Esia Nathaniel
Family Office
Engagement Package
Commercial operator and strategic partner. Twenty years building and commercialising ventures across four continents. Turning breakthrough science into market momentum.
You backed a founder because you believe in what they are building. The commercial side should not be what fails them.
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Family offices back founders differently. The conviction is personal. The time horizon is longer. The patience is real. But patience does not solve commercial execution. The science can be extraordinary and the founder exceptional - and the venture can still stall because the commercial infrastructure was never built for the market it needs to enter.
This is not a consulting engagement. Working with Seed and Series A stage deeptech ventures, this is a commercial partner who operates alongside your founder - someone you trust to protect the investment by building the commercial side with the same rigour the founder brings to the science.
Commercial Due Diligence
A structured assessment across ten commercial dimensions. Where the venture stands commercially today, what is strong, what is missing, and what needs to happen next. Built from twenty years of operating inside ventures like this one.
€15,000 - €25,000 Fixed scope · 2-4 weeks
Commercial Advisor
Ongoing strategic guidance for the principal and the founder. Commercial coaching, materials review, market entry direction, stakeholder mapping. A trusted commercial perspective without embedding a full-time operator.
Monthly retainer Scoped to relationship
Commercial Operator Partner
Operating alongside the founder as the commercial function. Full techno-commercial translation, GTM execution, stakeholder mapping, outreach and pipeline through to signed agreements. One operator across the entire commercial journey, reporting directly to the principal.
Monthly retainer Scoped to engagement
Built from the inside.
Not advised from the outside.
The honest picture.
Not a consultant's report - an operator's diligence. A structured assessment across ten commercial dimensions, built from the system used to take Reselo and Urban Oasis from lab to market.
Investment: €15,000 - €25,000. Fixed scope. 2-4 weeks. Final fee depends on stage, deal size and scope.
The strategic relationship.
Ongoing commercial guidance for the principal and the founder. Commercial coaching, materials review, market entry direction, stakeholder mapping strategy. A trusted commercial perspective without embedding a full-time operator. The natural continuation when the diligence relationship has proven its value.
Commercial readiness reviews. Founder coaching. Materials and pitch feedback. Market entry strategy. Stakeholder mapping direction. Direct access between sessions.
Investment: Monthly retainer, scoped to the relationship. Discussed in proposal.
This is the world
I come from.
The operating relationship.
Working alongside the founder as the commercial function. Full techno-commercial translation with end-to-end commercial execution - from rebuilding materials and mapping stakeholders through to signed agreements, strategic partnerships and ramp-up volumes. One operator across the entire commercial journey, reporting directly to the principal.
Minimum: 6 months. Optional equity component for engagements of 12+ months, typically 0.25-0.75%, negotiated case by case. The relationship that compounds over years, not quarters.
Investment: Monthly retainer, scoped to capacity and engagement. Discussed in proposal.
Two KTH spin-offs backed by Swiss and Swedish Family Offices.
Advanced biomaterial science from the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre. Joint Development Agreements with Fortune 500 tier-1 manufacturers in automotive and footwear globally.
Fortune 500 JDA secured in 21 days from first contact.
In an industry where the standard sales cycle runs two to four years. The same system every engagement runs on.
Urban Oasis - FOAK agri-foodtech category launch, then exit.
Full production supply agreements with Nordic retail. Joint venture with Sweden's largest industrial grower. Directed the turnaround and commercial launch, from lab to commercial to exit via JV with Svegro.
Twenty years. Fifteen ventures. Four continents.
Funded by EIC and Vinnova. Researched by Karolinska Institutet. Including spin-offs from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the Wallenberg Wood Science Centre.
Twenty years building and commercialising ventures across industries. The last six at the frontier of European deeptech. Backed by family offices. Operating alongside founders. Two KTH spin-offs - one exited via JV with Svegro, one active under EIC Accelerator.
This is not a new channel. Family office-backed deeptech is the world I come from. The conviction is personal, the time horizon is long, and the commercial operator needs to match both.
You backed the founder. You believe in the science. The commercial side should be in the hands of someone you trust.