We don't work with PE firms directly. We work with the portfolio companies. Our proof is in e-commerce and marketplace — £6.4M in value creation at one fashion retailer, with AI agents deployed across seven workstreams. If you have e-commerce businesses in your portfolio, we're the forward deployed engineers that deliver margin improvement.
We haven't worked with a PE firm as a client. We work directly with operating businesses — embedding as your forward deployed engineers, deploying systems, and staying to run them. This page exists because the operating partner is often the person who introduces us to the portfolio company.
Our proof is concentrated in one focus: e-commerce, including the marketplace operations that sit underneath it. If your portfolio includes e-commerce businesses — retailers, DTC brands, fashion, marketplace sellers — that's where we can deliver immediately with reusable patterns from prior engagements.
At a UK fashion e-commerce retailer, we ran a full margin improvement programme: 119 EBITDA-tracked initiatives, £6.4M in annualized value creation. The AI pricing engine delivered +77% revenue uplift in five weeks. Cloud costs dropped 60% (£276K/year saved). We replaced £120K/year in SaaS vendors with in-house AI systems the company owns outright.
The systems we build are reusable patterns that deploy faster with each engagement. What took months at the first company takes weeks at the next. Every initiative is tracked against EBITDA with monthly reconciliation — the kind of reporting operating partners actually want to see.
Two-week diagnostic at each portfolio company. We quantify the top cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities with payback timelines and a prioritized investment case. This is how every engagement starts — concrete numbers, not a strategy document.
Explore the audit →Purpose-built AI agents for pricing, customer service, content, data processing, and operations. At one e-commerce company, we deployed agents across seven workstreams. Each replaces manual processes — we deploy them, train them on the company's data, and operate them ongoing.
Deep dive →Quick wins that fund the broader programme. We cut £276K/year from one company's cloud bill. We replaced £120K/year in SaaS vendors with in-house AI systems the company owns. These workstreams typically pay back within 4-8 weeks.
Deep dive →In-house AI pricing engine that replaces expensive vendors. Category-level elasticity modelling, automated markdowns, real-time monitoring. +77% revenue uplift in five weeks at one e-commerce retailer. The company owns the engine — zero ongoing licence costs.
Deep dive →The operating partner introduces us. We talk to the portfolio company, understand the business, and identify easy wins together. Discovery call to first results in two weeks — not two quarters. We start with impactful, quick projects: report automation, KPI dashboards, disconnected systems, market analytics. The board sees traction fast.
We stay and operate. We're not consultants who hand over a PDF and leave. Dedicated Slack Connect channel with the portfolio company. On hand 24/7. We keep the agents running, educate the team, and keep finding new margin. We help overcome internal objections by picking easy wins first, showing results, and building trust. The portfolio company owns everything we build — no ongoing licence fees, no lock-in.
E-commerce, including the marketplace operations underneath it. That's where our proof is. If your portfolio includes fashion retailers, DTC brands, or marketplace sellers — we can deploy immediately with reusable patterns from prior engagements.
At one e-commerce retailer: £6.4M in annualized value creation across 119 EBITDA-tracked initiatives. AI pricing delivered +77% revenue. Cloud costs dropped 60%. We replaced multiple SaaS vendors with in-house AI systems.
Base retainer plus performance fee tied to measurable EBITDA impact. If we don't deliver margin improvement, we don't earn the performance component. Every initiative is tracked against actuals with monthly reconciliation.
We're forward deployed engineers, not consultants. We don't produce slide decks and leave. We embed at the portfolio company, build AI systems, ship them, and stay to run them. The company owns everything we build — no ongoing licence fees, no lock-in. Success-based pricing, not time-and-materials.
Read our fashion e-commerce case study to see what we delivered. Then book a call to discuss which portfolio companies we could help.