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Our approach

How we work together

From first contact to investment and beyond: what you can expect, how the advisory board works and how we put our network to work.

Fast where possible, thorough where it matters

  1. 1 · 1–2 weeks

    Intake

    We review your pitch deck, financial plan and first KPIs and assess whether your proposition fits our criteria.

  2. 2 · about 1 week

    Introduction

    A conversation and product demo. We assess market, team, traction and risks, and discuss who else is investing.

  3. 3 · 2–4 weeks

    Due diligence

    Commercial, technical, legal and financial, together with experts from our network.

  4. 4

    Agreements

    Term sheet, milestones for follow-on rounds, agreements with co-investors and our role on your advisory board.

  5. 5

    Closing and onboarding

    Straight to work on your 100-day plan, KPI reporting and the first advisory board meeting.

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The advisory board: the heart of smart capital

With every investment we take a seat on your advisory board. For us that is not a formality. A good advisory board leads to sharper choices, better decision-making and more confidence among customers and follow-on investors. It also forces focus:

What are the three things that really need to happen this quarter?

Ortwin Verreck, founder of Ormac, successfully completed the programme for supervisory board members at Erasmus University. We combine professional oversight with entrepreneurial experience: critical where needed, supportive where possible.

Go-to-market: where we make the difference

Most startups do not get stuck on their technology but on the road to market. Who is your ideal customer, what should it cost, which channel do you sell through, and how do you turn individual deals into a repeatable sales process? We have answered those questions ourselves at companies we successfully built and sold.

We are hands-on where it helps, without taking over the helm. You run your company. We help you make the right decisions faster. The first hundred days are intensive and free of charge; after that comes a fixed rhythm of monthly check-ins and quarterly reviews. We work towards an exit with a horizon of around five years.

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More than capital: a network that builds with you

Behind Ormac is a network of more than 80 entrepreneurs, investors and specialists we work with on a structural basis. People who have built, scaled and sold companies themselves.

For each investment we match three to five experts to your biggest growth blockers, with a clear brief and a concrete outcome. We are mentors at Startupbootcamp and help you find the right co-investors, now and in your next rounds.

Areas of expertise in our network

  • Market and product-market fit
  • Go-to-market and sales
  • Marketing and brand
  • Pricing and unit economics
  • Product and roadmap
  • Technology and scalability
  • Data and AI
  • Security
  • Privacy and GDPR
  • AI governance and EU AI Act
  • Legal and IP
  • Finance and reporting
  • Governance
  • Team and leadership
  • Internationalisation
  • Follow-on funding
Do you have a working product and your first paying customers?

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