Case studies
Deals we've shaped — pre, during and after the ink dries.
A selection of engagements across PE, VC and corporate M&A. Names anonymised; the decisions, mechanics and outcomes are real.
01 · MarTech / Tech-enabled Services
One cold email, one call, then a portfolio-wide tech reckoning
It started with one email, one call, and one deal, a MarTech business whose platform could not scale without hiring 300 admin heads. The diligence found a multi-million pound replatform, and the market opportunity was strong enough to make it worth funding. It ended with a review of the whole portfolio.
02 · Software / Business Services
Clearing an acquisition backlog for a serial acquirer, then making the next deals easy
Two programmes, 30 and 50 acquisitions respectively, one of them running at a deal every few weeks. We arrived to a stack of historic acquisitions integrated in name only, and a permanent Them and Us.
03 · Engineering Services
Reframing tech as a growth engine in an Engineering Services firm
Tech DD revealed a stable, low-cost estate masking a deeper problem: leadership saw technology as a cost centre. We reframed it as the engine of the investment thesis.
04 · HR / Human Capital SaaS
Investment readiness for an HR SaaS firm raising £9m
A decade-old, profitable SaaS firm had never been formally diligenced. Tech DD became the most valuable workstream of the raise, surfacing the gaps that would otherwise have killed valuation.
05 · Web3 / Immersive Events
Tech DD for a VC investing in a Web3 immersive events platform
A VC needed a clear read on a target pivoting from 3D modelling into Web3 events. We assessed team, defensibility and the engineering reality of building immersive worlds at scale.
06 · BPO + FinTech
Splitting and integrating a 200-person FinTech into a BPO acquirer
A 200-person FinTech was being split, half merged into the BPO, half spun out in London. We led the technology integration with their team, navigated the people side, and protected Day One.
07 · IoT / Hardware-Software
Kolbe-led team dynamics for a remote-first IoT scale-up
A remote-first IoT scale-up needed to keep its engineers engaged through the unglamorous build-to-BAU transition, and to prepare its culture for the next wave of hires.
08 · Health
Tech DD for a corporate Health bolt-on in APAC
A global Health corporation evaluating an Australian bolt-on. Our job: validate cultural and technical fit, and gauge what the target would need to become safe enough to plug into the group.
09 · Retail
Carving out 4,000 people and 2,000 shops, ready for Day One
A retail carve-out covering 4,000 employees and 2,000 shops. Day One was fixed, so the only way through was heavy planning and automation of everything that would otherwise have needed people doing it by hand, store by store.
010 · Financial Services / Fintech
One fintech, two destinations: 100 standalone, 100 integrated
A 200-person fintech divested out of a larger group. Half the people moved into a new standalone environment built from scratch, the other half were integrated into a corporate estate. Two target states, one separation, one date.
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