“Building businesses that change how entrepreneurs and professionals do business”
Our business model combines deep sector specialisation with dedicated management support.
AQC long term investment horizon of ten years enables emerging technologies to evolve and mature, and thereby become embedded in the sectors we support.
AQC applies a rigorous approach when evaluating all opportunities and our objective is to work with the most attractive businesses,
We seek businesses predominantly in growth markets and technology-enabled services and where management demonstrate a commitment and enthusiasm that share similar characteristics, such as:
• high levels of recurring or contracted revenues;
• a product or service that is business critical;
• low customer concentration;
• high customer loyalty and low sensitivity to market cycles; and
• businesses providing a platform for merger and acquisition (‘M&A’) opportunities.
We believe that these companies have the potential for significant performance improvement.
Following each engagement, our Team works with management
to focus on a set of operational levers that are key to performance in a AQC ‘sweet spot’ business model:
• sales
• digital marketing
• pricing
• customer success
• IT and data analytics.
For each of these levers, the team has codified the AQC experience and best-practices into set ‘plays’ that are deployed together with management.
The nature of support provided by AQC can take a variety of forms.
At a Board level, we might appoint a member of the team as a non-executive director responsible for applying active, results-oriented corporate governance.
Beyond the boardroom, members of our team provide either direct support through hands-on best-practice project work, or collaborate with management teams to draw on expertise from our proprietary network of specialists and Operating Partners, who each bring a specific, operational specialism to company situations.
“Our differentiation is how focused we can be on a few high impact areas that are relevant to all our tech and services companies.
One of the most powerful ways the AQC team motivates change is through peer-to-peer collaboration.
Coronavirus
AQC through its team has endeavoured to help and support clients through the very difficult trading period by providing relevant information and briefings together with active support in accessing the Government's package of measures.