tuyere

We clear the path. You build the thing.

Most founders are brilliant at building things. The operational stuff — the systems, the structure, the investor mechanics, the processes that need to hold as things get faster — that's where things quietly fall apart.

That's the moment Tuyere shows up.

When we show up

Tuyere works alongside founders at the moments that matter. When you're scaling and need systems that actually hold. When a raise is on the horizon and you need someone embedded from the inside.

We sit inside the problem with you. Not above it, not behind it. Alongside it.

Fixed scope, clear fees, no report dropped in your inbox and a wave goodbye.

016–12 months before the raise
Before the raise

Six to twelve months out is where the real work happens. We stress test the model, clean up the structure, build the cap table and governance foundations investors actually look for — and fix the things that would kill the deal before you walk into a single meeting.

02Actively in market
During the raise

Embedded in the process from first investor meeting to close. Data room, materials, mechanics, signing and registry updates — all handled. So you can focus on the one thing only you can do: the investor relationship.

03Post-raise or scaling fast
After the raise

The raise is done. Now the business needs to move. We build the systems, team structure and operational foundations that let you scale without everything routing through you.

What we do

The work
behind the work.

01
Investment Readiness

Model stress testing, cap table structure, data room build, investor materials and raise mechanics — everything that needs to be right before and during a raise.

02
Operational Excellence

The systems and structure that let a business scale without falling apart. SOPs, decision frameworks, team accountability — built to hold without you in the room.

03
Fractional COO

The operational leadership role your business has grown into but hasn't hired yet. We step in, build the structure, and hand it over when it can run itself.

04
Due Diligence

The questions that protect you before the ink dries.

05
Transformation

Integration, restructure, or a new direction — we make the transition stick.

06
Board Advisory

Experienced operational perspective in the room. An ongoing relationship structured as a retainer or equity to keep the thinking close long after the immediate work is done.

How we work

We get in, do the work, and make sure it holds. Not above you. Not behind you. Alongside you.

Fixed scope, clear fees

No hourly surprises. No scope creep. We agree what needs doing and we do it.

Embedded, not advisory

We don't hand you a report and leave. We stay until the work holds.

Founder-first

We've been in the room when the stakes are high. We know what founders actually need.

No success fees

Our interests are aligned with yours from day one. Not contingent on an outcome.

Who we work with

Founders who are thinking
one move ahead.

Founders thinking about a raise and wanting to get the structure right before they talk to a single investor. Founders mid-raise who need someone to handle everything that isn't the investor conversation. And founders who have just raised — or are simply growing fast — and need the systems to hold as things move faster.

The common thread: a founder-led business at the point where the way you've been operating stops working.