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Dataking Consulting • Greater Chicago Area

Finance and strategy consulting for decisions that carry economic weight.

We help businesses, investors, and institutions across the United States and international markets navigate financial modeling, FP&A, valuation, and investment analysis with rigor drawn from applied research.

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The problems we solve

We turn the data your organization already produces into clear strategic options for boards, investors, and lenders.
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In most organizations:
  • The data exists: financials, operations, customers, and markets.
  • The decision doesn’t: when a board, investor, or lender asks whether to expand, raise capital, reprice, or restructure, the answer still rests on instinct.
  • Why: teams measure what is easy, not what drives value, and the data that would answer the question often isn’t tracked.
  • The cost: slower decisions, misallocated capital, and lost credibility with the people who fund you.
We identify the new data worth tracking, and we measure the impact after the decision is made.

What we do

Our finance strategy offerings

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Corporate Finance

Valuation, financial modeling, capital structure, M&A support, financial due diligence, and turnaround and restructuring.

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FP&A & Financial Strategy

Budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and fractional CFO support.

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Investment & Market Analysis

Investment analysis, market sizing, commercial due diligence, and market research.

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AI in Finance & Investment

AI applications in financial analysis and investment decision-making, and their governance.

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Research & Advisory

Applied financial and economic research, policy analysis, and strategic advisory.

How we're different

Most advisory work ends with a slide deck and a list of recommendations. The model is handed over, and the hard part is left to the client.

Dataking's approach is also hands-on

We pair research rigor with hands-on finance and strategy, so every analysis delivers practical options for your decision and holds up under scrutiny.

  • Assumptions are explicit and tested
  • Models are built to be used, not just admired
  • Recommendations tie directly to value and risk
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Reporting frameworks: US GAAP and IFRS
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Our approach

Our work traces back to applied economic research, where a conclusion only counts if the evidence supports it. We apply that standard to everything we deliver, from valuations and forecasts to market assessments, AI adoption reviews, and policy analysis: every figure has a source, every assumption has a rationale, and every recommendation traces back to the data.

Most financial analysis is fragmented:

  • Models live in disconnected spreadsheets
  • Key assumptions go untested
  • Forecasts never reach the decision
  • Strategic recommendations never get to be implemented

We change that.

We build analysis where the logic is transparent, the drivers are tested, and the output answers the question leadership is actually asking. The result is a decision you can explain, defend, and revisit as conditions change.

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How an engagement works

Step 01

Diagnose

Step 1: diagnose the decision and the data behind it

We clarify the decision, the stakeholders, and the evidence available, and identify where the current numbers fall short.

Step 02

Model

Step 3: decide and measure the impact

We build or rebuild the financial model, valuation, or forecast, and stress-test the drivers that matter most.

Step 03

Decide

Step 2: model the options

We translate the analysis into a clear recommendation and support you through the board, investor, or lender conversation.

Who we have worked with

Our engagements are confidential, so we describe clients by type rather than by name.

Frontier AI labs

Finance, accounting, and tax subject-matter expertise supporting the development and evaluation of advanced AI models.

Fintech and financial services firm

Market analysis, credit modeling, and due diligence on a lending partner to inform credit and investment decisions.

Social impact consulting firms

Financial modeling to support planning, budgeting, and decision-making for mission-driven work.

Who we work with

We partner with organizations facing financial choices that want a data-driven strategic analysis to support decisions

  • Businesses planning growth, capital raises, or restructuring
  • Investors evaluating opportunities in US and frontier markets
  • Institutions managing budgets, programs, and financial risk
  • Startups and growth-stage companies building a decision-ready model

What is Dataking Consulting LLC?

Dataking Consulting LLC is a finance and strategy consultancy based in the Greater Chicago Area. We help businesses, investors, and institutions across the United States and international markets with financial modeling, FP&A, valuation, and investment analysis.

Founded in 2021 in Ghana (as Dataking Consulting) and now headquartered in Greater Chicago, the firm brings internationally chartered accounting and finance credentials, fluency in US GAAP and IFRS, and hands-on experience evaluating frontier AI models in finance, accounting and strategy.

We help improve business strategic decisions.

Why Dataking

Research discipline and practitioner judgment, across project deliverables.

Research discipline

Methods shaped by applied economic research, including our founder's research work at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Chartered credentials

Internationally chartered accounting and finance credentials, with working fluency in US GAAP and IFRS.

AI-ready finance

Hands-on experience training and evaluating frontier AI models across finance domains and verticals, applied to building and reviewing analyses to meet challenging business cases in the current fast-moving AI environment.

Frequently asked questions

We provide finance and strategy consulting: financial modeling, FP&A, valuation, investment and market analysis, and research-driven advisory for businesses, investors, and institutions.

Businesses, investors, startups, and institutions across the United States and international markets, including emerging and frontier economies.

Financial services and banking, emerging and frontier markets, extractive industries and commodities, agribusiness, startups and growth-stage companies, and development and institutional finance.

With a short call to understand the decision you are facing. We then propose a scope, timeline, and fee before any work begins.

We pair research-grade rigor with practical modeling, and we stay with the analysis until it informs a decision, not just a report.

Yes. We serve clients across the United States and international markets and work fluently in both US GAAP and IFRS.

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