Operating capability for the people who back companies.
Vancouver is home to mining finance houses, real estate investors and family offices. The capital is there. The operators to put it to work in a small company are harder to find.
Where firms run into limits
The strategy is clear. Delivery depends on very few senior people:
Judging management
Geology and finance get thorough review. Whether the management team can actually deliver is harder to judge in time.
Portfolio support is thin
A small team covers many companies, and the one in difficulty takes all of its time.
Interim cover is slow
When a portfolio executive leaves, a search takes months and value drains.
Remote projects need a trusted voice
Assets sit far from head office and partners want an operator who reports to them.
A fractional executive gives a Vancouver investor a senior operator who can step in: for diligence, for interim cover and for the company that needs another experienced pair of hands.
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
Working with Vancouver investors
A brief from you, and our governance around the company and the executive for the length of the engagement.
Clear reporting lines
We settle who the executive reports to before the start, then check in with investor and company regularly.
Depth for remote assets
Executives can draw on 800+ operators when a holding's problem is far from head office and outside their field.
Current briefs, quick searches
Each holding's brief stays current with us, which keeps any later search short.
Trusted on the ground
An operator who reports straight to the partners is only useful if management trusts them too, so we look for both.
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
