Nexora Capital — Go-To-Market Strategy

The channel architecture and the phased rollout underpinning Nexora's go-to-market strategy.

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Section 12 · Business Plan

Go-To-Market Strategy

The channel architecture and the phased rollout underpinning Nexora’s go-to-market strategy.

The GTM design principle is that distribution partnerships and
product-led referral must carry the majority of acquisition by Year 3,
because paid digital channels alone cannot deliver 350,000 customers at
an economic CAC. The plan phases acquisition accordingly.

Channel Architecture

Channel Mechanics Share of FY2031 acquisition Blended CAC
Digital acquisition Performance marketing, SEO content, SME webinars 25% R4,500
Accounting-firm partnerships Referral agreements with practices using Xero/Sage 20% R1,900
ERP & e-commerce platforms Embedded finance placements at point of need 22% R1,600
SME associations & chambers Co-branded programmes, procurement-readiness training 12% R2,100
Merchant referral programme Incentivised customer-get-customer mechanics 21% R900

Phased Rollout

  • Phase 1 (M12–M24), South Africa core: Gauteng,
    Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal; pilot cohort of 500 SMEs, then commercial
    launch; target 25,000 customers by FY2028.
  • Phase 2 (M36–M48), Near-region: Botswana,
    Namibia, Zambia via partnership-led entry with local sponsor banks;
    target 15% of new customers from region by FY2030.
  • Phase 3 (M48–M60), East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania,
    Mozambique; entry contingent on Phase-2 unit economics validating the
    multi-country playbook.
Figure 8
Figure 8: Unit economics, CAC versus lifetime value

Blended CAC declines from R5,800 to R2,300 as partnership channels
scale, while LTV rises from R9,500 to R26,100 on cross-sell depth and
retention. The resulting LTV/CAC expansion from 1.6x to 11.3x is the
plan’s central unit-economics claim; the marketing budget of R70m from
the raise plus reinvested revenue funds the trajectory. A payback period
of under 14 months is achieved from FY2029.

ANALYST FINDING, Year-1 unit economics are below
institutional thresholds by design

At 1.6x LTV/CAC and negative EBITDA, FY2027 acquisition destroys
accounting value on a standalone-cohort basis. This is a deliberate
land-grab posture, defensible only if cohort retention and cross-sell
curves realise as modelled. The Company should instrument cohort-level
payback reporting from the first pilot so the board can throttle
acquisition spend against evidence rather than budget.

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