Real
advice for smart businesses
We are about..
Growing your business with expert advice.
We are not a bunch of accountants or cowboy marketers parading as business advisors and coaches.
Each partner has built, grown, sold and even lost a business or two. Just have a look at our team to see how much industry experience is at your disposal.
Build your dream business
Testimonials
As you don't know us and with strategic guidance being so critical to your success, it's right you hear from other founders what they have experienced when dealing with our team. Here are a couple of CEO's that wanted to say some nice things about our Senior Partner & Serial Entrepreneur Matt Black
Daleep Chhabria
Founder & CEO
Ciaran Haughey
Founder & CEO
Luke Vincent
Founder & CEO
Jane Whitgift
Founder & CEO
Jonathan N Hughes
CEO & Creative Catalyst
Our Services
We have been in your shoes, we know the path ahead, we know the pitfalls and have either experienced them, avoided them or both. We are here so you can reach your goals faster and safer.
START
Startup Mentoring
We offer free advice & fundraising support for those first steps in starting up.
If you need funding, we can help you raise capital yourself via numerous sources including Grants, Loans, Convertible notes, Crowdfunding or traditional equity Investment.
Anything is possible if you have an incredible idea and great team to support you.
GROW
Growth Team
Your bespoke growth team will be led by a Senior Entrepreneur.
You can access unlimited support including working capital, access to specialists, internal or contract staff, IP, Tech teams, and more.
Everything you need to help to grow, based on your needs, stage, our level of engagement and mutually agreed milestones.
FUND
Capital Fundraising
Failure rates are increasing and startup births are at a record high. In a post-pandemic world with less funding and more risk than ever before, it's important to have experience on your side.
We have access to a network of over 40,000 UHNW, Family offices and VC's through our partners and are one of the largest in Europe.
SCALE
Success Partnership
Our senior team have all exited including IPO's, Acquisition and MBO's.
We build your business with the end in mind. Creating robust products, scalable infrastructure and fit-for-purpose management to enable you to not only build a company, but a strong one.
Build your dream business
Our focus
CHANGE
We are living in a new world. COVID might have forever changed the way we do business, the way we relate to others, and a million more obvious and subtle ways. This is a time of changes, a key point in the life of many large companies that were household brands last year, but cautionary tales today. Right now is a moment when so much is in a state of flux that the whole economic landscape is open for disruption by new or innovating companies that are best able to adapt to the "new normal" and uncover the trends and fundamental shifts in the public needs and perceptions for the future...
A chance to create something new..
We help our clients create something new, value where none existed before
Where your ticket to see your favourite team can puts a meal on the table for someone in need
Where your journey as a soloprenuer opens you up to a global community of like minded individuals, making you feel part of something much bigger, more connected, more inspired.
Where your trainers that just supported your last marathon also helped reduce landfill
Where building your business network becomes more fun, more personal, more relevant, more meaningful.
Where burnt out isn't on the radar because it’s not just your about your company car but your company care
We are at a keystage of change as a planet.. innovation, and scalable, value drive change is not a buzzword any more, but a almost the only hope or the continued existence, the survival of our planet.
The our team are Entreprenures, like you
We live, aspire to be better, want to help others, want to build strong business, like you
We share the journey, share the load, share our experiences with founders that want to embrace the chaos, build something great, help potentially millions of others the have a better life, just like you
What change can you bring?
What difference can you make?
Whatever your stage in the journey we support you ,welcome you to our new world for entrepreneurs.
A one of change of impact, quality growth and success.
When you invest in us, we invest in your journey, your future.
We are Keystage Ventures