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Venture building

You pay for this work. That is the point.

There is no free advice here. We agree the fee before we start, and we agree what we must deliver for it. That keeps the incentives straight on both sides.

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6 to 12
months of work before an investment
4 years
of support available after one
4
services, taken singly or together
1 fee
agreed before the work starts

Four things a growing company cannot hire for yet.

The services

01

Financial management and accounting

We build reliable, transparent financial management and control. That covers system design, budgeting, bookkeeping and accounting, on proper digital tools. Your people learn to run it, because capacity building is part of the service.

02

ESG management

We build the governance structure and the policies that go with it, then strengthen compliance. The work usually includes a materiality assessment, an action plan, capacity building, and guidance while the company implements the plan.

03

Marketing and sales

We define the go-to-market plan. We identify the customer and product segments that carry the most profit, so the sales effort goes where it pays. We also work on the value chain and on partnerships that are worth having.

04

Market research

We help you understand what your customers actually need from your offer. New markets and new customers need evidence before the money goes in. We use qualitative and quantitative studies, chosen by the question you want answered.

How the engagement works

Buy the function. Do not hire it yet.

A growing company does not need every management function in-house. Some are cheaper to buy than to hire, and easier to stop when the company outgrows them.

Scope

Agreed in writing before the work starts. You take one service or all four.

How long

6 to 12 months before an investment. Up to four years after one.

How we are paid

An agreed fee for the service. No success fee hidden in the terms.

Who does the work

Our own specialists, working with your staff, not a subcontractor.

With finance

The service-backed loan bundles the services with the money in one agreement.

Two engines

Most companies take capital and craft together.

The services make a company investable, and the capital makes the growth possible. Running one without the other is slower, and we can usually show you why in the first call.

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In practice

EPL took both, in one agreement.

COVID-19 stopped the build and cut the egg price. A loan on its own would not have fixed the management gap. Production planning, financial management and go-to-market planning came bundled with the money, and the turnaround worked.

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