Strategize

Leverage strategic insights to access high-potential markets: sustainable growth with a competitive edge.

We Offer Support In

Organizational Strategy Development

From decision-making structures to strategic planning and vision mapping, Catalystas helps businesses build strong, scalable frameworks for success. Whether you need policy development, staff needs assessments, or a comprehensive growth strategy, we offer expert guidance, ready-to-use templates, and hands-on support to align your organization or company with its long-term goals.

Business Planning & Financing

Securing funding requires a strong business plan and a compelling financial strategy. We help organizations craft clear and persuasive business plans, outlining financial projections, funding requirements, and market positioning. Our services include developing investment-ready proposals, identifying key revenue streams, and structuring operations for financial sustainability. Whether you're pitching to investors, applying for loans, or seeking strategic partnerships, we ensure your business stands out.

Scaling, Sustainability, & Growth Consulting

For businesses looking to expand, Catalystas provides strategic guidance to scale efficiently while maintaining financial stability and operational effectiveness. We refine business models, optimize processes, and diversify revenue streams to build long-term resilience. Our approach extends beyond internal growth, helping clients develop and manage key relationships in B2B, B2C, investor networks, and regulatory engagement in local economies. As experts in strategic partnerships, we match businesses with the right partners based on geography, industry focus, and funding needs. By connecting the right people in the right places, we ensure sustainable growth, seamless market entry, and the successful implementation of high-quality initiatives. Our team also supports executive development, market expansion planning, and investment navigation to drive lasting impact.

Market Research & Emerging Segment Analysis

Whether entering a new market, launching a program, or expanding operations, understanding the local landscape is essential. Catalystas specializes in market research across emerging economies and underrepresented segments, using a gender-informed and context-specific approach to identify opportunities, challenges, and competitive dynamics. Our team combines existing data with on-the-ground research—including interviews, focus groups, and surveys—to provide a deep and comprehensive analysis of socio-economic and industry trends. We conduct consumer surveys and A/B testing to ensure a strong launch process and product rollout, targeting the ideal consumer base. With expertise across multiple sectors and fluency in over ten languages, we synthesize insights from primary and secondary sources into clear, actionable reports. Whether for businesses, governments, or NGOs, our research equips you with the knowledge to navigate complex environments, optimize strategies, and drive sustainable impact.

Risk Assessment:

Effective decision-making requires a clear understanding of potential risks and their impacts. Catalystas can help you in identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the risks associated with your work, programming (STAR method [Situation, Task, Action, Result]; as well as strategic, operational, financial, compliance, and reputational), investment, or other proposed activities. We create a tailored risk mitigation plan that addresses each and every risk, the likelihood of occurrence, potential impacts, the groups who might be harmed, the precautions or steps that need to be taken, and potential costs of mitigation and resolution.

Strategic Partnership Development:

Catalystas can help you in identifying and building the ideal team of organizations to realize your goals. We are experts in matching partners based on geography, subject matter, and funding needs, connecting the right people in the right places to ensure the effective implementation of high quality programming.

Actionable Roadmap / Theory of Change Design

A key element for the successful design, implementation, and evaluation of any program or project, Catalystas can help build actionable, step-by-step roadmaps and plans that lead to measurable and sustainable impacts. We provide expert guidance in developing organizational and programmatic theories of change, aligning your ultimate goals with the necessary inputs, processes, and outcomes to achieve meaningful impact.

Pilot & Strategy Planning

Whether testing a new approach with a small group or launching a large-scale pilot, Catalystas designs and implements strategic pilots that drive measurable impact. Our expertise includes Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) frameworks, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) development, and scalable implementation strategies to ensure sustainable growth and adaptation. We support startups, businesses, financial institutions, governments, and NGOs in piloting products, services, or transformational strategies in a cost-effective manner. Our approach provides essential insights into viability, profitability, and consumer behavior, helping organizations refine their offerings, mitigate risks, and proof of concept to successfully enter new markets. From new program design to market expansion and adaptation in times of crisis, we ensure that pilots lead to informed, strategic decision-making.

Welcome to Lysta: The Catalystas Database of Experts!

We built Lysta as an answer to one of our own problems: the need to quickly assemble teams of experts across various subject matter, geographic, linguistic, and thematic areas for projects and proposals as they arise. We quickly realized that we were not the only ones facing this challenge! With the speed that development projects require hiring, turnaround, and technical insights, we see first hand how helpful it is to have a ready-made database of vetted experts to call on.

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For consultants, adding your profile to Lysta means jumping to the top of the list for our clients in recruitment processes. We do the heavy lifting: the CV reviews, interviews, vetting, and personnel management; so when our clients come to us, they know they’re hiring someone they can trust to deliver high quality, timely results. Click here to add your profile for review.

We’re proud to be a link in the chain that connects the best of the best – don’t hesitate to reach out and see how you can put Lysta to work for you!