Operations · Commercial · Investment · Technology · Cyber

Ready from
day one.

Barod gets organisations ready to run, sell, raise and scale, with senior people doing the work alongside you and AI built into how we deliver.

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The gap we fill

Senior thinking, without the full-time hire.

Early-stage ventures and scaling businesses need operational, commercial and investment-level thinking, but they can’t sustain full-time senior hires. Generic consultants hand over a framework and leave.

What you actually need is someone who has done it, and will do it alongside you. Most teams also know AI should be changing how they work; few have the expertise or the bandwidth to make it happen. Barod is built for exactly this.

What we do

Five disciplines, one fractional team.

One partnership across the disciplines that get an organisation ready, not five separate suppliers or a patchwork of ad hoc advice and support.

01
Fractional operations
COO and Director-level leadership, governance, operating model, funder and stakeholder management.
02
Commercial and growth
Proposition development, go-to-market, commercial model and sales strategy.
03
Investment readiness
Deck and narrative, financial modelling support, funder introductions and due-diligence prep.
04
Digital, product and technology
Branding, UX/UI, technical advisory and fractional CTO support, through our trusted partner network.
05
Cyber security and Cyber Essentials
Practical security for growing organisations, and hands-on preparation for Cyber Essentials: policies, controls and evidence, tracked in your own private client portal. We get you ready; an accredited certification body makes the assessment.

AI efficiency isn’t a bolt-on.

It’s how we work, and how we help you work. Built into delivery from day one, not added at the end.

Why Barod

Practitioners, not framework merchants.

We’ve sat in the COO chair, designed and delivered complex digital and change programmes, and helped founders raise. We don’t hand over a deck and leave. We do the work alongside you until you’re ready.

27yrs
Senior commercial & operational experience
£5m+
Raised in seed money by ventures we’ve supported
£25m+
Collective valuations across that portfolio
Get ready

Let’s get you ready.

Tell us where you’re heading. We’ll tell you, straight, how we’d help you get there.