Market entry & site assessment
We weigh the ways in — agent, distributor, local partner or your own presence — and go and see the locations you shortlist. You get the options compared side by side.
Local execution for companies entering new markets
We make cross-border expansion work.
When the local questions, partners, specialists and operating pieces have to come together, Puente Nova provides the capacity to make it happen — from the first questions on the ground through setup, launch and handover.
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US & Canada · Latin America · Africa
Local executionFrom first questions on the ground to an operation your own team can take over.
For your company
Enter a market without building the whole local team first.
We connect the local questions, counterparties and setup work needed to move from a decision to an operation that works.
Partners, suppliers & local network
We find and meet the distributors, suppliers, agents and specialists you need — an agreed number, in person, within a set window. You get a vetted shortlist and why each one fits.
Supplier & partner verification
We visit the supplier, factory or provider you cannot get to yourself, see the operation first-hand and report back on what we actually found. You do not have to be expanding to need this.
Operational setup & in-market support
We coordinate the advisers, registrations, banking and practical setup, and stay reachable locally while the operation finds its feet. We can do the same in reverse when a market must close.
For the people you move
The move is part of the expansion.
Moving an executive, specialist or family into a new country creates a second set of practical problems alongside the business setup. We handle that layer too, so they can focus on the role and you are not managing the move from another country.
- 01
Before they arrive
Everyone knows what has to happen.
We connect the moving parts early — immigration, housing, schools, arrival timing and appointments — so decisions are made in the right order rather than chased separately.
- 02
When they land
The practical pieces are already moving.
Viewings, school visits, appointments and everyday setup are coordinated locally, with someone there to follow through when plans change or something needs attention.
- 03
Until they are settled
There is still someone local to call.
Support does not stop at arrival. We stay reachable through the first weeks, when the small but disruptive problems of living and working somewhere new tend to surface.
Examples
What this can look like.
Different expansions, same challenge: getting the right local pieces in place and moving together.
01
Production
You are a manufacturer looking to establish production in another country.
The expansion plan becomes a launch-ready operation.
- A vetted shortlist of sites and production partners you can make a decision from
- A grounded view of costs, constraints, local risks and unresolved decisions
- A sequenced setup plan with the right suppliers, advisers and operators around the table
02
Market entry
You are a producer looking to enter a new export market.
How the product actually gets from here to there — and who will buy it.
- A validated route to market built around credible buyers and distributors
- A first-shipment path covering import, logistics, compliance and critical hand-offs
- A partner lineup and clear sequence from interest to first commercial activity
03
New-country setup
You are entering a country where you do not yet have a local team.
Enough of the operation to start, before you build the organization.
- The local experts and partners you need, met and vetted before you rely on them
- Critical operating questions resolved while they are still cheap to fix
- An in-market setup your permanent team can inherit rather than rebuild
About Puente Nova
Built for the gap between deciding to expand and having your own team there.
Puente Nova is a cross-border operations company working across US & Canada, Latin America and Africa. We bring together the local people, relationships and specialist support an expansion needs, and stay with the work until the client is ready to take it over.
- 01 / AccountabilityNamed leadOwns the engagement and stays with it
- 02 / In marketIn-country teamHandles what has to be done where it happens
- 03 / Specialist depthSpecialists as neededLegal, tax, customs, immigration — brought in and coordinated
One accountable team around the brief, rather than a collection of local providers you coordinate from another country.
Take one stage, or give us the whole run
From first question to handover.Assess
Whether to go, and where — weighed on the ground rather than on paper.
Find
Partners, suppliers and specialists, met in person and checked before you commit.
Set up
Registrations, banking, premises and advisers, kept moving until it runs.
Stay
A named person in the market while the operation finds its feet.
Handover
To your own team when they are ready, or an orderly wind-down if not.
Every engagement starts with a written brief and a fixed scope agreed before anything begins. What we find comes back first-hand, in writing, before you decide whether it continues.
Get in touch
Start a conversation.
You don’t need all the answers before expanding. You need people there who can find them.
Tell us what you are trying to do and where things stand. We will come back with a view.