Operators on call for the businesses in your book.
Melbourne's venture funds, family offices and holding companies pick well. When a portfolio company loses its finance lead or its head of sales, the partners are the only cover.
Where investors feel the strain
The cheque is written. The capacity to help afterwards is thin:
A seat empties mid-year
A chief financial officer leaves in the quarter the company is raising, and the partners fill in.
Portfolio reporting is patchy
Each company sends a different pack on a different date, and the fund has no consistent view.
Support is stretched thin
One platform person looks after many companies, and each gets a fraction of the attention it needs.
The firm needs operating help of its own
Investor reporting, fund administration and growth strategy sit with partners who are busy investing.
A fractional executive steps into a portfolio company quickly, or into the firm itself. They hold the seat, clean up the reporting and give the firm time to recruit someone permanent.
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
How we work with investors
We cover the operating gaps partners cannot, and keep a consistent rhythm of governance across every company we support.
A consistent view across the book
Each engagement reports to you on the same rhythm, which gives the fund one comparable picture of how its operators are doing.
A deep collective, one contact
Every executive can draw on our collective of 800+, while the firm deals with a single person at our end.
Seats held by process, not by chance
We keep each portfolio brief up to date, so if an executive leaves, the next search begins with what we already know about that company.
Matched to the company, not the fund
A spin-out and a distributor need very different operators. We match each seat to the business it sits in.
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.
Our executives have worked across
