Turn promising startups into scalable companies—from the inside out
As your Growth Strategist-in-Residence, we strengthen leadership, culture & ops across your portfolio
We support you to create a healthier portfolio, faster traction, and a data-rich story for LPs
Working with us as your Growth-Strategist-in-Residence ensures you safeguard your investments and amplify your upside—compounding value for founders, partners, and LPs alike.
Value for VCs
Invest Platform Dollars Where They Matter
Diagnostics pinpoint exactly which growth levers need support, letting program managers deploy workshops, mentors, and capital with laser precision—maximising the return on every platform dollar.
Data-Led Programming – Fund only the sessions founders actually need.
Higher Impact per Dollar – Compresses time-to-traction without bloating budgets.
Proof for LPs & CFOs – Clear metrics connect spend to portfolio performance.
Stand Out in Competitive Rounds
Founders compare term sheets on more than valuation. Our embedded Growth-Strategist-in-Residence proves your fund delivers tangible leadership and culture support from Day 1, tipping the scales in tight deals.
Signals True Partnership – Shows you invest in the people building the product.
Boosts Referral Deal-flow – Thriving founders become your best ambassadors.
Reinforces VC Brand Story – Differentiates you in LP updates, PR, and on-stage panels.
The Silent Signals That Erode Portfolio ROI
Even high-potential startups can bleed value long before the numbers show it. These are the friction points that quietly drain a fund’s time, capital, and reputation—exactly where our Growth-Strategist-in-Residence model plugs in.
Founder Burnout
Why It Hurts the Fund
A drained CEO misses milestones, spooks follow-on investors, and forces costly leadership resets.
How We Close the Gap
Install energy-management rhythms and accountability partners before burnout becomes board drama.
Culture Drift & Early Attrition
Why It Hurts the Fund
Key hires leave within the first year, forcing re-recruitment costs and knowledge loss.
How We Close the Gap
Codify values, feedback rituals, and onboarding playbooks that retain top talent and amplify engagement.
Co-Founder Tension
Why It Hurts the Fund
Misaligned co-leaders stall decisions, poison culture, and invite cap-table chaos.
How We Close the Gap
Facilitate alignment sessions, decision charters, and conflict-navigation tools to keep the core intact.
Storytelling Gaps
Why It Hurts the Fund
Weak narrative = longer fundraising cycles, lost deals, and slower talent acquisition.
How We Close the Gap
Sharpen the company’s origin, vision, and traction story; iterate pitch decks that win hearts and term sheets.
Messy Ops & Missed Milestones
Why It Hurts the Fund
Sloppy workflows inflate burn rate and delay product-market fit, eroding valuation.
How We Close the Gap
Build lightweight operating models, 90-day roadmaps, and execution cadences that scale without bureaucracy.
Decision Gridlock
Why It Hurts the Fund
Hesitation or knee-jerk pivots burn runway and shake investor confidence.
How We Close the Gap
Equip founders with repeatable decision frameworks that balance speed with strategic clarity.
Value for Founders
Founders walk away with sharper vision, stronger teams, faster execution, and a fundraising story that lands—exactly the leverage points that turn promising startups into enduring, scalable companies.
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Founders translate instinct into a crisp Growth Map that shows exactly what to build next and why. With a shared North Star, teams rally behind clear priorities instead of scattered to-do lists.
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Through leadership-storytelling coaching and pitch-deck refinement, founders craft a narrative that attracts investors, top talent, and early customers alike.
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We embed energy-management rhythms and accountability touchpoints so CEOs stay fresh, decisive, and inspiring—long before exhaustion shows up in missed milestones.
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Lightweight operating models, 90-day roadmaps, and real-time office hours strip out messy workflows and decision gridlock, letting the company move faster with fewer mistakes.
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We codify values and feedback rituals, turning early hires into committed ambassadors and preventing the costly churn that comes from culture drift.
When you work with us as your Growth-Strategist-in-Residence, you get a clear, portfolio-wide view of these risks in advance, plus an on-call strategist to neutralize them—protecting capital, compressing time-to-traction, and strengthening your fund’s brand as the place where founders thrive.
Partnering with Ecosystem Leader and Program Managers
How the Residency Works
Portfolio Diagnostic:
Each company undergoes a diagnostic assessment, looking deeply across five pillars of the business.
Insights and findings delivered in bespoke Growth Map report, highlighting top strengths, gaps, and immediate quick-wins.
Targeted Growth Sprints & Coaching:
90-day sprints: co-design operating models, leadership coaching, culture rituals, and execution plans.
1:1 founder advisory + workshops for teams.
Office-hour access for real-time road-blocks.
Meet your Guides
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A former Silicon Valley Sales and Marketing leader turned Growth Strategist, Anique has spent over a decade activating brands, building communities, and driving impact for companies like Samsung, LEGO, Pinterest, Cartier, and WeWork.
Anique partners with purpose-driven founders, executives, and teams to navigate change, align with their vision, and build thriving, people-first organizations that grow sustainably.
Anique’s approach combines strategic clarity with deep, human-centered leadership development—helping organizations unlock the kind of growth that lasts far beyond the next milestone.
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With over 20 years of experience in operations and project management at global digital and communications agencies, Leah partners with leaders who are ready to increase the operational maturity of their organizations.
As a fractional operations leader and growth strategist, Leah brings clarity and structure to large, complex programs—whether that’s scaling high-growth agency operations or leading cross-functional digital initiatives.
She works alongside leadership teams to accelerate growth, streamline operations, and prepare for what’s next as they scale—all while keeping the focus on delivering impactful, innovative work.