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, 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 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.
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