Laying the foundations
At the beginning of a journey, when you need confidence that the people, partners, and technology that will underpin a business or product are structured with long-term success in mind.
Services
Fractional & Parachute CTO
Your embedded fractional Chief Technology Officer, supporting your business or portfolio towards success.
Technology strategy, leadership, and delivery on flexible terms.
A fractional CTO (Chief Technology Officer), makes executive-level experience in technology, strategy and team building accessible to businesses from an earlier stage and on flexible terms.
How it works
Your Embeddable Fractional
An Embeddable fractional CTO brings flexibility, expertise, and objectivity when it comes to technology in a business.
Engagement Structure
We work on quarterly-based engagements, either through a committed-time model, or an objective-led structure, dependent on your needs. As a fractional leader, we’re hands-on in the strategy and the delivery, working as an embedded part of your team.
The Parachute CTO
Not every business you back has a CTO. Some reach investment without one; others lose theirs, or see delivery stall just as the plan needs to speed up. Either way, senior technology leadership is needed quickly. We step in at pace, setting direction for a newly backed business or stabilising the team and platform where things have slipped, until it’s ready for a permanent hire.
When businesses typically involve us
Outgrowing your technology
When a business is outgrowing its technology and steady hands are needed to enable you to strategise, implement, and sustain growth, where technology is working for you, not against you.
Restoring stability
When stability is needed and your investment (time, cash, or otherwise) is a risk. We work with you to understand the current position, plan the next steps, and work to deliver confidence in the technical footing of a business.
In all scenarios, the goal is the same: clarity and confidence in technology.
Did you know?
The average basic salary for a Chief Technology Officer is £138,000 per year
Source: Glassdoor
You can embed experience for a fraction of the cost.
- Support that scales with your business
- Short-term, fixed-term and rolling contracts
- Independence by design, with conflicts checked before every engagement
- Open to equity discussions
Independence and alignment
Our value comes from independence, clarity of judgement, and experience operating on both sides of the table. Whether you found us directly, through a recommendation, or through an introduction from a fund, our job is the same: senior leadership that serves the business and the plan it’s been backed to deliver.
Engagements
Where this work has made the difference
StartingDiscovery · Fractional CTO
90%+
AI feedback accuracy, piloting the MVP with a number of schools across England.
- Client
- EdTech founders
- Stage
- Proof-of-concept to MVP
- Scope
- Discovery, MVP, fractional CTO
- Outcome
- SEIS ready, product in-market
StartingDiscovery · Fractional CTO
100+
estate agents onboarded in the first 90 days.
- Client
- PropTech founders
- Stage
- Idea to seed funding
- Scope
- Discovery, MVP, fractional CTO
- Timeframe
- Launch in 6 months
No two businesses or their needs are the same.
Whether it’s ongoing leadership or a Parachute CTO at short notice, we’ll agree the right structure with you, quarter by quarter.