Industry Focus
Consulting Boutique
Investment-grade
Strategy advisors & operating partners
Strategy advisors & operating partners
INVESTMENT-GRADE CONSULTING
Strategy
We build the strategic plans that will help transform the equity story into action plans that teams buy into
for corporate CxO’s and investors
We make the equity-story and operations link because we bring leadership experience from all kinds of situations : turn-around up, scale-up, globalization, etc.
Typical workstreams
Operations
We dig deep into each mix element, constructively challenging and helping teams… and get our hands dirty if need be
with entrepreneurs and CxO’s
We dare venturing into execution because we are practitioners, grown up at b2c blue chips and leading scale-ups.
Typical workstreams
Investment dilligence
We provide insight and analysis to support decisions on M&A, geographic and category expansion
for private equity firms and corporations
We work at emergency pace because we often already have some of the insight that makes the difference, saving time, strengthening judgment.
Typical workstreams
use cases
Reviving
sleeping beauties
Your context
Some asset-rich brands in your portfolio have worn-out or have been under-invested. They just wait to be rejuvenated!
Our actions
• agnostic root cause analysis
• compelling value proposition
• innovation and activation plan
• team remotivation and deployment
Latest cases
2 brands revitalized in 2024, with same-year results, best-in-class speed and ROI vs. group initiatives.
Typical workstreams
Defending
A-Brands
Your context
In a post-covid, post-inflation, post... world, some of your bread-and-butter brands may have lost relevance. They just wait to be unlocked!
Our actions
• no-stone-unturned review at emergency pace
• data-backed turn-around plan
• team remotivation and deployment
Latest cases
3 brands moved from negative revenue and ebitda CAGR to growth within one year.
Typical workstreams
Creating
corporate value
Your context
You are about to sell a business line.
Time to shine!
Our actions
• investment-grade strategy review
• ideation and quick proof of growth opportunities
• enhanced VDD-compatible equity story
Latest cases
5 sales above expectations in the past four years.
5 sales above expectations in the past four years.
Typical workstreams
Materializing B2C adjacencies
Your context
Your best opportunity may very well be one step aside from your core business.
Let's capture that new value!
Our actions
• shareholder-grade market analysis and opportunity assessment
• C-level-grade launch planning and leadership
• operations-grade team deployment
Latest cases
5 adjacencies identified and operated for corporation.
Typical workstreams
ALIGNED INTERESTS
Cash commitment
We put our money where our mouth is. When we recommend investing, we are ready to co-invest, co-operate, seek long-term incentive.
Practitioner judgment
Contrary to most consulting firms, we dare stating and
operating our opinion because we bring strategic and practitioner expertise in the consumer industry.
operating our opinion because we bring strategic and practitioner expertise in the consumer industry.
Track record
We have co-invested and co-operated with corporations, entrepreneurs, and professional investors 17x over the past 10 years, with an IRR exceeding 100%.
Track record
100’s
opportunities reviewed
50+
due diligences
17
investments and long-term incentives
€2.5M
invested
>100%
realized annual IRR over 10 years
TEAM
Charles Tonlorenzi
Co-founder
Frédéric Colas
Co-founder
Bertrand Escoffier
Partner
Rémi Honoré
Director
Lina Ly
Senior Advisor
Asia
John Burbank
Partner Americas Senior Advisor
US
Laurent Houel
Senior Advisor Beauty
Fashion Luxury
Sonia Pires
Finance & Administration
If you like consumer businesses and…
… if you feel like learning ever more and
… if you feel like turning knowledge into practice
Join us!
Success with us starts with liking the rational and irrational alchemy of fashion brands or everyday food, continues with stretching your brain on a due diligence for a private equity firm and ends with turning ideas into action for a business we have invested in. We know this is not to everybody’s liking, but if it’s to yours, we’d really love to engage !
