A Board, Advisory and Investment Collective

We co-invest time to scale technology solutions to industrial opportunities in maritime, ocean and supply chain

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We Scale Companies

Commercial Traction

​We deploy experienced B2B operators who unlock strategic accounts, co-drive enterprise deals, and build joint ventures - turning long cycles and closed doors into real traction.

Company Building

​Our Operators work side-by-side with founders to sharpen priorities, shape leadership, and avoid unforced errors. Real company building needs more than ambition - it needs experience on the ground.

Funding

​We connect founders with the right investors - and support the full fundraising process, from deck to negotiation. We also help tap into overlooked options like soft funding and grants.

Product-Market Fit

​Our Operators help test demand early, engage the market directly, and build around real user feedback - avoiding the “launch and wait” trap that stalls too many good products.

Leadership

​OPERATORS provides founder-first support in tough moments: conflict resolution, co-founder dynamics, and key decisions. Our neutral senior operators help you lead with clarity and confidence.

Scaling

​Our Collective helps startups become scaleups - by operationalising what works, building repeatable processes, and levelling up the team to deliver at pace and quality.

What Startup Founders Say

“It’s like a fund of time! Unlike anything else I’ve seen, giving me competence and market access on demand, while pushing the cost to exit.”

— Maritime Founder

“No large investment has ever given me product-market fit. I cannot possibly have all the competencies I need on payroll - 
I need sparring and help on demand from people who are financially incentivized like me.”

— Ocean Tech Founder

“I guess working with individuals as Advisors is nothing new, but hard to get value from. To plug into a structured way of doing it as a complement to my Board, can give me the speed and ease to get results.”

— Supply Chain Founder

Are you a leading Technology Startup or Scaleup?

OPERATORS Collective brings people that are out of reach to hire, and protect run-way by investing our time, to help de-risk and scale.

We bring industry- and entrepreneurial expertise, to help product/market fit, commercial access, fundraising and an experienced shoulder to lean on in building a company.

How people add value is innovated through a hands-on global community and by professionalising legal, quality assurance and processes for speed and ease for the founder.

“I would like to contribute to creating a better industry by giving back to founders, and stay current on technology solutions, plus invest my own money - but I lack the access and capability to do so.”

— Industry CEO

Are you a top Executive, Expert or Entrepreneur?

OPERATORS Collective offers a modern portfolio career path - flexible, impactful, and designed for those who want to stay close to innovation while shaping what comes next.

Join a curated community where you can give back, shape the future of your industry, stay sharp, and build long-term financial upside.

We welcome top performers who collaborate well, guide with insight, and are hands-on in execution.

OPERATORS is invite-only. Curious to learn more? Let’s connect.

We don’t replace the system - we complete it.

OPERATORS brings dedicated operators to extend what VCs, studios, and accelerators begin.

“Our main role is to fund and guide, but scaling companies often need specialized, more PE-style hands-on help we simply can’t provide in-house across the full portfolio - until now.”

— Venture Capital Fund Manager

“After validating the concept internally, the real challenge begins - taking it to market. That’s when we look outside for the people and perspectives that can help us scale, and bring the venture to life.”

— Corporate Venture Studio Lead

“Once we have run a cohort through our process, training and free mentoring, what follows requires much more hands-on, specialist and dedicated support from people with skin in the game.”

— Accelerator Director

Our Values - How We Operate

  • We’re here to build real businesses - not just busy ones.

    Real business and real people in long-term relationships.

    Value creation should be tangible - and visible to everyone involved.

    We build fast. We build to last.

  • We bet on trust, not tactics.

    The startup world is full of shortcuts. We’re not.

    Like ROI, trust compounds over time.

    Transparency isn’t optional - it’s how trust stays real.

  • Tech startups, execs, experts, employees, entrepreneurs - we build and win together.

    Together we can create what none of us can do alone.

    We act with empathy, because we’re building with people, not just technology.

    Care is a strength.

  • We don’t guess - we gather.

    We make decisions from research, not gut feel.

    We listen more than we talk. We ask why before we answer how.

    Depth is our foundation. Speed is the result.

  • This is not a spectator sport.

    We show up. We write the draft, push the deal, join the call.

    We don’t hide behind roles - we step up wherever the work is.

    Execution is the difference.

We scale meaningful ideas into real businesses.

The Science Behind OPERATORS

The world is full of well-intended advice. But the difference between winning and losing is knowing. At OPERATORS, time is spent researching what’s proven to work - not just what sounds right. This results in evidence-based thinking to support how we operate in building and scaling companies. Some of that we publish in The Library.