From Deadwood
to Diamonds
The post-no partner for VCs, family offices, and PE firms.
We turn rejected deals into fundable companies.
Why Investors Work With Us
You see hundreds of decks. You invest in less than 1%.
We help you capture value from the rest.
When you refer founders to Tiguri:
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You maintain goodwill instead of breaking hearts.
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We rebuild what blocked the deal: GTM, financial logic, story, or traction.
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Only genuinely fundable founders return to your inbox.
We’re not your usual consultants.
We’re operators : commercial, financial, and technical, who execute until the business works.
1. Referral
You send a founder a custom Tiguri referral link with your rejection.
They know it’s your recommendation, not a cold redirect.
Diagnostic Session
We engage and run a structured Deal Readiness Check to pinpoint why the deal failed.
3. Rebuild Sprint
We design and execute a custom plan to close the gap, e.g., GTM, investor story, data-room readiness. We fix, whatever the problem is.
Investor Feedback Loop
You receive a readiness summary, and option to first right of refusal, when the founder is genuinely investable.
Our Workflow
Why Us?
We build what others only advise.
About Us
Founded in 2013 by Guy van der Walt, Tiguri has evolved from a private venture studio into a hands-on commercial execution partner.
Guy has led M&A to acquire CHF 1.1 billion AUA, built multiple ventures from zero, and operates as a fractional CCO for select companies.
We don’t only write reports. We rebuild results.
Core Services
All services are outcome-based, not advisory retainers. Every engagement ends with a measurable readiness outcome to get you fundable, scalable, or sale-ready.
Deal Readiness Diagnostic
Our flagship investor service.
A focused half-day session where we act as a critical VC to uncover why a deal didn’t pass the investment filter.
We benchmark your deck, model, traction and GTM logic against investor standards, then deliver a clear readiness score and fix-plan.
Commercial Engine Sprint
Designed for founders who need measurable traction.
In one or more workshops and a 90-day build cycle, we rebuild your offer, pricing, funnel and first sales signals to get the proof investors look for before funding.
Execution, not theory.
Proof-Point Package
The missing bridge between story and substance.
We help you create the deliverables that convert investor interest into conviction, e.g., signed pilots, customer contracts, LOIs, case studies or data-driven traction evidence.
Get the ball rolling with a discovery call.
Fractional CCO Retainer
For select ventures that need sustained commercial leadership.
Guy embeds as interim CCO to run cadence, drive execution, and align investor reporting until internal capability is established.