We help ambitious teams reach their next stage of growth.

With a particular focus on early-stage technology companies, we consult on, invest in, and build successful businesses.

Portfolio

MIT
HubSpot
Starknet
Decentral Games
ether.fi
Botanix
Shardeum
Kinto
Semrush
Lumanu
Aula
Atomico
Deputy
Traffic Think Tank
Formlabs
Groove

Team

Matthew Howells-Barby

Matthew Howells-Barby

Matt is Chief Growth Officer at Breakout, a prop trading company in the Payward, Inc. group. He previously ran growth at Kraken and spent seven years as VP of Marketing at HubSpot. He co-founded Traffic Think Tank, which Semrush acquired in 2023, and angel invests in a handful of companies each year.

Laura Howells-Barby

Laura Howells-Barby

Starting her career in the education space, Laura spent several years working with education technology business in product management roles. This started with her time at MIT and continued into her role at Aula where she became a leader in the product organisation. Alongside all of this, Laura has significant experience building user-generated content sites with a focus on content monetisation.

Mission

Bringing value to the people, products, and services shaping the next phase of growth in tech.