Mati Insights

Mati Insights

Decision before commitment

Before you sign a lease or commit capital, you need a decision.

A structured view of whether the project works — as a business and as an investment — before anything is agreed.

That is what Mati does.

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What Mati does

What Mati does.

Mati takes the key details of your project and builds the commercial case from them.

Revenue is calculated from what the space can realistically do — based on location, concept, size, and how similar operations perform.

Costs, payroll, and rent are measured against real benchmarks.

The result is a clear and rational view of what the site can deliver.

Why this matters

Why this matters.

Every project carries two realities at once: the business must operate, and the capital must return.

Mati evaluates both within the same structure and brings them together at the decision point.

The benchmarks are based on observed market behaviour and experience.

You get a position you can defend — before any commitment is made.

The process

Five steps. One structured decision.

1

You provide the inputs.

Location, concept, rent, size, and investment.

2

Mati builds the case.

Revenue, costs, payroll, and break-even are calculated from your inputs and calibrated against market benchmarks.

3

The case is tested.

The project is assessed against operating limits, cost pressures, and weaker performance scenarios. Where the risks are, they are identified.

4

The project is assessed from two sides.

Operational viability and investment return.

5

The outcome is direct:

Proceed. Adjust the terms. Do not pursue — with the reasoning visible and open to challenge.

Proceed Adjust the terms Do not pursue

From inputs to decision

The diagram shows the path Mati follows every time a project is screened.

Mati Insights
Dependency Architecture
Simplified product logic map
Product logic map
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Layers
Inputs & Libraries
Core Engine Hub
Operating & Investment Engines
Scenario & Risk
Narrative & Executive
Final Outputs
  • Inputs & Benchmarks — your data, city benchmarks, and commitment thresholds
  • Spatial & Capacity Intelligence — derives what the space can realistically do
  • Operating Economics Engine — builds P&L, payroll, EBITDA, and break-even
  • Investment & Capital Engine — computes returns, payback, and capex structure
  • Lease & Commitment Screening — runs factor gates before any commitment is signed
  • Scenario & Stress Testing — 9 scenarios and 1,000-run Monte Carlo simulation
  • Operational & Investment Perspectives — reads the project from both sides independently
  • Dual-Perspective Decision Layer — produces the four-state commitment verdict
  • Executive Narrative & Outputs — delivers Tier 1, Tier 2, and Delivery Timeline

Each step feeds the next. The result is a structured decision before any commitment is made.

The outputs

What you receive.

Tier 1

Commercial Brief

Pre-commitment screen — key figures, verdict, and risk flags in one document.

  • Revenue potential
  • Break-even level
  • Cost structure
  • Profitability (EBITDA)
  • Investment returns (ROI, payback)
  • Downside exposure
  • Decision outcome

Tier 2

Full Screen Report

Complete financial model, risk analysis, investment returns, and decision basis.

  • Full annotated P&L
  • Monthly performance
  • Seasonality analysis
  • Five-year projections
  • Scenario testing
  • Investment structure
  • Improvement levers

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