Operating depth, when a holding needs it.
Denver is home to growth investors, family offices of founders who have sold and managers of other people's money. Each backs companies that are strong in one thing and thin in another, and each knows a permanent search is slower than the problem.
Where portfolio support runs thin
Most investors know the gap. Few have a fast way to close it:
Partners are spread across boards
The person who knows the company best is also thinking about several others.
Introductions are not operators
A name from the address book can advise, but advice does not take over the forecast.
Permanent hires arrive late
A portfolio holding in trouble in spring cannot wait for a search that lands in the autumn.
Reporting differs everywhere
The investor wants numbers it can compare, and every company sends something different.
Investors can call on a collective of vetted executives for a fixed term inside a portfolio company: a CFO to put reporting right, a COO to settle the team, a CRO to bring sales back to life. The founder relationship remains with the investor, and the executive takes on the operating load.
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 support an investor
One brief from you can cover a holding's gap, and we stay involved with the company and the executive while it is filled.
A reporting line agreed
We set the reporting route with you before the start and keep a check-in rhythm across the engagement.
More than one view
An executive in one holding can draw on a collective of 800+ when a question falls outside their own field.
Your brief, kept current
Each holding's brief is kept current by us, so a replacement search, if one is ever needed, starts quickly.
Fit for the founder
An operator the founder resents helps nobody. We match for the relationship as well as the skills.
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
