Operating depth behind the investment decision.
Investors compete on what they bring beyond money. A vetted collective of operators gives a firm depth in the portfolio without a permanent platform team.
Where investment firms want more operating support
The brief generally falls into one of these:
Founders ask what you bring besides cheques
The old answer was a contacts book. The better one is a person who works inside the business.
Seats left open after a deal
A portfolio company needs a finance lead or a sales head straight away, and the investor has nobody in its own lean team to send.
Plans need owners
Once the board has agreed a value-creation plan, each part of it still needs a named person to carry it out.
No appetite for a permanent operating team
Family offices and smaller funds want operating capability without a full team on their own payroll.
A vetted operator can be working inside a portfolio company in a few weeks. Nothing changes in how the investor works, and the portfolio company has a senior executive for the length of the need and no longer.
Who this is for, and who it is not
Best for
- Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
- Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
- Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
- Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
- Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you
Not for
- Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
- A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
- Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
- A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
Operating depth, with governance
A portfolio engagement needs more than a name. We keep the brief and the oversight in place for the whole engagement.
Reporting the firm can follow
We keep the investment team informed alongside the executive, and flag a widening gap against the plan without waiting for the quarter.
Many disciplines, one engagement
When a portfolio problem spans finance, operations and people, your operator can draw on colleagues across our collective of 800+.
Change without a gap
We keep no stand-in on retainer. We keep the brief and the portfolio context current, so a replacement search starts informed.
Fit with the investment case
We match on the investment case, the holding period and the people already in post. An operator the management team will not follow cannot deliver.
The partnership model
One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.
Establish the standing relationship
We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.
You introduce us when needed
When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.
The right operator, fast
Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.
Visibility without burden
Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.
Support by investor type
Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.
The operators we embed in your portfolio companies
Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.
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