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An operator's eye on your investment, before and after the deal.

You're weighing an opportunity, or you've backed a business that now needs to perform. You want counsel from someone who has sat on both sides of the table, the VC deciding, and the operator delivering.

Zed at the glass front
How I help

So here is what an operator-investor gives you, before and after the deal:

A clear-eyed read before you commit the capital
Diligence that surfaces the real risk, not the obvious
A turnaround plan when a holding underperforms
The right people, incentives and equity to drive value
Hands-on value creation across your portfolio
Both the risk and the route, seen clearly

Unlike an adviser who’s only ever analysed, I’ve been the investor deciding and the operator delivering, so I read both the risk and the route.

I’ve done it before

As Group Investment Portfolio Director at DCD I founded, grew, turned around and exited a portfolio of 6–8 companies at an average 5x return (one nearer 30x), including an IT-division divestment of c.£60M.

Client Story
In their words
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Zed provided pre-investment due diligence and strategic advice, then stepped in as interim CEO to safeguard our interest, stemming losses and setting the business on target for growth. The Innovation Group Plc · Absolute investment
STARTRISK-FREE.
BOOK→Grab an hour, on me. See where you are, and whether I can help. SCORE→A fast, free diagnostic, so we both know the terrain first. CONTACT→Tell me your specific challenge, and I will reply with how a 90-Day Growth Tree© can start you. BUILD→Let us scope a proposal: sprint, advisory or mandate, sized to the job.

“I collect nice people. Some become clients. All become friends.”

Common questions
Pre-deal or post-deal?
Both, diligence beforehand, value creation after.
Which sectors?
Sector-agnostic; the commercial fundamentals travel.
Would you take an operating role in a portfolio company?
Yes, as fractional/interim CEO or NED where it helps.