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ESG data · FinTech

From scientific proof-of-concept to paying clients in ten months

A biodiversity-risk data product for institutional investors, built from messy, non-standard environmental data.

NatureAlpha10 months
10 monthsproof-of-concept to product
11clients in the first 3 months: 1 paying, 10 on trial
Under budgetdelivered below the projected cost
The situation

Environmental impact data is disparate, fragmented, non-standardised and messy. NatureAlpha wanted to turn it into something institutional investors could use to reduce their exposure to biodiversity risk, and needed a technology partner that could act as an extended delivery team rather than a vendor.

What we did
  • A strategic and tactical roadmap from proof-of-concept to a revenue-generating business.
  • Supported the fundraise, including the technical due diligence.
  • Assessed and selected the data sources, then built the MVP iteratively against them.
  • Set up sales pipeline management and trained the team on it.
  • Sharpened the IP through market testing rather than in a room.
What changed

The product went from scientific proof-of-concept to something saleable in ten months. Within three months of announcing v1 there was one revenue-generating client and ten on trial. The technology came in below its projected cost, and a cost-effective offshore delivery team was in place to carry it on.

In their words
“Thanks to [the team], we were able to take the business from concept to clients in under a year”

NatureAlpha · ESG data

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