Fees
You pay for the work, and the business stays all yours.
How we work
Every engagement starts with an honest look at where you are.
How it runs
Four steps.
- ApplySign our mutual NDA, then answer ten questions about your business. It takes about 20 minutes.
- We reviewWe look at your answers and notes, and come back to you within 48 hours, either way.
- We talkIf there's a fit, we meet and agree what you need and how we'll work together.
- We get to workFrom then on, we work alongside you towards one goal: a business worth buying.
Ways of working with us
Pay in the way that suits the business.
Fees plus a stake
Lower fees in return for a share of the business.
Sweat equity
We put in time in return for a stake.
Investment
In the right cases, we invest alongside you.
Success fee
A share of the value when you raise money or sell.
Who we work with
Founders with a real problem to solve.
Mostly in tech, and building something to sell one day. You don't have to be at the beginning: some of the businesses we can help most have been trading for years and have stalled.
Starting out
An idea, or trading for less than about two years. We help you set up properly so you don't have to undo it later.
- Company structure, shareholdings and IP owned by the company
- Numbers you can run the business on
- A clear route to your first paying customers
Stuck or stalled
Trading, but growth has flattened, slipped back or hit a ceiling. We find out why, then fix the cause, not the symptom.
- Signs: revenue flat for a year or more, everything still runs through the founders, early sales channels have dried up, busy but not growing
- An honest look at the numbers, the offer and the team
- A plan to restart growth, and help putting it in place
Growing
Trading and growing, and you want to go further, faster, without the business outgrowing its foundations.
- Raising investment at the right time and on the right terms
- Sales and marketing that don't rely on the founders
- A board and governance that investors trust
Preparing to exit
Thinking about a sale or bringing in investors in the next few years. Buyers check everything.
- Accounts, cap table and contracts ready for due diligence
- A business that runs without its founders
- Support through the deal to completion