Start-up board advisory
Additional expertise for the key decisions that grow a technology business. Review the business plan, discuss potential issues, stay ahead of the challenges.
Projects
What that has looked like
Client names are withheld as a matter of course. Most of this work happened during a raise, a turnaround or a regulatory deadline, and none of it was public at the time. We are happy to arrange references at the right point in a conversation.
Passed first timePayments
Tactical project delivery
A new payment platform with critical quality issues and three months to pass external conformance tests. We took ownership of the delivery and it passed first time.
Read the write-up20+Venture / incubator
Start-up support
Acting as the standing technology bench for an incubator portfolio, advising more than twenty start-ups on strategy, risk and process, and bridging the gap between founders and investors.
Read the write-up11 months → 6Regulated fintech
Project turnaround
A regulatory platform redesign estimated at eleven months against a six-month deadline, with 80% of revenue at risk. Delivered in time, with no revenue lost.
Read the write-up60% → 0SaaS
Quality and productivity improvements
Three in five planned releases had been abandoned over twelve months. From the day we engaged, every planned release shipped, with productivity up 20% and cost down 15%.
Read the write-up35% then 60%High-growth technology
Technology transformation
Growing fast and still not profitable, with hosting costs outrunning income. A twelve-month transformation programme cut costs by a third in year one.
Read the write-up3 months → 15 minRegulated financial services
Automation
Customer onboarding took three months of manual work across operations, compliance and technology. We reduced it to a five-step automated process.
Read the write-upWe can also help with…
Shorter, more contained pieces of work that do not always warrant a full write-up.
IT strategy review
Making sure the mid and long-term technology strategy aligns with business targets, sits within the available budget, and is aggressive but achievable.
Architecture due diligence
Whether the architecture can support growth and scale with it, and exactly where and when the technology will start to fail, so you can get ahead of it.
Mobile app development
Defining a better user experience, understanding the pros and cons of the plan and the costs attached, then delivering it with an experienced mobile team.
Software design and development
Whatever you need to build, we have probably seen it before. We can find the talent or build it as a managed project, while making sure the return on investment is sound.
Team augmentation
Sometimes you simply need more developers, testers, architects or managers. Our consultants can join as an integrated part of your team.
What clients say when we're not in the room
Names withheld at their request.
“They cut through complexity, challenge assumptions, and focus us on what will genuinely move the business forward.”
Founder & CEO, AI SaaS“Clarity and simplicity throughout, making sure nothing is overlooked, and nothing is over-engineered.”
Founder, AI start-up“Incredibly good at creating structure and process out of chaos. It got us out of tricky situations several times.”
CEO, fintech scale-up
Recognise any of these?
If one of the above sounds uncomfortably familiar, that is usually the moment worth a call.
Every one of these started as something else: a missed date, a board question, a diligence request that nobody could answer cleanly.