How we engageStart-up
Start-up.
We engage with experienced professionals to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey, as co-founders.
As co-founders
- Our role
- Co-founder
- Who it is for
- Experienced professionals starting a company
- What we bring
- The 6X Factors from day 1
Some of the best companies are started by people who have already built one, or who have run a business unit, a product or a market for someone else. They know the customer and the problem. What they lack on day 1 is a brand, demand, sales capacity, engineering capacity and a back office. We engage with these professionals as co-founders and bring the 6X Factors from the start, so the founder builds the company instead of running every function.
What we bring
- 1X Revenue EngineeringSales and marketing capacity, built for you, running Gateway’s proven method.
- 2X Software Engineering & Tech ExcellenceEngineers, architects and AI expertise, more or fewer as your plan needs.
- 4X Governance & Back OfficeReporting, finance, legal and a CFO when you need one.
- 5X Strategic Mentorship & Global NetworkFrom day 1, the best fit from our leadership teams and network; access to our offices in 15 countries.
What we expect
- A founder with deep knowledge of the customer and the market
- A clear plan for the first 18 months, recast with the programme inside it in the workshops
- Decision-makers who are available, decide quickly and think long term
How this fits
We engage in four ways. They share one principle: capacity before capital. The 6X Factors work as one programme under one agreement, and the result we measure is revenue. How we engage describes all four.
Other ways we engage
Scale-up growth
We act as a catalyst: a minority, non-controlling stake, sized on the recast plan.
Scale-up transformation
We take equal responsibility for the transformation: a fifty-fifty partnership with the founder, with Gateway Group sharing the operational load.
M&A and JV
Joint ventures or 100% acquisitions for growth, case by case.
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