FOR PE · RAISE · EXIT · GLOBAL

InvestmentPulse™

The deal room has enough packs. What it lacks is one readiness view capital can trust. Commercial, GTM, financial narrative, operations, people, technology and cyber — scored, owned, and ready for the Investment Committee.

NOT a Big 4 marathonNOT a valuation or investment adviceYES Screen → Pre-IC → Diligence → Hold → Exit
COMMERCIALGTMFINANCIAL NARRATIVEOPERATIONSPEOPLETECHNOLOGYCYBERGOVERNANCE · ESG · NARRATIVE

DISTINCT FROM THE REST

Operate the company. Advise the decision. Sell the story.

Technology Pulse™ keeps the Board View live. Executive Advisory brings judgement into the room. Investment Pulse™ is the capital product — built for PE, raise and exit.

01 · TECHNOLOGY PULSE™Operate

Six tech domains. Living Board View. Run the business between meetings.

02 · EXECUTIVE ADVISORYDecide

Senior counsel when raise, partner or exit needs challenge, not another pack.

03 · INVESTMENT PULSE™Capital

Eight diligence dimensions. IC narrative. Readiness that travels with the deal.

FOR THE EXIT ROOM

When buyers arrive, the story has to hold.

PE / growth capital

Pre-IC readiness across commercial, GTM, finance narrative, ops, people, tech and cyber — before diligence re-trades the deal.

Companies preparing to raise

Know what capital will press on. Fix the gaps with named owners. Walk into the room with one number and one story.

Exit / partner processes

CIM language, buyer FAQ and data-room orientation that match the Pulse — not three versions of the truth.

WHAT YOU GET

Eight dimensions. One story capital can trust.

Investment Pulse™ is the capital product: investor readiness across the full diligence map, without signing in. Below is what the engagement delivers — narrative, who it serves, the eight dimensions, the packages, and the 90-day bridge.

ThesisWhy this company wins

The investment case capital can defend: market, moat, and the reason the room should lean in.

RiskWhat can break the deal

The questions that re-trade value — named early, owned, and closed before IC or buyer diligence.

ValueWhere the plan creates return

Value-creation levers with owners and horizons — the bridge from readiness gaps to the memo.

StoryLanguage that holds in the room

One narrative for CIM, FAQ and data-room orientation — not three versions of the truth.

EIGHT DILIGENCE DIMENSIONS

Beyond technology — the full IC map

Labels and the investor ask only. Scoring method stays inside the engagement.

  1. 01Commercial & marketIs demand durable?
  2. 02GTM & sales engineCan the engine scale without the founder in every deal?
  3. 03Financial narrativeWill QoE and the IC model tell the same story?
  4. 04Operations & scalabilityCan ops absorb growth and bolt-ons?
  5. 05People & leadershipWho is essential in year one?
  6. 06Technology & dataWhat proprietary advantage travels with the deal?
  7. 07Cyber & resilienceWill diligence find a cyber surprise?
  8. 08Governance, ESG & narrativeCan management explain the company in ten minutes?

WHO IS LOOKING

Same readiness. Different language.

PE / growth capital

Pre-IC readiness across commercial, GTM, finance narrative, ops, people, tech and cyber — before diligence re-trades the deal.

Operators preparing to raise

Know what capital will press on. Fix the gaps with named owners. Walk in with one number and one story.

Exit / partner processes

CIM language, buyer FAQ and data-room orientation that match the Pulse — ready when buyers arrive.

INSIDE INVESTMENT PULSE

Readiness and the IC Pack

Readiness

Pulse Number, eight dimensions, evidence versus gap, value-creation lifts, 90-day roadmap, and a live view leadership can run.

IC / Transaction Pack

IC and CIM narrative, annexes, FAQ, data-room orientation, 100-day / VCP plan, and post-close continuity when the process is live.

VALUE CREATION · 90-DAY BRIDGE

From gap to memo to hold

Gaps become a short value-creation plan leadership can run — then a Screen → Pre-IC → Diligence → Hold → Exit bridge with owners and horizons.

01Screen

One readiness view before the pack pile grows.

02Pre-IC

Close PRIORITY gaps with named owners.

03Diligence

Artefacts that match the Pulse story.

04Hold → Exit

Continuity from close into the next room.

INTERACTIVE PRODUCT DEMO · NO LOGIN

Explore the investor readiness Board View

Illustrative Northbridge tenant. Switch lifecycle moments and see how the Pulse Number and artefacts travel with the deal — without the full portal experience.

INVESTMENT PULSE™· PE READINESS PRODUCT

One place for everythingcapital will press on.

The commercial story holds. GTM hygiene and cyber evidence still move the IC number.

Northbridge can support a clean raise if sales-pipeline discipline, cyber evidence and the investment narrative land in the next 90 days. Market position, delivery and data assets already read as strengths to an Investment Committee.

UK · Europe · ready for global capital conversations

PE job: Build the memo: thesis, risks, mitigants, value creation, returns logic.

Pulse job: Readiness view with investor asks, evidence gaps and 90-day lifts for the memo.

PULSE NUMBER0/ 100
Northbridge Holdings · Industrial services / mid-market+4 vs prior

Illustrative investor readiness · not a valuation or investment advice

01 / ARTEFACT

IC narrative

02 / ARTEFACT

Dimension pack

03 / ARTEFACT

Value-creation bridge

90 SECONDS

What it is. What it solves. Why you need it.

Interactive walkthrough with UK narration. Product narrative first, timed to portal-style visuals from Investment Pulse — not a slide read-through.

0:00 / 1:36

Illustrative · not investment advice · ~90 seconds

NEXT STEP

If you are raising or exiting, this is the conversation.

Twenty minutes to establish timing, whether Readiness or the IC Pack fits, and how it sits with Technology Pulse™. Live demos are arranged — this page is the product theatre.

Keston Group
Independent by design.

Clarity today. Confidence tomorrow. Value always.

Illustrative demo · not investment advice · 90-sec walkthrough