Consilium Ventures | Venture Development for Impactful Returns

Consilium |

(Latin)

A deliberate, discerning council of wise advisors.

Service Areas

Our services include, but are not limited to, areas relating to Impactful Returns, Venture Building, and Capital Planning.

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Impactful Returns

Your stakeholders are positioned for a successful exit, ensuring both readiness and optimisation for the best possible outcome.

All aspects of your business are harmonised to maximise impact of the valuation multiple through guided application of our framework tools.

A thoughtful strategy for non-financial returns is developed with you, emphasising purposeful impact, internally and externally.

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Venture Building

The CEO is guided through the intricacies of managing growth in the context of new markets, acquisitions, and corporate strategy.

Your sales pipeline is fine-tuned, ensuring the executive team (and CEO) is prepared with the right skills for the next leg of the journey.  

Leadership is supported in selecting and wrapping the right governance strategies to reinforce durability, accountability, and alignment between stakeholders, founders and management.  

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Capital Planning

Securing the optimal funding, precisely when needed and at the right valuation – may be the most challenging part of business growth.

Our Scenario Funding tool evaluates strategic approaches to uncover the most cost-effective financing options available, ensuring your business has the fuel it needs to sustain growth.

A step beyond conventional funding, a comprehensive set of potential scenarios are developed with you to offer the visibility necessary for the most advantageous outcome.

Markets of Influence

The following industries mark areas of our expertise that bring advantage to the value and positioning of your company.

Climate Tech

Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), Energy Transition (ET), and Sustainable Tech (ST)

[See: Zefiro Methane]

Financial  Tech

Wealth Management (WM), Digital Securities, and Blockchain (DeFi)
Philanthropy Tech

Business Software

Future of Work (FoW), Software as a Service (SAAS), Human Resource Tech (HR Tech)

[See: Sirenum]

Business  Services

Reverse Supply Chain (RSC), Circular Economy (CE), Resource Recovery (R2R)

[See: Drake & Farrell]

While there is no substitute for experience, there is an opportunity to leverage it in others.

STARTING POINT

1 DAY WORKSHOP

Initial Assessment (PRO Review)

Our starting point with you is an assessment discovery process that determines your company's maximum potential impact and value in terms of positioning, readiness, and optimisation (PRO).

Following the completion of the assessment, both your team and ours will have a clear sense of what a scope of engagement could look like in increasing the strength of your company’s position in the market.

Financial  Performance

Business Scale, Quality of Income, Standalone Momentum, Strategic Opportunity

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Operational Quality

Key Relationships, Management, Employees, Assets & Liabilities, Business Process, Sales & Marketing

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Market  Place

Market Share, Market Growth, Product/Service Positioning, Scalability

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Negotiation Strengths

Number & Breadth of Buyers, Stakeholder Alignment, Relationship & Access to Buyers, Negotiating Skills

Financial  Performance

Business Scale, Quality of Income, Standalone Momentum, Strategic Opportunity

1

Operational Quality

Key Relationships, Management, Employees, Assets & Liabilities, Business Process, Sales & Marketing

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3

Market  Place

Market Share, Market Growth, Product/Service Positioning, Scalability

4

Negotiation Strengths

Breadth of Buyers, Stakeholder Alignment, Access to Buyers, Negotiating Skills

Prior to the session, an analysis of financials are done in conjunction with our corporate finance partner Corbett Keeling. During the workshop, typically the CEO, head of finance, and other key executives participate in the sessions. Findings are then processed, with a full report prepared and presented within the following 2-3 weeks.  

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Case Studies

A brief look at where our process and expertise have brought recent value across a variety of industries and use case scenarios.

10th fastest growing tech co.

Acquired by Bullhorn in July 2021.

The Financial Times ranked Sirenum as the UK's 10th fastest-growing tech company.

Market leading multiple of ARR valuation

In 2018, Curt was the first independent director (and then Chairman) to assist the founder, Benjamin Rubin, in determining his capital funding strategy, growth plans, and executive team improvement. The result was two rounds of family office funding and coordinating the sale of the business to Bullhorn at a top-of-the-market ARR multiple.

$500billion  dollar problem

IPO in April 2024 on the Cboe Canada exchange.

Leading methane tech and environmental markets business in the United States.

Run rate $32m revenue business leading to IPO

As founding CEO in 2022, Curt and team set out to solve the problem of unfunded, well-plugging liabilities of 5 million abandoned and orphaned wells from leaking methane into the air and polluting the water table. Through two acquisitions, first-of-its-kind carbon offset pre-sale, and orphaned well inventory of 1000+ wells, Zefiro is leading the climate-tech industry to solve the biggest legacy issue in the energy transition.

2xmore than  doubled in value

Acquisition announced in May 2024.

Acquired by Logicall Group, backed by Waterland Private Equity, one of the largest private equity firms in the Netherlands.

Leading e-waste elimination and circular supply chain business in the Netherlands.

In 2019, Curt advised the incoming CEO on management buy-in, value increase, positioning for sale, growth strategies, M&A, sales team improvements, and entering new markets. The result was entry into the new markets of e-mobility and med-tech, a doubling of valuation, and finding an excellent home for future growth.

Wisdom crafts beautiful businesses.

Curt walked alongside me to build our business from the early days to a successful exit. Having a trusted, experienced advisor cannot be understated, especially during important seasons of opportunity.

Benjamin Rubin, Founder & CEO of Sirenum

Collaborating with Curt was invaluable during a pivotal period of expansion in our company. We greatly benefited from his extensive experience, tools, and relationships.

David Engel | CEO, Drake & Farrell

There's nothing accidental about being prepared — it's a choice you need to make.

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Curt Hopkins |

Founder, Consilium Ventures

Curt Hopkins is the CEO of MCQ Markets, a platform for investing in iconic automobiles. He is the founding partner of Consilium Ventures, a tech investment firm in London. Previously, he was the chairman of Sirenum, which was acquired by Bullhorn in 2021; the founding CEO of Zefiro Methane Inc., which went public through an IPO in 2024; and a senior advisor to Drake & Farrell B.V. in the Netherlands, which Waterland Private Equity acquired in 2024. He is on the board of Stewardship, one of the largest charities in the UK, helping Christians be the best stewards of the resources given to them. (read more)

Tech Chairman, CEO, and Venture Builder

Originally from Chicago, USA, Curt Hopkins is the CEO of MCQ Markets, a fintech platform for investing in iconic automobiles. He is also the founder of Consilium Ventures, a venture-building business in fintech, climate tech, and software. Curt was the founding CEO of Zefiro Methane, a climate tech firm that stops methane leaking from abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells, which went public through an IPO in April 2024.

Curt was the chairman of Sirenum, a scale-up SaaS business in workforce management. Bullhorn acquired Sirenum in July 2021. Curt has a significant interest in sustainable tech as a senior advisor at Drake & Farrell B.V., a circular supply chain business in the Netherlands acquired by Waterland Private Equity in May 2024. Further, he is on the board of Stewardship, one of the largest faith-based charities in the UK.

Previously, Curt was Chief Executive of Telenomics, a technology retail business. He also led the buyout of Redeem, a Sunday Times Fast Track 100 firm in the circular economy, where he was CEO. Prior positions include senior executive roles at Vodafone, Nortel and Fujitsu.

Curt, originally from Chicago, graduated from Georgia Tech with an MSc in Management and lives outside London, England.

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