Critical Non-Exec SaaS Advisory Expertise 

Following a significant Series B investment and a review of their Board and Executive leadership talent against the growth plan, the CEO identified that they were missing critical Advisory expertise in a specific area of engineering that was at the centre of the company’s growth plan. 

Secondmind is a Cambridge based deep tech scale-up that develops cloud native optimization solutions for automotive engineering that are powered by the company’s unique Active Learning flavour of machine learning. The company closed a $16m Series B2 funding round in late 2023.  

The Secondmind team were very clear that they didn’t want to add another NED to their existing Board. Rather, Excelerator Partner’s brief was to attract a leading Strategic Advisor to their team to advise on the development and deployment of their SaaS product. 

We worked closely with the CEO Gary and product leadership team to understand the critical technical elements of the brief, aswell as how this role would evolve and deliver impact in the short, medium and long term. We worked tirelessly to present the opportunity to a large network of Non-Exec and Fractional Executives who we felt this unusual and highly targeted brief would appeal to. 

“Excelerator Partners' strong network and keen understanding of our needs helped us quickly find Non-Exec/Fractional executive talent that was the right fit for our team."

Gary Brotman CEO, Secondmind