Scale up, look sharp: meet the Scale Partners powering up Europe’s next gen progressive companies.

Katy Turner
MultipleSquad
Published in
3 min readAug 1, 2019

We often say that businesses are a lot like superheroes. Whether it’s Black Panther or Batwoman, Supergirl or Spiderman, the superhero’s journey features similar tropes — they’re directed by a deep sense of purpose, motivated by an impactful mission, and focused on realising a new version of the future.

They’re driven individuals who put in the graft in order to save the world, as well as experiencing some luck along the way that elevates them and leaps them forward.

Sound familiar?

Because inside every business, founders and their teams are also putting in the hard yards, staying the course and beating the odds.

However, sometimes even the most high-functioning, high-performing teams can get too close to the problem.

And just like every superhero, founding and exec teams benefit hugely from having confidantes, co-conspirators and counsellors behind the scenes who act as sounding boards, guide rails or cheerleaders.

At Multiple, we’re laser-focused on supercharging progress through brand and culture. We help companies like WeTransfer, Pipedrive, Trouva, Beryl, Drover, Mixcloud and Aire take out the competition, take a big exit or take over the world.

And we’ve learnt that a good advisor draws from a rich perspective of knowledge, insight and experience gained through pattern recognition and proven frameworks of thinking. Giving founders in the trenches a detached ‘air force’ that offers a 3D view of the right direction forward.

That’s why we’ve bought together a crack team of Scale Partners to extend our capabilities and help our companies progress even faster. They are all authorities, experts and aficionados in their fields.

Put simply, a stellar group of individuals obsessed with helping companies create purposeful scale, who’ve paid their dues and want to pay it forward. You can think of them as The Avengers with all the superpowers, without the dodgy outfits.

Here’s our all star lineup:

Tina Baker • founder at Jagshaw Baker, acquired by Withers.

Fred Bolza • former VP Strategy at Sony Music, Strategy Director at PRS.

Laurence Bret-Stern • former CRO at Pipedrive, Senior Marketing Director at LinkedIn.

Tracy Doree • founder at Kindred Capital, founder at Llustre acquired by Fab.

Paul Frampton • former CEO at Havas Media.

Rosie Higgins • former COO at Benevolent.AI, product at Badoo, Fjord and Razorfish.

Dhiraj Mukerjee • co-founder at Shazam, acquired by Apple.

Joe Murray • co-founder at Worldstores, acquired by Dunelm, and Optintelligence.

Alicia Navarro • founder, CEO and now president at Skimlinks.

Hem Patel • founding partner at Signal Noise, acquired by The Economist Group.

John Thompson • founder at Commerce Decisions Ltd, acquired by QinetiQ.

Rabin Yaghoubi • former CCO at Babylon Health, Strategic Partnerships at Google, VP Media at Doubleclick.

Whether you want help to unpick your brain, unpack your proposition, unleash your people or unlock your next round, our Scale Partners are ready to supercharge your progress.

Get to know them 👉 wearemultiple.com

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