Pillar 1
Advisory and part-time CTO/CISO
Experienced practitioners from the PATAVIUM network help you get organised, make better decisions and grow without hiring too early.
Startups do not stall only for lack of capital. They often slow down because a method is missing: unclear priorities, stop-start work, a product far from the market, decisions put off.
With advisory we bring experience and method where they are missing, without heavy structures or premature hires. We work on product, technology, sales, fundraising, organisation and compliance.
The part-time model gives you senior skills when you really need them: for a credible roadmap, for the essential processes, and to meet enterprise customers or investors with more confidence.
What we actually do
Part-time CTO and product leadership
Technical and product guidance to turn ideas, backlog and technical constraints into a plan you can execute.
- Architecture and stack choices that fit your stage
- Product roadmap, sprint priorities and release rhythm
- Hiring plan, technical team management and due diligence preparation
- For: Non-technical founders, junior development teams, and startups building their first product or strengthening a fragile MVP.
Part-time COO and organisation
Operating support for startups that need structure, founder alignment and less improvisation.
- Roles, decision moments and essential reporting
- OKRs, operating indicators and cross-team priorities
- Internal processes for daily work, vendors and cash control
- For: Startups with 4-20 people and co-founders struggling with growth, complexity or too many open fronts.
Go-to-market and sales
We help you move from first feedback to a sales process you can repeat.
- Ideal customer, message, value proposition and first offer
- Essential sales materials: demo, deck, landing page and discovery call questions
- First sales channels across direct outreach, partners and pilots
- For: B2B startups with a product and early market signals but no clear sales process yet.
Fundraising preparation
We help you reach investor meetings with a clear story and solid materials.
- Story, positioning and key messages for the round
- Pitch deck, one-pager, financial model and data room
- A list of investors suited to your stage and preparation for tough questions
- For: Pre-seed and seed startups that want to raise with more method and less improvisation.
Technical assessment
An independent assessment of whether product, team and platform are ready for growth, enterprise customers or due diligence.
- Review of code, architecture, dependencies and critical technical debt
- Assessment of the team, development process and operating risks
- A clear document with technical and organisational priorities
- For: Startups preparing for a round or for enterprise customers, and companies that want an independent technical view of a product.
Security, privacy and compliance (part-time CISO)
Security and compliance as a commercial and trust advantage, not paperwork that arrives too late.
- Baseline security measures, essential policies and main risk management
- Preparation for enterprise security and privacy questionnaires
- A practical roadmap for NIS2, GDPR, ISO 27001 and related controls
- For: B2B startups, SaaS handling sensitive data, and companies selling to large enterprises, the public sector or regulated industries.
Need practical help, not more theory?
Let's set up a call and find the blockers to solve first: product, organisation, security, fundraising or readiness for enterprise customers and investors.
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