Services: business plan, feasibility study and financial model for your goal
Choose what you want to get: a loan, a grant, land, tax incentives, an investor, a project with the state or a licence. Under each goal are pages on where the document goes, what is checked there and how long it takes.
Loan
Bank, DAMU fund, DBK, IDF: business plan, feasibility study and financial model for the credit committee.
- Business plan for a bank: a business loan in KazakhstanThe document a second-tier bank’s credit committee decides on: a financial model for the loan term, sources of repayment, collateral and market. Prepared to the specific bank’s requirements and defended before the committee.
- Business plan for DAMU: subsidies, guarantees and preferential loansThe DAMU Entrepreneurship Development Fund does not lend directly: the application goes through a bank, and the fund checks the project against its own criteria. We prepare a business plan that passes both checks.
- Feasibility study for DBK and IDF: expert review at the Development Bank and the Industrial Development FundA feasibility study to the development institution’s methodology: financial and economic model, marketing and technical opinions, answers to the external experts’ comments. For projects going to DBK, IDF, a SEC or an akimat.
Grant and subsidy
Grants from employment centres, QazInnovations, akimats and the Ministry of Agriculture: business plan and budget for the committee.
- 400 MCI Bastau Business grant: a business plan for the committee defenceA non-repayable grant to start a business: 400 MCI, which is ₸1,730,000 in 2026. It goes to those who complete the training and defend a business plan before the employment centre’s committee. We prepare a document that passes the defence.
- Grants and subsidies for business: QazInnovations, Science Fund, akimats, Ministry of AgricultureBesides the 400 MCI grant there are larger grants and subsidies: QazInnovations technology commercialisation grants up to ₸80 million, the Science Fund, akimat competitions for social entrepreneurs and investment subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture. Everywhere the application is judged on the business plan and budget.
Land and site
A land plot without auction through the akimat, an industrial zone, a SEZ or an SEC.
- Land without auction for an investment project: business plan for the akimat, an industrial zone or an SECA plot of state land can be obtained without an auction if the project is recognised as an investment project, if you are a participant of an industrial or special economic zone, or if you go through a social-entrepreneurial corporation (SEC). In every case the decision rests on a business plan or a feasibility study. We prepare the document to the requirements of the specific route and support you until the decision.
- Feasibility study for a SEZ: how to become a special economic zone participantA company becomes a SEZ participant under a contract with the management company, and the contract is signed on the basis of the project’s feasibility study. The requirements for the study are set by Order No. 501 of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development. We prepare the study to these requirements and calculate the project category and the funding package.
Tax incentives
Investment contract, investment agreement, SEZ and Astana Hub.
- Investment contract and investment agreement: business plan for incentivesAn investment contract with the Investment Committee gives customs duty exemptions and an in-kind grant. An investment agreement with the Government adds tax incentives and stable rates. In both cases the application rests on a business plan in the approved form. We prepare it and support you until signing.
- Feasibility study for a SEZ: how to become a special economic zone participantA company becomes a SEZ participant under a contract with the management company, and the contract is signed on the basis of the project’s feasibility study. The requirements for the study are set by Order No. 501 of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development. We prepare the study to these requirements and calculate the project category and the funding package.
- How to become an Astana Hub participant: application, business plan, benefitsTechnopark participant status gives 0% corporate income tax, VAT and personal income tax on ICT activity. Applications are reviewed within 15 working days, and the key document is a business plan on the fund’s template. Since 2019 we have prepared 162 applications; not one was rejected.
Investor
Financial model, memorandum and presentation for a fund, a private investor or an exchange.
Project with the state
PPP, financial and economic justification of budget investments, tenders for state property.
Licence
Business plan for a bank, insurer, broker or AFSA licence.
Apex Consulting is a consulting firm in Astana, working since 2017. We have prepared 2,137 business plans for 535 clients; our clients have raised $1.7 billion in financing. Payment: 70% after the brief is agreed, 30% after the committee approves the project. Revisions after expert comments are free for three months. We defend the project before the committee together with the client. From ₸350,000, from 3 working days.
The first review of your project is free and without obligation. We reply in working hours and tell you where to apply and whether you are in time.