Valnova Partners

our firm

  • We are a boutique advisory firm based in Santo Domingo, founded in September 2019.
  • We specialize in corporate finance advisory, investment management and innovation through data science.
  • We focus on creating and delivering value to our clients in every project and mission.
  • We take pride in operating under the highest ethical, professional and technical standards in our industry.
  • We ensure that each of our projects is handled according to lean and agile principles.
  • We believe in long term relationships built in time for the continuous success of our stakeholders.

our values

Independence Agility

Creativity Innovation

Excellence Entrepreneurship

Objectivity Confidentiality

Affiliations & Accreditations

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CFA Institute

CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit professional organization that provides investment professionals with finance education. It aims to promote the standards in ethics, education, and professional excellence in the global investment industry. We are bound to CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct

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EPIC EHR

EPIC EHR is the leading electronic health information records world wide. We currently hold certifications in health information management back-end data extraction, reporting and analysis.

Key Industries Served

Healthcare

Hospitality

Industrial Production

Energy

Real Estate

Banking

Insurance

Commerce

Retail

Food & Beverage

Our Services

We combine business analytics, finance and data science to drive value in our projects.


Finance, Deals & Value-Based Management

  • Corporate Finance Advisory
  • M&A Advisory: Valuation & Deals
  • Capital Raising and Debt Structuring
  • Real Estate Deals Structuring and Execution
  • Portfolio Company Monitoring and Support
  • Family Office Management & Investment Advisory
  • Data-driven Capital Budgeting & Feasibility Analysis
  • Financial Strategic Planning


Technology and Data Science

  • Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Informatics Services
  • Business Intelligence (BI) Support and Advisory
  • Tailored BI Dashboard Development
  • Data Integration Consultancy
  • Data Governance Plan Development
  • Secondary Analysis of Existing Data
  • Data Quality Evaluations and Assessments
  • Data Management Infrastructure and Procedures Dev.
  • Research Planning, Development and Design Advisory

Corporate Finance

Selected Deals

Instituto Materno Infantil SMDP

US$7m+

Expansion plan economic feasibility study and capital raising support. Selected as sole advisor to the clinic’s Board of Directors.

ARV Group

US$12m+

Sell-side valuation and negotiation support in the sale of a portfolio company. Selected as sole advisor to the family Board.

Undisclosed client

US$15m+

Sell-side valuation and negotiation support in the sale of a car dealership. Services rendered in collaboration with Moonshot Advisory.

Undisclosed client

US$50m+

Real Estate business carve out analysis and debt restructuring. Services rendered in collaboration with Moonshot Advisory.


Our Team

Our partners were professionally trained in France, USA and Canada.

Nicolas Diaz Garelli, CFA

Partner

Nicolas is an economist and specializes in Corporate Finance and Asset Management. He has more than 12 years of experience in private equity deals, valuation, investment structuring, project finance and value-based management. He has participated in many relevant M&A transactions in the Dominican Republic and Central America. He holds the CFA designation (Chartered Financial Analyst) globally recognized as the gold standard in the investment management profession. He is the co-founder of two fast-growing companies in the healthcare industry in the Dominican Republic. He is a financial advisor to several prominent entrepreneur families in DR.

Franck Diaz Garelli, PhD

Partner

Franck is an assistant professor of health informatics analytics focused on translating research into applications that support business development and healthcare operations improvement through advanced data analytics. His work supporting the development learning health systems worldwide. His prior work has focused on supporting building strong partnerships between stakeholders in the business, clinical and research spheres at multiple institutions, developing data infrastructure and applying advanced to uncover insights to glean new knowledge. Franck has conducted world-class research project including the development of new data science methodologies for data quality assessment.  Although Franck is currently based in North Carolina, he collaborates with both clients and research fellows in the DR and Caribbean a continuous basis.

Partners

Strategic Partner

Moonshot is an advisory firm based in Santo Domingo led by renowned and seasoned professionals

Contact

Contact Us

Our Address

Av. Roberto Pastoriza #20, Naco | Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

Email Us

ndiaz@valnovapartners.com
jfdiaz@valnovapartners.com

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