Entrepreneurs and start-ups
Early-stage investment
Rapid product prototyping
IT delivery (build, buy, outsource) strategy or project rescue
services
We accelerate growth of start-up and entrepreneurial businesses, with services and support for start-up funding & strategy, prototyping and virtual or interim CTO.
What we could do for you…
Enterprises and SMEs
Interim CTO or Technical Director
IT strategy review
Overhead or run rate reduction
IT executive mentoring
Free report & capability “health-check”
We start with a chat with founders or investors as appropriate, and there's never a cost for this. Depending on the scenario, we will likely prepare a free report, outlining the business's situation and the choices available with a summary recommendation.
We are able to provide a report on the health of the company's IT, in general or with a specific focus such as cost-effectiveness, security, or quality.
New companies often struggle with technical or creative suppliers and we are experienced at rapidly auditing supplier capability. Many web agencies don't use best practice: will they really deliver value for your start-up's seed capital?
Rapid build & product prototyping
Where a business is seeking to explore a new model, we can produce “micro-proofs” to flesh out and provide a functional, low-cost prototype of the model. We use agile methodologies for software development, typically using a mixture of Extreme Programming and Scrum.
Due diligence
The Reincubate team have experience of both sides of the due diligence process, and can help either side of a possible transaction.
Securing funding & investment
As well as investing directly, Reincubate works angels and professional investors. We can help you get the right offer, or assist negotiation and evaluation of existing offers.
Our support may be as straightforward as reviewing the business plan and P&L, assembling an investor presentation, or investing directly in complementary technology and data products.
Project rescue and tendering
The oft-cited Standish Group CHAOS Report showed 31% of IT projects cancelled prior to completion, with 52% having cost overruns of 189%. If your project is struggling, we can mount a project rescue.
Non-IT based companies can struggle to agree product or site specifications with vendors. We can help you nail what to ask for, and what not to settle for.
Chief Technology Officer interim and evaluation
If your company lacks a Chief Technology Officer or IT Director we can provide a capable technology leader. We can also assist in finding a permanent CTO: through our network, or through mentoring and supporting an internal candidate.
What have we done?
“Being perfect technology managers for any small to large scale projects, [Reincubate] are professionals that can help you build a new technology or solution in no time. I have no hesitation in recommending [them] to my friends and partners, and will definitely be using [their] professional advice again in the future.”
“There is no doubt that [Reincubate] knows what they are talking about in the field of start up financing and growth. [They] have consistently provided me with dependable, analytical, clear, objective and direct advice as I have moved along the entrepreneurial path. On the occasions when I have chosen not to take that advice, [they] has been proved right every time. I have now learnt that lesson, and I am certain that there are many more that [Reincubate] will teach me.”
“[Reincubate] have a wealth of commercial experience in software development and how to create quality product within the inevitable tight budgetary and time constraints. [They] provided some valuable consultancy for Simplicity IT about software development productivity, choice of platform and team structure. [They are] very friendly guys and generous with their time and personal networks of industry people. A few technical steers from [Reincubate] and our business is still benefiting from the results a year on.”
“[Reincubate provided] a clear thinking, results orientated CTO. A real engineer at heart with a powerful grasp on cutting edge technology. This combination enables [Reincubate] to effortlessly deliver techology and solutions which not only meet and enable operational business function, but create a wealth of new business opportunities in their own right. With [Reincubate's] knowlege of investment strategy and network of contacts, Mazuma have a solid six figure investment on the table.”
“[Reincubate] have been providing an invaluable CTO role at CostOf, from steering our platform build costs to a fifth of the original plan, to hands-on rescue of domain names from a supplier. [They] contributed to our business strategy, highlighting value in various partner propositions, and rapidly produced detailed reports on the capabilities of each partner. [They] quickly built a good understanding of the challenges our business faced, and was able to bring IT and commercial experience into the business. [Reincubate] are passionate, focused and hard working”
Strategy
- IT strategic planning & review
- Project rescue & turnaround
- Requirements, process & KPI modelling
- Disaster recovery & business continuity planning
Start-up & funding
- Budget & spend review (opex, capex)
- Business plan review, investor presentation support
- Due diligence: preparation & audit
- Angel introduction, executive referral
Executive & embedded
- On-call CTO or virtual IT director
- Interim CTO: day-to-day, operational resource
- Restructuring, team structure, recruitment & interview support
- Mentoring, assessment & culture, agile
Technology delivery
- Prototyping & proof-of-concept, quality, XaaS (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), cloud
- Infrastructure analysis & tendering, SLA, availability & monitoring, colocation & molocation
- Technology milestones, scalability, reliability
Start-ups & founders
Reincubate works with owners of online or technology-enabled start-ups. We engage at any stage, although typically we will work just before or after seed funding, assisting the business to either attract or capitalise on funding. As is nature of the business, many of the start-ups are “stealth” mode.
we engage at any stage often pre-money
strategic focus
Many start-ups get caught out by development agencies, engaging them to build their product, often with a dangerous “fixed-scope” brief or a punitive day-rate. Not all entrepreneurs have the experience to assemble IT experts to deliver a project rapidly and cost-effectively. We can help embark on this process, recognising that a product idea often needs to be proved with a lean, agile approach which minimises risk. Making mistakes can be part of the learning process, but early, cost-effective, controlled experiments are best.
the danger of development consultancies.
micro-proof: win fast or fail cheap.
Our initial engagement could range from a cost or strategy review of the business plan to arranging implementation of a proof-of-concept to secure investment.
we're not pushing a product
Established businesses
If you're struggling with the reliability of a critical application or web-site, or delivery of a key IT project, our project rescue experience could be of use. We have worked on a number of $1M+ project rescues, turnarounds and restructures since 2005.
project rescue & cost reduction
Reincubate can enhance your IT capabilities, from making your implementation more agile with cultural, structural or capacity enhancements, to guiding or augmenting your teams to achieve technical deliveries.
agile culture
We can help you boost margin by reducing infrastructure and development cost with consolidation, respecification or tendering.
The team has worked with a variety of established companies from NASDAQ and FTSE 250s to national charities.
Investors & venture capital
We can provide a variety of services for investors, from advisory through due diligence, continuity planning, audit, & recruitment.
auditing & steering for investors