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Investor Readiness

The operational case an investor diligences, built before the first meeting.

Who it is for

The hard-tech, deep-tech, or defense-hardware founder with a raise ahead, who can show an investor the product but not yet the operation that scales it.

What you get

A diligence-ready operating picture: value-stream and unit-economics maps from prototype to repeatable production, and what each unit costs

The operational data room a technical investor asks for: scale-up plan, cost-down curve, supply and capacity assumptions, and compliance posture (ITAR, CMMC, AS9100) stated as fact, not intention

The operator's answer to the question that sinks hardware raises, can you build this at volume, with a plan an investor can pressure-test

Where the operation would fail diligence today, and the sequence to close each gap before the round opens

Warm introductions, where the fit is right, to operators, primes, and capital across the New England defense corridor

How it works

Two to four weeks, timed to land before your raise opens. It stands alone or rolls into a fractional COO retainer once the round closes and the plan must be built.

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Investor Readiness for a Patent-Protected Plug-and-Play Electrical System

An early-stage hardware venture with a patented, prototype-proven electrical system needed the operation an investor diligences before funding a scale-up. As Strategic Advisor and COO-Designate, Garrett Partridge advises the founder on operational evaluation, technology positioning, and pre-funding alignment toward commercial market entry.

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