Growth AssessmentYou can’t fix what you cannot see clearly.
Most leadership teams have a detailed view of their financials, product and market. Almost none have an equally clear picture of their organisational effectiveness: the leadership capacity, culture and management infrastructure that drives growth or quietly kills it.
A Growth Assessment gives founders and VC investors a precise, benchmarked picture of organisational health and actionable plan across every dimension that determines whether a company can carry its next phase of growth.
What we consistently see in EU scale-ups
"We have a strong learning culture."
25/25
Leadership teams that believed their learning culture was strong, but the data showed a different story.
"Accountability is lived in word and action."
87%
Of scale-ups where OKRs were introduced but never cascaded to individuals. Accountability was named as a value, yet underperformance rarely addressed.
"We are MT-led."
24/25
Scale-ups with a formal MT where the founder(s) still controlled all key decisions. The founder-to-CEO transition was unfinished or unnamed.
"We know our market."
4.94/10
Customer orientation is the single lowest-scoring category across the portfolio. When it comes to scaling, founder intuition will not sustain as a market strategy.
For VC / PE Investors
The picture your due diligence isn’t giving you.
Reference calls and pitch decks tell you what a leadership team believes about itself. Our assessment tells you what is actually happening, benchmarked against 500+ EU scale-ups at comparable stages, across every dimension that determines whether a company can carry the weight of what you're about to put into it.
We don't tell you whether to invest. We give you the full picture so the leadership conversation shifts from intuition to evidence.
Benchmarked organisational effectiveness report, with MT-level and company-wide findings.
Leadership readiness: where the team is strong, where it will strain under growth pressure.
Culture vs. infrastructure gap: the most common hidden risk pre-Series A or B.
Run pre-investment or post-close, we’ve done assessments from late Seed through Series D
For Founders, CEOs & MTs
You sense something is slowing down. Now find out what.
You're in meetings all day. You're hiring fast. The strategy is clear (to you, at least), and yet the organisation isn't moving the way it should. Something is stuck, but you can't name it enough to fix it.
The Growth Assessment gives you and your MT a shared, evidence-based picture of what is working, what is breaking, and what needs to change before the next phase of growth. It tends to be the most clarifying conversation a leadership team has had.
Full assessment across leadership, culture and organisational effectiveness, tied to your growth objectives.
MT-level and company-wide view, including the perception gaps between them.
Benchmarked against 500 EU scale-ups at comparable stages.
Facilitated MT session to translate findings into a clear set of priorities
How it worksFrom first call to actionable plan in 2 to 3 weeks.
Step 1360 Inquiry
Surveys and in-depth interviews across MT, management, and the wider organisation. Covers leadership style, culture, decision-making, accountability, learning, and customer orientation.
Step 2Benchmarked Analysis
Your scores placed against 500+ EU scale-ups at comparable stage and size. You see not just where you are, but how that compares to companies that scaled successfully and those that did not.
Step 3Findings Report
A report with quantitative findings, qualitative patterns, the gaps between MT self-perception and organisational reality and prioritised recommendations tied to your growth objectives.
Step 4MT session
A facilitated session with your leadership team to work through the findings, surface what needs to be named and align on the top priorities that need to shift to achieve desired growth.
Need support after the assessment? We offer tailored work. Learn more here.
Questions we get asked
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A 360° diagnostic across 15 dimensions of leadership, culture and organisational effectiveness. It combines surveys and in-depth interviews across your MT, management layer and wider organisation, a written findings report benchmarked against 500+ EU scale-ups, and a facilitated MT session to translate findings into aligned priorities.
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Two to three weeks from first call to facilitated MT session. The process is designed to be fast and immediately actionable—not a months-long engagement.
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EUR 6–12K depending on MT size and organisation size. Against a EUR 2–10M funding round, that is 0.1–0.5% of the capital at stake.
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Yes, we run assessments at both moments. Pre-investment it functions as a leadership due diligence instrument, giving investors the picture that pitch decks and reference calls don't offer—with a clear development perspective. Post-close it gives the incoming investor and the MT a shared, evidence-based starting point for the next phase of growth.
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The benchmark and focus on actionable implementation. Your scores are placed against 500+ EU scale-ups at comparable stages—so you see not just where you are, but how that compares to companies that scaled successfully and those that stalled. Most leadership assessments give you a picture of your organisation in isolation. Ours gives you context and a clear plan forward.
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Some scale-ups use the assessment as a standalone diagnostic. Others use it as the starting point for a tailored intervention, like executive coaching, MT effectiveness work, culture change, or organisational redesign. Either way, the findings are yours and the next step is always your choice.
Get startedThe most clarifying conversation your leadership team will have this year.
A Growth Assessment takes 2 to 3 weeks from first call to MT session. It gives your leadership team a shared, evidence-based picture of where you stand—and what needs to change before the next phase of growth. Most clients say it surfaces conversations that were years overdue.
