10
Narrative6/10
Risk3/10
A deal before structuring
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Institutions networked over SWIFT
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Largest structure engineered
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Years structuring complex capital
US–LATAM
Cross-border specialty
The problem

"Interesting, but not for us."

When capital stalls after real interest, founders rebuild the deck. But the investors who passed rarely doubted the story. They couldn't fit it into how their capital works. The block is structural.

How US capital decides

Before US capital moves, an investor answers three questions.

How could I lose money?
Risk
Why should I believe this works?
Validation
Does this fit the capital I deploy?
Capital fit

A deck speaks to none of these. The structure answers all three.

The Fundable Deal Framework

Fundability is engineered, not pitched.

Five dimensions · assessed, then rebuilt
P1
Capital Fit
The right type of capital for your model, stage, and risk.
P2
Validation
Enough evidence to justify investor conviction.
P3
Structure
A capital stack, governance, and incentives that support the check.
P4
Narrative
An investor sees the mandate fit in minutes.
P5
Risk
The concerns that block deployment, identified and addressed.
How we work

Diagnostic. Structure. Advisory.

Step one · No cost

Fundability Diagnostic

A 30-minute session to locate what's blocking your raise. You leave with clarity, either way.

Step two · Fixed scope

Capital Readiness Sprint

A defined engagement that produces your Deal Structure Map. Set deliverables, set timeline.

Step three · Optional

Strategic Advisory

Capped guidance for complex capital decisions after the Sprint. No open-ended commitment.

The deliverable
The Deal Structure Map
One document showing how to rebuild the opportunity so the right capital can say yes.
Sample · Illustrative
A look at the deliverable
DEAL CAPITAL FIT VALIDATION STRUCTURE NARRATIVE RISK CAPITAL

Your deal, restructured across the five pillars until the right capital can fund it.

Not ready to book?

See where your deal stands in 2 minutes.

Ten questions across the five dimensions investors evaluate. Get a fundability score and the two areas most likely costing you commitments. No call required.

Take the self-assessment
Fundability Scorecard
Capital Fit3/10
Validation5/10
Structure4/10
Narrative6/10
Risk3/10
Who this is for

The call worth having is the one after you've stalled.

Right conversation if you
  • +Have already spoken with investors
  • +Are getting interest but not commitments
  • +Are raising $3M+ in structured, asset-backed, trade-finance, infrastructure, fintech, or cross-border deals
  • +Control how the deal is structured
  • +Are raising from US investors, including founders based outside the US
Not, if you
  • –Haven't started raising or spoken to an investor
  • –Are still at the idea stage
  • –Want investor introductions or capital placement
  • –Are looking for a pitch coach or deck designer

If you've spoken with investors and capital isn't converting, let's find out why.

Real deals

Structured before the capital was raised.

Different industries, the same structural patterns investors look for.

$5MMining Development Financing+

Structured and raised $5,000,000 in conditional financing agreements for a mining development project.

$250KFintech Wallet Acquisition+

Structured the $250,000 acquisition and launch of a fintech wallet with zero budget by adding credibility partners.

$100KRaised via Football Club LOIs+

Raised $100,000 after securing letters of intent from European football clubs before product development.

$500KTokenized Sports Rights Investment+

Turned a sports-rights opportunity into a $500,000 investment vehicle tied to tokenized player image rights.

$100M+Receivables Financing Structure+

Structured a real-estate development opportunity into a nine-figure receivables financing structure backed by payroll deductions and institutional capital.

Why ABC
Marco Antoniazzi
Marco Antoniazzi
Founder & Principal

Nearly two decades at the intersection of capital, structure, and complex transactions: capital markets, structured and trade finance, M&A, payments, and blockchain. Marco built a network of 300+ financial institutions over SWIFT, developed cross-border card and payment programs across Latin America and the Caribbean, and has structured asset-backed, receivables, and alternative-capital solutions for founder-led ventures.

Strong opportunities failed to raise not for lack of potential, but for lack of alignment between the deal and the capital.

M.S. in Information Systems and B.S. in Finance from Florida International University. Oxford Fintech Programme. Bilingual, Miami-based, fluent in how capital moves between the U.S. and Latin America.

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Expert network

ABC brings in vetted senior specialists when a deal demands their expertise. Engaged case by case, matched to the structure on the table.

Matias Schiavoni
Matias Schiavoni
Operations · Supply Chain & Manufacturing

Eighteen-plus years leading industrial operations and supply chains across Latin America: plant management, operational excellence, and end-to-end supply chain across agribusiness and manufacturing, with current advisory work in supply chain and manufacturing for BID Invest, the IDB Group's private-sector arm. On asset-heavy and trade-finance deals, Matias pressure-tests the operational assumptions institutional capital scrutinizes before it commits.

Corporate Credit & Ratings Specialists

Our expert network includes senior professionals with experience across investment banking, corporate finance, financial planning, and institutional credit analysis.

Drawing on experience gained at leading global institutions, including firms such as Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young, as well as multinational corporations and global credit-rating organizations, these specialists provide an institutional lender's perspective on business risk, liquidity, leverage, governance, and capital structure. For debt, receivables, and cross-border financing transactions, they help assess how credit committees, lenders, and rating frameworks are likely to evaluate a deal before capital is deployed.

Point of view

Most founders don't have a fundraising problem. They have a fundability problem.

No AI prompt can tell you whether your opportunity fits a specific investor's mandate. No pitch coach can resolve a mismatch between your capital strategy and your business model.

Capital decisions turn on incentives, risk, timing, and structure. Those require judgment, not a better template.

No pressure

See if your deal is fundable.

If the conversation isn't useful, we stop there. No follow-up, no obligation. You'll still leave knowing what may be blocking investor interest.

Book your Fundability Diagnostic 30-minute diagnostic · No cost · No obligation

ABC (Antoniazzi Business Consulting) does not raise capital, solicit investors, or act as a broker-dealer, placement agent, or investment adviser. We help founders and operators improve capital readiness and fundability. Engagements are scoped and billed for advisory work product, never contingent on capital raised.