Our Team
Each an independently successful executive and entrepreneur, our team is uniquely skilled to support your organisation, mixing commercial experience and grass roots knowledge of industry. For the majority of us, growing a business from start-up to in excess of £100m followed by a successful exit is something we have personally experienced. We package all of that know how for you and your organisation.
Ben Partridge
Ben has spent over 30 years in the IT and telecoms industry. During the 1990s he developed a small UK based mainframe software distribution company with offices ...Read more
Neil Muttock
Neil Muttock has over 30 years’ experience in managing and commercialising of new technologies with a particular focus on start-ups and fast growing companies. Read more
Guy van Zwanenberg
Guy is a Chartered Director and Chartered Accountant with extensive commercial and professional experience ...Read more
Howard Sarna
Howard is an Angel investor with hands-on engagement with investee businesses. A highly experienced and innovative senior executive leader...Read more
Colin Coghlan
Colin is a successful angel investor who demystifies what an angel investor looks for in a... Read more
Mark Glenister
Mark is a solicitor who specialises in corporate finance and company commercial work... Read more
Iain Young
The Head of the Corporate Growth sector at Morton Fraser LLP, a leading Scottish head-quartered law firm. Read more
Services
Ashby House provides a complete support service; Because we understand the needs of business accelerators, incubators and growth organisations are unique, our clients are free to take advantage of all our services or a selection. Our offering includes:
Workshops, Training Courses, One-on-One Support
We offer workshops or training courses or one on one support for individual companies, covering the following areas:
- Company finance
- Commercial law
- Sales
- Marketing
- Branding
- Communication skills
- Raising of investment
- Intellectual Property Exploitation
- Employing staff
Full management of Investor events:
- Use of our own network of active angel investors
- Location
- Catering
- Logistics
We take no fee or percentage from any investment raised from one of our events, nor will any of our team solicit paid work or fees from any of the companies we support
Early Businesses
Ashby House unfortunately does not support companies directly but only as part of a business incubator or accelerator programme. If you are an early stage business here are some organisations that you may want to look at for business support:
Case Studies
SPACE LAUNCHPAD
Ashby House was challenged to create an Investor Readiness Programme for the Harwell Space Launchpad II, where any participants would: Receive match funding, establish a sound business case and investment programme, and be incorporated into the Space Cluster for long term support and success.
All companies showed an improvement with and average performance gain of 32%.
OXFORD SPACE SYSTEMS
Oxford Space Systems (OSS) is bringing to market a new generation of deployable structures for Space that are lighter, less complex and lower cost than existing products. Part of a new wave of small, agile businesses transforming the Space sector, it is unusual in its focus on satellite hardware – historically an expensive sector for small firms to break into. OSS is attracting interest from leading satellite manufacturers in Europe and the US because of its use of innovative materials and agile approach to product development.
OSS is now expanding its team in order to develop its product portfolio, and has just raised £1.2 million in a new funding round led by existing seed investor Longwall Ventures.
Client Testimonials
