MVP Consulting · Portfolio
Work that moves
businesses forward.
A selection of engagements where I've helped founders raise capital, build operations, and grow, from early-stage startups to established firms.
Kinvault
A secure digital vault that helps families and banks manage estate handovers
Kinvault is a UK fintech that solves one of banking's most overlooked problems: what happens to someone's financial life when they die. Their platform connects banks, IFAs, and individuals in one place, so estate handovers are clear, compliant, and less painful for families.
I joined as Chief Operating Officer to help Kinvault raise its next round of funding and build the operational foundations to support that growth.
- →Built the investment deck and supporting financial materials for the fundraising round
- →Developed financial models and a data room for investor due diligence
- →Ran a personal LinkedIn and network outreach campaign that booked investor meetings directly into the team's calendar
- →Managed the full fundraising process from first conversation to close
Kinvault is backed by the JP Morgan Fintech Forward Program and Accenture Innovation Accelerator. It is trusted by legal firms, banks, and individuals to reduce admin and prevent lost assets. It operates alongside Kinherit, the UK's leading estate planning firm.
Raised £750,000 in under 8 months , with a meaningful share of the round coming from investors I sourced and met directly through my own LinkedIn and network outreach. That runway let Kinvault expand its platform and grow its institutional partnerships.
Loka
A chai-making hardware brand scaling from Kickstarter to global retail
Loka makes the Loka Chai Maker, a beautifully designed device for brewing authentic chai at home. The brand pairs hardware with a masala chai blend subscription, positioning itself at the intersection of design and ritual, a category it essentially invented.
At the point I came on board, Loka was moving fast and needed the operational infrastructure to match. I worked closely with the founders to get product out of China and into customers' hands at scale.
- →Introduced Loka to manufacturing partners and factories in China
- →Set up initial supply chain processes for scale
- →Supported the Kickstarter campaign and early fundraising
- →Provided operational expertise from my own hardware brand experience
Loka is a fast-growing consumer brand based in the UK, selling the Chai Maker globally. The product is rooted in craftsmanship and ritual, similar in spirit to what B&O did for audio. The company operates on a DTC model with a growing subscription business.
Loka moved from early-stage production into a scalable supply chain, with factory relationships and operational processes in place to support rapid growth across the UK and US markets.
Embedism
An ISO-certified product design and manufacturing consultancy in London
Embedism is a full-service engineering consultancy based in Brixton, London. They take hardware products from concept to 1,000 units, covering electronic design, firmware, mechanical engineering, and bridge manufacturing, all under one roof.
The challenge: a high-quality firm with a strong reputation but limited systematic outreach. I built a structured approach to identifying and reaching the right sales targets.
- →Built a targeted mass email outreach campaign
- →Identified and segmented the right sales targets for Embedism's services
- →Created a repeatable process the team could run independently
Embedism is ISO 9001:2015 certified and serves startups and SMEs bringing physical products to market. Their clients include Gravity Industries and The Tyre Collective. They operate a microfactory in London for bridge manufacturing before scale.
Embedism gained a structured outbound sales process and a qualified pipeline of prospective clients, giving their business development a systematic foundation it previously lacked.
Kinherit
The UK's leading wills writing and estate planning firm
Kinherit is one of the UK's largest and most trusted estate planning firms, working with over 4,000 IFAs nationwide and thousands of families. They offer will writing, lasting powers of attorney, trusts, and a full handover service through the Kinvault platform.
I helped Kinherit sharpen its financial foundation and build a more structured approach to sales.
- →Built a detailed financial model for the business
- →Wrote the financial plan to support internal decision-making and growth planning
- →Created an outreach campaign for the sales team to generate more leads
Kinherit is headquartered in Bristol and operates across the UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. They have been featured in the Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Times. They are STEP-qualified and certified by Trading Standards.
Kinherit left with a clear financial model, a structured business plan, and a working lead generation system for their sales team, built to operate without ongoing external support.
Joy Resolve
A London lifestyle brand making timeless products for everyday rituals
Joy Resolve is the company I co-founded and scaled over six and a half years. The brand makes artisan-crafted lifestyle products, most notably the Barisieur, a coffee and tea brewing alarm clock that wakes you up with a freshly brewed drink. Think B&O meets Joseph Joseph.
This is where I built the playbook I now bring to clients. I ran finance, fundraising, product launches, and operations from day one.
- →Scaled the business from zero to a multi-million pound ARR
- →Raised £3 million across crowdfunding and angel rounds
- →Brought 6 products to market from concept through to manufacturing
- →Managed all financial planning, forecasting, and investor relations as CFO
- →Built supply chain, manufacturing, and DTC operations from scratch
Joy Resolve's flagship product, the Barisieur, raised over $1 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo and is sold globally. The company was built around a philosophy that products should be as decorative as they are functional, and should age gracefully with their owner.
I didn't learn this in a classroom or a consulting firm. I learned it by doing it, raising £3M, launching 6 products, building a team, and scaling to multi-million pound revenue. That's what I bring to every client engagement.