Dean Townsend

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ABOUT DEAN TOWNSEND

We help founders maximise growth ambitions, using our entrepreneurial spirit, vision and forward-thinking leadership skills to pave the way for ground-breaking technology, logistics and e-commerce innovation. We’re committed to finding and developing the next generation of scalable start-ups, having successfully founded, grown and exited numerous supply chain and logistics businesses over the last 30 years. As a group of investors, we’ve generated revenues above $1 billion since the early More importantly, we’ve created tens of millions of dollars in profit for those businesses and their shareholders.We provide two different approaches to helping your business achieve its potential tailored to your specific needs:1. EquityAs well as funding, an equity stake will also give your business access to the combined expertise of our team, supporting your growth and success.2. AdvisoryIf equity isn’t the right approach for you, you can leverage our experience and resources to unlock your full potential and maximise profits. We’ll work with you to create actionable and insightful growth plans and support you as you implement them.What we bring:• A global network of contacts and resources you can tap into• Private capital for growth• A successful track record of investment• Value realisation and creation planning• A proven 360-degree growth engine methodology• Exit strategiesThe impact we’ve made:• Founded, grew and exited global freight businesses with over $3 billion in total revenues.• Founded and exited the world’s first in-basket cost calculator for cross-border e-commerce.• Founded and exited a multi-million dollar e-commerce fulfilment company in New York.• Managed and completed multiple global M&A deals.• Invested, excited and divested from e-commerce businesses in the UK and the US.• Opened operations in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Australasia.