Each advisor sees one piece; nobody owns the whole picture.
Compare
SPECTRUMThe full journey
Loose set of advisorse.g. for fundraising
Consultancies
DIY with AI
The roadmap
✓One critical path
One roadmap to scale across commercial, technology, regulatory and funding, so everybody reads it the same way.
✕Many voices
✕A slide deck
A point-in-time report that starts ageing the day it lands.
✕Generic answers
Not calibrated for foodtech, even when you upload your documents.
The execution
✓Runs with you
A weekly session with two partners, and AI workflows tied to your milestones.
✕Point help
Hands-on for one task, usually the raise. The rest stays with you.
✕Ends at the report
Implementation is your problem, or the next engagement.
✕All on you
It suggests. You brief, check and execute alone.
Doors opened
✓We open doors
Warm introductions to investors, banks, strategics and buyers. We prepare and join those conversations when relevant.
✕Hit and miss
Introductions from their own circle; follow-through varies when it gets tense.
✕Not in scope
Introductions are rarely part of the brief.
✕None
It doesn't know anyone.
FoodTech depth
✓At the core
Four people who built, scaled, funded and advised foodtech ventures, plus proprietary investor and CDMO databases and foodtech benchmarks behind every answer.
✕Patchy
Deep in one domain, rarely across commercial, technology, R&D, regulatory and funding.
✕Generalists
Foodtech is one vertical among many.
✕Generic answers
Not calibrated for foodtech. No proprietary investor, CDMO or foodtech benchmark data.
The judgment
✓Experienced operators validate
Our experienced team is on the journey with you, and checks every output before it steers a decision.
✕Siloed
Nobody connects the dots across domains.
✕Junior leverage
Partner time is limited, and they don't spend all of it in foodtech.
✕No accountability
A confident tone, with no one standing behind the claim.
The incentives
✓Skin in the game
A fixed monthly fee, and we share the upside: a capped success fee on outcomes we help deliver.
✕Paid per deal
A cut of the round or advisory shares. The incentive ends at closing.
✕Billed by the day
Paid whether or not you move forward.
✕A subscription
Cheap in cash, expensive in founder time.
More on this in the FAQs.