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Startups & SME advisory services that protect your long-term interests

Dragon Argent’s advisory team for startups and SMEs in London have a diverse wealth of experience that compliments the founding teams of our clients. We’ll act as impartial, long-term partners to co-create commercial strategies that drive the enterprise value of your business as you scale and create fit for purpose, robust corporate structures that protect your long-term interests

Our key advisory services are build toward your ultimate objectives - mitigating risk and maximising value: Corporate Governance, General Counsel , Finance Director, Commercial Strategy, People & Operations, Corporate Finance, Data Protection, M&A Advice and Business Exit Planning Advice

TRUSTED BY FOUNDERS, STARTUPS & SMEs

Dragon Argent are advisors, not brokers and we always act with our client’s best interests and desired outcomes front and centre.

We provide incisive, inspirational strategic advice. We are ‘hands on’ and bring rare and real coal-face experience to every aspect of your business. We engage with founders, investors, managers, and stakeholders to understand their actual requirements before identifying and delivering an appropriate bespoke solution. 

We believe in building long-term relationships, taking clients from inception to exit. And if the path is bumpier than anticipated, we will excel at rescuing and reinvigorating good businesses failing to achieve their potential due to complexities of people, politics, product, place, process, or pricing.

KEY ADVISORY SERVICES FOR FAST GROWTH STARTUPS AND SMEs

Unique, consultative support combining expertise across a range of professional disciplines. We’ll help you formulate the right plan efficiently.

 

Vision & Growth Strategy

If your leadership team is working toward an exit or an investment, it’s critical to identify, understand and focus on the factors that drive enterprise value. Our approach removes assumption by combining external market research with precise internal analysis to establish a set of operational objectives that will increase the enterprise value.

 

Corporate Governance

Once your startup is built and scaling, you’ll need a system of rules, practices, and processes by which the company is directed and controlled. Dragon Argent advisory team will help you define a fit for purpose framework that protects your businesses short term and long term interests by enhancing your enterprise value, through compliant administration, for any liquidity event.

 

Fundraising Strategy

We’ll help you put in place the solid foundation on which all successful funding strategies are built. We’ll work with you to formulate a clear business plan and financial model as well as an engaging pitch deck. We’ll co-create the go-to-market strategy, stress test your presentation skills and support you through every stage of an investment process.

 

Sales & Marketing Strategy

If sales and marketing savvy is missing from the competency mix of your founding team, or if top level business development is not an issue, but building an ongoing, proactive strategy is proving too time consuming, partner with our advisors to define and execute a best-in-class commercial strategy for your business growth. Our sole focus is to build your brand by identifying your ideal clients.

 

Non-Executive Directorship

Our advisors act as NEDs, bringing a fresh and impartial perspective to strategic discussions. We can bring extensive commercial experience to bear for a client, usually in tandem with our knowledge of the legal framework and latest financial reporting of the business, for an invaluable and comprehensive contribution in key strategic decisions.

 

Corporate Structure

An inappropriate corporate structure can frustrate an entrepreneur’s growth plans, increase tax liability, and put the long-term interests of shareholders at risk. We’ll work with you to put in place a robust, fit for purpose structure that protects the IP or assets your business is built on, mitigates risk, and offers the flexibility to capitalise on expansion or disposal opportunities.

 
 

 MEET THE ADVISORY TEAM

Experienced entrepreneurs that have founded, scaled and exited businesses, and lived the challenges our clients face.

 
 

James Phipson

Founder, Chairman & Head of Advisory

Jenny Jones

Operations & People Advisor

Mark Bezerra Speeks

Corporate Finance Adviser

James Kearns

General Counsel & Head of Legal Practice

Louise Marshall

Data & Privacy Consultant

Craig Williams

Finance Director & Chief Financial Officer

 

 WHAT MAKES OUR ADVISORY SUPPORT SO VALUABLE FOR CLIENTS?

Adapting to Your Needs

We are a truly integrated partner with a diverse range of competencies. Whatever support your senior leadership team needs, we’ll augment your experience and skills with bespoke advice across advisory, accounting, and legal.

Driven By Your Success

Our mission is to be a sustainable, value adding partner from inception to exit.  We’ll strive to understand the risks your facing, the opportunities you’re trying to grasp and co-create a bespoke steps plan that fuels your success.

Never Off The Shelf

Our advisors aim to act as an extension of your business, becoming so integrated it feels completely organic.  We consider each clients specific needs to offer comprehensive and pragmatic support at every stage of development.

One Team, Multiple Services

Our advisors work with a team of accountants, solicitors, and consultants to ensure that no matter what your needs, we can advice you seamlessly, mitigating the onus on founders to brief and then make sense of disparate professional advice.

Find out more about our Advisory services and what we can do for your business in our latest brochure

 

GOT A QUESTION?

Dragon Argent are an experienced business advisory consultancy, based in London. Reach out to our expert business advisers by sending your questions to ask@dragonargent.com or fill out the below enquiry form.

 

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • We have a number of very experienced Advisors who work with clients across a whole range of engagements that includes corporate structure, governance, investment strategy, dispute resolution and commercial strategy. Essential, if your senior leadership team is facing a non-business as usual project or challenge, we’ll co-create the most effective plan with you and supporting you over the long term as you grow your business.

  • We get to know you, your business and your objectives so we can create a completely bespoke proposal for you. We bring together the wider team at Dragon Argent, where we curate knowledge across our accounting, legal and strategy consultants to provide you with a comprehensive plan of action. Where possible, it will be costed and prioritised so you can make an informed decision and delivered at a pace that suits you.

  • Traditionally, founders have had to seek advice across a number of professional silos. It is then incumbent on them to make sense of the advice they receive, which often doesn't take into consideration their commercial objectives. The process can be slow and frustrating and can take attention away from the business. Dragon Argent remove the onus from the founder, freeing up their time to scale their business while we help to mitigate risk and enable opportunity.

 

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