Customer Stories

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22 stories
Rachel Murphy and Dean Mawson
DPM with Dean & Sonya Mawson

When Starting Again Feels Like the Only Option

It's March 2024, and DPM has hit what he calls their biggest dip ever. They're breaking even each month. Barely. And for...

How Oxford Insights' Founder Found Freedom in Letting Go
Oxford Insights with Richard Sterling

How Oxford Insights' Founder Found Freedom in Letting Go

"I just got married, so that was nice." Richard Stirling delivers this understated announcement of a life milestone with...

e18 – From Initial Success to Strategic Exit
e18 Innovation with Louise Wall

e18 – From Initial Success to Strategic Exit

Selling a business is never just a financial transaction. For many founders, it’s an identity shift, moving from being t...

From Survival to Growth: A Recruitment Founder's Journey
Digital Skills with Mike Cheeseman

From Survival to Growth: A Recruitment Founder's Journey

How Digital Skills founder Mike Cheeseman broke free from economic cycles to build something bigger Mike Cheeseman is ly...

SARD JV – Pivoting to Software with a Service
SARD JV with Phil Bottle

SARD JV – Pivoting to Software with a Service

For years, SARD JV led the way in medical revalidation and job planning for NHS Trusts, delivering complex but essential...

Toca.io and the Making of Toca.Health
Toca.io with Mat Rule

Toca.io and the Making of Toca.Health

When Toca.io first launched, healthcare wasn’t on the roadmap. The business, founded by Mat Rule in 2018, was a general-...

Michael Hodnett – Newfoundland Diagnostics
Newfoundland Diagnostics with Michael Hodnett

Michael Hodnett – Newfoundland Diagnostics

Meet Mike, one half of the dynamic duo behind Newfoundland, a health-tech startup making w...

YewMaker: Building a Better Future with the Right Foundations
YewMaker with Haroon Taylor

YewMaker: Building a Better Future with the Right Foundations

Haroon Taylor was just back from holiday when we spoke. It had been a well earned pause after several intense weeks of s...

Mat Rule from Toca.io
Toca.io with Mat Rule

Mat Rule from Toca.io

Mat from TOCA joined the Grow, Raise, Exit program looking to zoom out and think strategic...

Liz Ashall-Payne – ORCHA
ORCHA with Liz Ashall-Payne

Liz Ashall-Payne – ORCHA

When Liz Ashall-Payne, founder of ORCHA, joined the Grow, Raise, Exit program, she expecte...

Uuna: Strategic Growth and Brand Transformation
Uuna with Charlotte Talmage

Uuna: Strategic Growth and Brand Transformation

Challenge As a newly established global change consultancy, Uuna is on a mission to deliver human-led change and transfo...

Haroon Taylor – YewMaker
YewMaker with Haroon Taylor

Haroon Taylor – YewMaker

For Haroon, joining Grow, Raise, Exit wasn’t just about preparing for a potential exit – i...

Tim Grimaldi – CardMedic
CardMedic with Tim Grimaldi

Tim Grimaldi – CardMedic

Building a business in a competitive industry is tough – especially in healthcare, where i...

Building the Future of AI in Cancer Care
PharosAI with Anita & Team

Building the Future of AI in Cancer Care

Challenge PharosAI, an ambitious initiative aimed at revolutionising cancer diagnostics, faced the challenge of securing...

Education & Training Foundation
Education & Training Foundation

Education & Training Foundation

Challenge The Education & Training Foundation (the ETF) supports teachers and leaders in the Further Education and Skill...

Digital Modus
Digital Modus

Digital Modus

Challenge Digital Modus, a dynamic professional services and software development firm, recognised an opportune moment t...

Carruthers & Jackson
Carruthers & Jackson with Caroline Carruthers

Carruthers & Jackson

Challenge Caroline Carruthers , CEO of Carruthers and Jackson, faced the unexpected challenge of navigating a partial sa...

Oxford Insights
Oxford Insights with Richard Sterling

Oxford Insights

Challenge Oxford Insights, a renowned research organisation specialising in the intersection of emerging technology and ...

Coltech Global
Coltech Global with Patrick Waites

Coltech Global

Challenge Coltech Global , a technology staffing company co-founded by individuals with nearly 15 years of experience in...

AdviseInc
AdviseInc with Mat Oram

AdviseInc

Challenge AdviseInc , a healthcare spend data management company, had a successful track record, especially during the c...

VIX Digital
VIX Digital with Tony Yates

VIX Digital

Challenge Tony Yates, CTO of VIX Digital, faced the unexpected and unique challenge of exploring an exit strategy for a ...

e18 Innovation
e18 Innovation with Louise Wall

e18 Innovation

Challenge Louise Wall, Founder of e18 Innovation, a leading provider of Intelligent Automation services in the UK health...

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