Duet Partners
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7416 6630 / Email: partners@duetpartners.com

Corporate Advisory

Scaleup Support

"Duet provided a clear and insightful analysis of where our business was, and what we needed to do to deliver value, and grow. Those priorities are on my desk and the focus of my activities every week. We much appreciated their work and hope to engage them further in the next round of fundraising."

Chris Smith, Managing Director,              G-Volution Ltd

Overview

We provide advice on all aspects of capital raising and business building through Seed, Venture and Growth stages.

Fundraising is one aspect of the journey but there are many other challenges to be tackled along the way. The foundation stone is the business model, its creation, validation and execution, as the company transitions through the stages. 

For early stage businesses the approach to business model development is profoundly different to that of an established company. For founders coming out of the corporate world there are many traps to avoid. 

Alongside this is the financial model, the ultimate tool for understanding the economic value being created as well as evaluating alternative business model scenarios, especially at the pivot points. Also a critical item in any investor due diligence process.

We have extensive hands-on experience helping companies develop and implement these key tools and capabilities, to meet both operational and fundraising requirements. Many have embraced these so strongly that years after our engagement ended they are still delivering value.

COVID-19: All our Scaleup services are available through our online support model. 

Key Elements

Campaign
Support

Advice on all aspects of managing an internally led funding campaign: Investment materials development, target investor lists, pitch preparation and execution, negotiating tactics.

Financial
Modelling

A best practice approach to the creation of a Working Capital Model that will meet the requirements of institutional investors as well as providing the most important business planning tool.

Interim Finance Support

Dedicated part time financial support in the lead up to taking on a full time Finance Director. As the scaleup plan comes to fruition greater financial expertise is often required before a full time FD can be justified.

Business Model Optimisation

Business Model Analysis is an in-depth assessment aimed at optimising the business model for growth. Based on methods and principles adopted by 1000’s of successful early stage companies and leading VCs from Europe and the US.

Exit
Strategy

Advice on all aspects of exit strategy planning, undertaken in collaboration with our Silicon Valley based M&A partner, Harvest Management Partners.

Business Development Strategy

Advice on all aspects of creating commercial momentum, building the team, pipeline development, financial forecasting, value-based selling, and international expansion.
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