Early stage companies rarely fail on the idea. They fail on execution.
Most founders are subject matter experts who have never built and scaled a business before. They don't know what they don't know, and those gaps stay invisible until they're expensive.
We work with companies from Series A onwards, once product-market fit is real. Earlier than that is too early for this work, and we'll say so.
Not a one-off engagement. A portfolio partner.
We become the business copilot for every company you invest in: assessing each one, reporting across the book, and embedding where the work is needed. Start with one company, then extend across the portfolio.
A consistent assessment across the portfolio
Every company assessed against the same 17 elements. Comparable, board-ready risk maps in four weeks per company.
A value-add you can actually prove
Every VC claims to add value in the pitch. Very few can show it. A named portfolio partner working inside your companies is proof you can put in front of founders when you're competing for deals.
Founders who learn what they don't know
Subject matter experts make brilliant founders and first time operators. We fill that gap: telling each company what it doesn't know, before it costs growth or valuation.
Companies that compound toward the exit
Governance, controls, documented processes, reduced founder dependency. Professionalised, de-risked businesses that command better multiples when the liquidity event comes.
Designed with each fund. Two decisions, made together.
Who pays: you decide
The fund pays, the portfolio companies pay, or a blend of the two. Some funds fold it into their investment proposition, offering the assessment as a named value-add when competing for deals. We design the model with you.
Rules your founders can trust
The company sees everything we produce. What's shared with the fund is agreed by all three parties before the assessment starts. Non-negotiable, because trust is the product.
What your founders will experience
A sanitised sample of the Organisational Health Assessment report is available on request. Request the sample →
From the first company to the whole book.
Every company is assessed against the same 17 elements, calibrated to its size and shape. Depth flexes; comparability doesn't. A ten person company gets a proportionate assessment, and you still get one consistent risk map across the book.
Partner conversation
We map your portfolio together and agree how the partnership works: which companies first, how we report to you, and how it's positioned to your founders as a benefit, not an audit.
Health Assessment
A structured health assessment across all 17 elements, with risks scored and prioritised. Repeatable and comparable across your portfolio.
Embedded Execution
We work inside the company to close the gaps: rhythm, controls, data, people. You see the progress in the numbers and the board pack.
The SME Vector Framework: 17 elements, three vectors, one comparable risk map.
The Operating Framework
Can this business execute without heroics?
The Growth Engine
Is growth repeatable, or lucky?
The Foundations
Would the business stand up to scrutiny tomorrow?
Every VC says they add value. Be one who can prove it.
One conversation about your portfolio. We'll tell you candidly where we can help, and where we can't.
Talk to us about your portfolio