Case Studies

Proven expertise. Real-world impact.

Projects spanning national AI policy, portfolio transformation, accelerator programmes, and regulatory compliance across the UK, the Gulf, and beyond.

01Teaching AI Leadership: Our Partnership with UCL CSRIUCL CSRIEducation02Global AI Governance Research: UAE Country AssessmentGlobal Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI)Research03Delivering an End-to-End Technology Procurement ProgrammeUK Government DepartmentProcurement04Developing a Data & AI Maturity Assessment PlatformData ClanProduct
Project 01 · Education

Teaching AI Leadership: Our Partnership with UCL CSRI

ClientUCL CSRI

Portfolio companies need AI-literate leadership fast. We designed and delivered executive education that turns AI ambiguity into actionable strategy, with UCL, covering everything from governance frameworks to regulatory compliance, built for leaders who need to move quickly without cutting corners.

Our contribution
  • Curriculum design: practical frameworks for AI strategy, ethics, and risk
  • Program delivery: masterclasses and workshops for senior executives
  • Mentorship: experienced practitioners supporting founders through implementation
  • Thought leadership: webinars and content that translates AI for business
What we can do for you
  • Adapt this program for your portfolio companies
  • Deliver targeted masterclasses for your founder community
  • Provide one-on-one executive coaching for portfolio leadership teams
Status
Ongoing partnership
Outcome
Executive Education Course: Responsible AI for Business Leaders
Project 02 · Research

Global AI Governance Research: UAE Country Assessment

ClientGlobal Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI)

Led the UAE research workstream assessing national AI policy, governance frameworks, and adoption patterns against global standards, engaging government entities, private sector leaders, and civil society to validate findings on AI regulation, marketplace governance, and platform oversight.

What we can do for you
  • Benchmark your portfolio's AI maturity against national and global standards
  • Provide regulatory intelligence on UAE AI policy direction
  • Identify governance and risk gaps before market entry or investment
  • Help portfolio companies differentiate through responsible AI practices
Status
Completed, pending report publication
Outcome
GIRAI 2026 Global Report (forthcoming)
Project 03 · Procurement

Delivering an End-to-End Technology Procurement Programme

ClientUK Government Department

When portfolio companies scale into enterprise or regulated sectors, procurement becomes a bottleneck, most startups lack the frameworks to navigate complex buying processes or demonstrate compliance at scale. We designed and executed a complete technology procurement programme for a UK Government agency, end to end, at the level of scrutiny only government buying demands.

What we delivered
  • End-to-end process design: requirements, evaluation criteria, selection methodology
  • Compliance frameworks aligned to government procurement guidelines
  • Stakeholder management across multiple departments and decision-makers
  • Structured vendor evaluation and selection process
Why it matters for your company

If your portfolio companies can sell to government, they can sell to any enterprise buyer, the same frameworks apply to RFPs, ITTs, and multi-stakeholder vendor selection anywhere.

Status
Delivered, reusable governance frameworks
Outcome
Compliant procurement programme meeting UK Government standards
Project 04 · Product

Developing a Data & AI Maturity Assessment Platform

ClientData Clan

Most investors assess AI companies on vision and team, but miss the infrastructure underneath. By the time data governance problems surface, they've already cost months of runway and credibility. We built a proprietary assessment platform that evaluates data and AI maturity across infrastructure quality, governance readiness, team capability, regulatory compliance, and scalability, giving objective scoring and prioritised roadmaps in a fraction of the time manual assessments take.

Now

This is how the Data Management Maturity Assessment came to be.

Data Management Maturity Assessment
What we can do for you
  • Assess technical risk before investment decisions
  • Identify which portfolio companies need capability building at scale
  • Track improvement across cohorts over time, not anecdotally
  • Make data-driven decisions about where to focus support
Status
Platform deployed with commercial clients
Outcome
Increased data management maturity

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