Strategic Advisory Platform
Strategic & Operating Advisory for Pre-/Post-Deal Value Creation, Global Growth & Operating Model Transformation
Trusted by founders, boards & investors to deliver value creation at scale.
About Us
Kingston 8 is an independent strategic and operating advisory platform focused on pre-deal strategy and post-deal execution. We work with growth-stage ventures and multinationals across SaaS, supply chain, consumer products, and e-commerce, spanning the full customer value chain. We help founders, boards, and investors create and capture value at scale.
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Our approach blends strategic insight and operational execution: from commercial readiness and investor positioning through to post-deal operating model transformation, monetisation, and international expansion. With experience on both sides of the table as advisor and operator, we partner with leadership teams to unlock growth and deliver sustainable value creation milestones, with AI leveraged as a force multiplier.
Key Focus Areas
Pre-/Post-Deal Value Creation | Operating Model Transformation | Pricing & Monetisation | Investor Readiness | International Expansion
How we drive value
Revenue Growth & Expansion
We identify and activate the key levers of growth, whether that is pricing strategy, go-to-market precision, customer segmentation, or geographic and category expansion. Through proprietary frameworks and operating experience, these levers have supported outcomes such as revenue uplift through category expansion and market capture, step-changes in ACV, 7-figure enterprise contracts, and first revenues in new geographies. Our role is to provide the tools and discipline that allow leadership teams to activate these levers with speed and confidence, while aligning execution with board-level priorities.
Margin Efficiency & Operating Model
We focus on the structural levers that drive profitability and scalability for clients in their specific industry. These include cost-to-serve economics, process redesign, organisational alignment, and technology enablement — all aimed at strengthening unit economics. Through applied transformation frameworks and operating experience, these levers have supported outcomes such as double-digit margin uplift programmes, cost rationalisation across multi-market operations, redesign of sales and service functions, and embedding asset-light or platform-based models. Our role is to help leadership teams implement these changes at pace, ensuring operating models deliver efficiency alongside growth, and align with investor and board expectations.
Investor Readiness & Value Creation
We prepare companies to deliver on the levers that matter most to investors and boards: valuation uplift, IRR acceleration, and execution against deal theses. These levers, when applied with discipline, have supported outcomes such as successful fundraising and post-deal execution across 7–10 figure mandates, positioning for industry-grade valuation multiples, and translating post-deal commitments into measurable growth. Through investor-grade frameworks and operator experience, our role is to help leadership teams position confidently with investors or strategic partners, achieve capitalisation / fundraising goals, and execute the operating model changes required to sustain value creation.
Value Creation Highlights
Venture & Growth-Stage
High-impact Advisory & Execution
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Ecosystem Build & Market Expansion
Pivoted a regional platform from F&B/coworking into an asset-light and corporate services marketplace. Built a cross-border vendor network of 150+ providers across five ASEAN markets in 15 months, introduced an asset-light operating model, and accelerated monetisation with management agreements. Enabled rapid expansion and first revenues post-pivot, positioning the platform for sustained regional growth.
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Enterprise SaaS Pivot & ACV Growth
Redesigned pricing, deal structures, and go-to-market strategy for a venture-backed SaaS scale-up. Guided the pivot from SMB to enterprise clients, driving a 10x uplift in ACV, securing 7-figure enterprise customers, and improving gross margins. Outcomes included stronger product–market fit, enhanced cost-to-serve efficiency, and establishing the foundation for sustainable enterprise-grade growth and economics.
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Valuation Uplift & Fundraising Readiness
Partnered with founders and investors to strengthen commercial models and investor positioning. Delivered a 2.4x valuation uplift between Seed and pre-Series A, supported institutional fundraising readiness, and introduced frameworks for monetisation and unit economics. Outcomes included improved financial discipline, scenario modelling, and alignment of growth strategy with investor expectations, culminating in a successful 7-figure raise.
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Accelerator & Founder Advisory
Advised founders at global accelerator programmes and growth-stage ventures on monetisation, investor readiness, and international expansion. Applied frameworks to strengthen positioning and financial narratives, supporting 7–8 figure fundraising and post-deal mandates and enabling ventures to secure capital and scale across multiple geographies. Outcomes included sharper go-to-market discipline, greater investor confidence, and successful market entry.
Enterprise Mandates & Outcomes
Delivering large-scale complex operational transformation at multinational corporations.
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Digital Transformation & GTM
A leading financial institution sought to modernise its wealth management offering through the launch of a new e-banking platform and mobile app for 15,000+ UHNW clients across APAC. Delivered end-to-end execution including requirements gathering and validation, go-to-market strategy, process controls, and training 200+ staff for seamless operational and business integration.
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MNC Post-Deal Advisory
A multinational FMCG group sought post-deal optimisation following an 8-figure transaction, aiming to align operational capacity with international expansion goals and board-level value-creation priorities. Delivered advisory on capacity utilisation, IRR acceleration modelling, and expansion feasibility, enabling leadership to evaluate domestic vs. international scale-up scenarios. Outcomes included stronger investor positioning, accelerated expansion readiness, and frameworks to sustain long-term value creation.
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Business Integration Leadership
A global media group sought to accelerate the commercial growth of a newly acquired sports property (transaction value ~USD 8bn) through mix optimisation and category/geographic expansion. Worked with operating teams to design and implement partnership growth frameworks, including licensing models, recurring revenue structures, and brand expansion initiatives. Outcomes included accelerated cross-sector growth, category expansion of brand equity, and alignment of commercial execution with strategic objectives.
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Pre-Deal Advisory for Supply Chain Technology Subsidiary
Pre-deal advisory for a global energy major who sought to launch its supply chain technology subsidiary into APAC markets, targeting retail and warehousing segments. Conducted market analysis to identify opportunities, defined the ideal customer profile (ICP), assessed product–market fit, validated pricing, and developed use cases. Delivered a risk-assessed go-to-market strategywith mitigation plans and go-live recommendations. Outcomes included sharper positioning, scalable pricing validation, and a structured roadmap for multi-market expansion.
