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We help leaders build game-changing technology companies.

Spring supports clients to answer their mission critical growth questions, from strategy to execution

Expand

Identify and prioritise growth opportunities
Plan international expansion
Build go-to-market plans
Size markets
Segment customers

FUNDRAISE

Build investment theses
Prepare successful pitch decks
Build financial growth models
Support with DD and data room
Prep CXO for investor meetings, presentations and product demos

Scale

Design new organisational structures
Improve operating model efficiency
Build employee value propositions
Define compensation strategies

"Spring did a great job in the work they carried out at Depop. Their ability to quickly gain the trust of both the Exec and wider organisation amplified the impact of their work and the outcome of their project has played a significant role in improving our employee happiness and retention. We will definitely be looking to work with them in the future."
CEO
Depop
“Spring were incredibly effective in the advisory work they provided GoCardless. The team ramped up extremely fast and had a thoughtful balance between quality, efficiency, and pragmatism. Their ability to gain trust and build relationships with a large number of stakeholders around the business was equally impressive and amplified the impact of the project on the business. I look forward to working with them again on future projects”
Chief People Officer
GoCardless
“Spring did a fantastic job tying all of the disparate voices within our organisation into a coherent strategic document analysing the size and priorities for new growth markets. Their approach and ability to work well with the leadership and product teams meant we could quickly draw insight and take action, as well as use their materials for our capital raise. I look forward to continuing working with them."
Founder
Mews
"Spring brought an effective mix of strategic rigour and pragmatic thinking to help us develop a clear and focused growth strategy. We have no doubt that the outcome of their project will play a significant role in helping us continue to scale rapidly"
CEO
Stenn
"Spring have been transformative in evolving our operating model as we transitioned our focus from 3rd party content to owned content. From the initial project brief, to the strategy and implementation they have been amazing! We are now working with Spring on multiple other operational and growth projects to help us our achieve our objectives."
COO
Pollen
"Spring did a great job in the work they carried out at Depop. Their ability to quickly gain the trust of both the Exec and wider organisation amplified the impact of their work and the outcome of their project has played a significant role in improving our employee happiness and retention. We will definitely be looking to work with them in the future."
CEO
Depop
“Spring were incredibly effective in the advisory work they provided GoCardless. The team ramped up extremely fast and had a thoughtful balance between quality, efficiency, and pragmatism. Their ability to gain trust and build relationships with a large number of stakeholders around the business was equally impressive and amplified the impact of the project on the business. I look forward to working with them again on future projects”
Chief People Officer
GoCardless
“Spring did a fantastic job tying all of the disparate voices within our organisation into a coherent strategic document analysing the size and priorities for new growth markets. Their approach and ability to work well with the leadership and product teams meant we could quickly draw insight and take action, as well as use their materials for our capital raise. I look forward to continuing working with them."
Founder
Mews
"Spring brought an effective mix of strategic rigour and pragmatic thinking to help us develop a clear and focused growth strategy. We have no doubt that the outcome of their project will play a significant role in helping us continue to scale rapidly"
CEO
Stenn
"Spring have been transformative in evolving our operating model as we transitioned our focus from 3rd party content to owned content. From the initial project brief, to the strategy and implementation they have been amazing! We are now working with Spring on multiple other operational and growth projects to help us our achieve our objectives.'"
COO
Pollen

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Joanne

Joanne is a founding partner at Spring Partners. Previously she was the CEO at blow LTD, the UK’s largest beauty services marketplace backed by Unilever Ventures and the founders of ASOS and Net-A-Porter. She also co-founded and ran a food marketplace start-up in 2015, raising capital from angel networks and FoM VC. Prior to joining the start-up, tech world Joanne was a consultant at Bain & Company from 2011-2014, where she worked across multiple sectors including private equity and biotech. She also helped launch and run the companies’ social business incubator offering strategic, consulting support to social enterprises and entrepreneurs.

In 2014 Joanne spent a year at Endeavor, the leading non-profit for global high impact entrepreneurship, supporting some of Colombia’s fastest growth tech scale up companies tackle commercial and strategic issues.

Joanne has an MA in Biological sciences from the University of Oxford.

Nicki

Nicola co-founded Spring Partners after various leadership roles scaling award-winning tech start-ups across multiple consumer industries, in businesses backed by Index Ventures, Octopus & Mustard Seed. Previously Nicola was the CEO of purpose driven D2C brand Beulah, COO of Swoon and Growth Lead at Graze.

Prior to this, Nicola spent 5 years at Bain & Company leading strategic growth and digital transformation projects in financial services, consumer retail and technology businesses. She also helped launch the companies’ leadership development programme and was heavily involved in Bain’s philanthropic activities and pro-bono work.

Nicola is an ambassador of Retail Week’s Be Inspired Leadership programme focused on developing future leaders and promoting diversity at work and is a graduate of the University of Oxford.