past projects

Proven expertise. Real-world impact.

Teaching AI Leadership: Our Partnership with UCL CSRI

Partner: UCL Centre for Sustainability & RealTech Innovation (UCL CSRI)

Your portfolio companies need AI-literate leadership, fast. We built the program to deliver it.In partnership with UCL, we designed and delivered executive education that turns AI ambiguity into actionable strategy. Our curriculum covers everything from governance frameworks to regulatory compliance, tailored 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, marketing, and content that translates AI for business

‍Why it matters for your portfolio:
Most founders lack the frameworks to make confident AI decisions. We give them the structured thinking and practical tools they need, without the academic overhead. Same rigor, startup speed.

What we can do for you: Adapt this program for your portfolio companies, deliver targeted masterclasses for your founder community, or provide one-on-one executive coaching for portfolio leadership teams.

‍Status: Ongoing partnership, multiple cohorts delivered

Executive Education Course: Responsible AI for Business Leaders

Global AI Governance Research: UAE Country Assessment

Client: Global Index on Responsible AI
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Our Role: Lead Researcher, UAE

When your portfolio companies scale internationally, they'll face different regulatory landscapes in every market. We study these frameworks at a national level.For the GIRAI 2026 Global Report, we assessed the UAE's AI governance maturity—conducting stakeholder interviews, analyzing policy frameworks, and mapping the innovation ecosystem.

‍What this means for investors:
We bring macro-level regulatory insight to your portfolio strategy. Whether you're doing due diligence on a company expanding to the Middle East or evaluating AI compliance risk, we understand how governments think about AI governance.

‍Publication: GIRAI 2026 Global Report (forthcoming)

Delivering an End-to-End Technology Procurement Programme

Client: UK Government Department
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Our Role: Program Design & Delivery

When your portfolio companies scale into enterprise or regulated sectors, procurement becomes a bottleneck. Most startups lack the frameworks to navigate complex buying processes, demonstrate compliance, or manage vendor relationships at scale.We've built these systems at government level—where procurement standards are highest and scrutiny is most intense.For a UK Government agency, we designed and executed the complete technology procurement program from requirements gathering through vendor selection, ensuring alignment with government guidelines and regulatory standards.

‍What we delivered:
- End-to-end process design – Requirements definition, evaluation criteria, selection methodology
- Compliance frameworks – Ensuring adherence to government procurement guidelines and value-for-money principles
- Stakeholder management – Coordinating across multiple departments and decision-makers
- Vendor evaluation – Structured assessment and selection process for technology systems

‍Why it matters for your portfolio:
As your companies move upmarket, they'll face RFPs, procurement committees, and compliance requirements they've never encountered. We help them build these capabilities early, before a failed procurement process costs them a major customer.

‍Status: Successfully delivered compliant procurement program with reusable governance frameworks

Developing a Data & AI Maturity Assessment Platform

Product: Proprietary assessment technology for investors and portfolio companies

Most investors assess AI companies on vision and team, but miss the infrastructure underneath. By the time data governance problems surface, they've cost months of runway and credibility.

We built a platform that spots these issues before they become expensive.

The platform:
Our proprietary assessment technology evaluates data and AI maturity across multiple dimensions, infrastructure quality, governance readiness, team capability, regulatory compliance, and scalability. Clients get objective scoring, gap analysis, and prioritised roadmaps in a fraction of the time manual assessments take.

‍What it measures:
- Data infrastructure – Quality, accessibility, technical debt
- Governance maturity – Policies, compliance readiness, risk management
- Team capability – Skills gaps, process maturityAI readiness – Strategic alignment, ethical frameworks, regulatory preparedness
- Technology scalability – Architecture, security, integration capability

‍How investors use it:
- Due diligence – Assess technical risk before investment decisions
- Portfolio diagnostics – Identify which companies need capability building at scale
- Progress tracking – Measure improvement across cohorts over time
- Resource allocation – Data-driven decisions about where to focus support

‍Why it matters for your portfolio:
Consistent, objective baselines across all your companies. See which startups are ready to scale and which ones need intervention, before problems compound. Track capability improvements systematically, not anecdotally.

‍Status: Platform deployed with commercial clients