I had the pleasure of working with Mark at create//scale during the sale of two companies in which I was a major shareholder. He has extensive experience and insight in corporate finance, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, and most importantly relationship management.
His advice was invaluable, and he carefully guided me through some delicate managerial challenges. The process took about 12-months and Mark supported me every step of the way to deliver a very successful outcome for our shareholders.
Pete Nicolson, CEO & Co-Founder
C4 Carbides ZRAD Limited
I was really impressed with Bev, Mark, and the create//scale team, who we commissioned to help us with the strategic planning for the next stage of our growth towards exit. We worked through a wide range of matters, including shareholders, leadership, finance and markets. They quickly understood our challenges and opportunities, were always proactive and professional, and worked both at board level and with individuals to engender the change needed to provide a more robust and cohered organisation. I’d highly recommend them.
Nick Raven, COO
Cambridge Precision Engineering
Growing and running a company takes all a Founder/CEO’s focus and attention. Seeking additional growth capital can quickly become a full-time job and requires skills and experience that most start-up/scale-ups teams just don’t have.
That is why SimSage turned to create//scale who have a deep understanding of how companies at our stage function. Not only have they worked with us to develop a growth-funding plan to raise growth capital that best suits the current stage of our business (and which forms a foundation for further fund-raising when required) they also have an outstanding network of contacts to help us scale our solutions into the market. We feel we’re in very good hands with create//scale.
Sean Wilson, CEO & Co-Founder
SimSage
I’ve always been a bit cynical about the value of external support, especially as Chief Financial Officer of a successful £multi-million business in motorsport manufacturing, but Bev totally changed my thinking. Her professionalism, clarity of thought, insight, and perspective across a range of strategic management challenges gave me much to reflect on, and she also helped me successfully obtain a capex grant from my local authority. At this level of business, trusted business advisors are gold dust. Her operational knowledge of running a business is exemplary. When discussing day-to-day issues, I always felt as though I was speaking with a business partner who understood my issues and always provided sound advice.
Hitesh Katechia, CFO
Fairline Yachts
The advice and support has been hugely valuable. We had limited experience with investment fundraising and pitch decks before our first fundraising round, and the create//scale team supported our preparations and provided valuable insight into investors perspectives, which steered us to change how we communicated our vision, passion, and business case to investors and how we prepared for due diligence. Their guidance helped us generate significant investment interest which led to raising £870k in an oversubscribed Seed Round.
Jana Voigt, CEO & Co-Founder
Infersens Limited
Bev has been exceptional in her support of our growth plan. Her expertise, responsiveness, and knowledge have significantly enhanced our outreach and engagement. In her first report, Bev did more in terms of a creating a practical action plan to drive customer acquisition than our marketing team did in two years. Highly recommended!
Luca Sarri, Founding Partner
CSS Investments
It has been an absolute pleasure working with create//scale! They had spent so much time and effort in guiding us through the strategic planning of Vuala’s development. Their advice has changed our mindset completely, and I’m sure it had saved us tonnes of time and energy going in the wrong directions otherwise.
Abiel Ma, CEO & Founder
Vuala
These guys are the real deal. As a chartered accountant with over 20 years of business experience, I can be skeptical when it comes to consultants. Bev quickly understood our business, shared our enthusiasm for its potential, and brought impactful solutions to some of our most pressing issues. I can’t wait to work with her on growing the corporate side of our business!
Mark Sinjakli, CEO
MyBaker
Bev and the team have shown an excellent understanding of our company and strategic goals, and have helped us develop clear and actionable steps into accelerating our growth across a range of different areas. We’re thrilled to work alongside them and excited to see where it takes our business.
Ian Flood, Co-Founder
Skyline Chess
