Growth Partners for Startups — Two Ways to Work With Us
LAUNQ partners with incubator and early-stage companies worldwide. Choose equity-for-services via SAFE note, or engage us on a paid retainer. Same expertise. Same commitment. Different commercial structure.
What We Do
Every service LAUNQ delivers is built around making your startup commercially formidable — from first outreach to boardroom close. Select a pillar to explore in depth.
Pillar 01 — Growth Strategy
Most early-stage startups struggle to articulate what truly makes them different, who their best customers actually are, and where future growth will come from. That uncertainty becomes a ceiling — limiting how confidently your team sells, how focused your marketing is, and how compellingly you pitch investors.
LAUNQ works with you to build a commercial strategy that provides a clear, shared foundation for everything else. No vague slides. Actionable outcomes from day one.
Talk strategy with us →The three foundations of LAUNQ strategy work
We break your market into defined sub-segments by industry vertical, company profile, buyer role, and trigger event — then identify which offer the greatest commercial potential. No more spray-and-pray targeting.
We help you articulate a differentiation strategy that genuinely sets you apart in the eyes of your target segments — not just internally, but in the market. True differentiation protects margin and creates preference without discounting.
We develop a value proposition at both levels — a crisp qualitative expression of your offer, and a quantitative model showing how your product drives customer revenue, reduces cost, or mitigates risk. This turns pitches into closes.
Pillar 02 — Business Development & Lead Generation
Leads arrive in bursts, quality is unpredictable, and founders spend more time chasing than closing. These are symptoms of the same issue: no repeatable engine. LAUNQ builds that engine inside your startup — combining inbound and outbound strategies with pipeline discipline and structured follow-up.
Qualified conversations arrive consistently — and actually convert.
Talk BD with us →How we build your lead generation engine
We map your Ideal Client Profile using historical data, target industries, company profiles, buyer roles, and trigger events — so every outreach effort is aimed at the highest-probability prospects.
LinkedIn outreach, email sequences, event-based BD, content-driven inbound, referral activation — we build and manage the right combination for your market and stage.
We map a contact-nurture model built around your thought leadership — webinars, content, events, and posts that keep you front of mind with your entire prospect base, not just those ready to buy today.
All opportunities start with a meeting. We manage qualification and conversion with discipline, then continuously optimise pipeline health so early and late-stage deals are handled correctly and close rates improve over time.
Pillar 03 — Sales Process
Too many startups rely on individual heroics to close deals — no shared methodology, no structured qualification, and new hires take months to get productive. When something works, it cannot be repeated. When something fails, no one knows why.
LAUNQ designs and documents a best-practice sales process your whole team can follow, train to, and scale with — converting more leads without discounting.
Talk sales process with us →What a LAUNQ-designed sales process delivers
A well-developed process eliminates wasted time, optimises how your team allocates effort, and removes friction that causes deals to stall or get discounted. Every stage has a clear purpose and clear next action.
We design a process that gives your team the structured space to understand customer needs and engage your value proposition at depth — before a proposal is ever written. This is what enables closing at price.
Everything is fully documented for onboarding, training, and coaching every future hire. Delivered via an interactive workshop including role play — road-tested and operationally ready from day three.
Pillar 04 — CRM Solutions
Startups know CRM matters — but most do not know how to make it work. The problem is almost never the software. It is that the CRM has not been aligned to how the team actually sells. So data is incomplete, dashboards are meaningless, and management cannot forecast or diagnose performance issues.
LAUNQ aligns your CRM to your sales process so engagement happens naturally, data is accurate by default, and you finally have visibility to make informed decisions.
Talk CRM with us →How LAUNQ fixes your CRM
We configure your CRM fields, pipeline stages, and dashboards to mirror your sales process exactly. When the CRM matches how people actually sell, they use it — and the data that comes out is accurate and actionable.
No CRM yet? We help you select and implement the right solution, aligned to your process from day one. Already have one but struggling with engagement? We restructure it and rebuild compliance from the ground up.
We extract your customer and prospect data from wherever it lives — spreadsheets, inboxes, legacy systems — clean it, deduplicate it, and rebuild it so your CRM starts with a foundation you can trust.
Our Commercial Model
Whether you want to protect your runway or keep your cap table clean, LAUNQ has a structure that fits. Our SAFE equity track aligns us completely with your success — zero fees, pure partnership. Our paid track gives established companies the same expertise on a straightforward retainer.
Both tracks deliver the same four-pillar service: Growth Strategy, Business Development, Sales Process, and CRM Solutions. The only difference is how we get paid.
Compare both models →Choose Your Track
The Process
Submit a short application. We review your product, market, and team to assess fit. No pitch decks required.
A 45-minute conversation to understand your commercial challenges, goals, and where LAUNQ can add the most leverage.
We agree your commercial track — SAFE equity or paid retainer — and structure a transparent, fair agreement built around your situation.
We embed as your commercial partner — strategy, BD, sales process, CRM, AI, and community — executing across all pillars from day one.
Pricing and Offerings
SAFE Equity
Strategic direction and community access for very early-stage founders building their commercial foundation.
SAFE Equity
Full commercial partnership for seed-stage startups ready to build pipeline, close deals, and scale systematically.
SAFE Equity
For Series A-ready startups that need a fully embedded commercial team through their fundraise and beyond.
Paid Retainer
Strategic direction and community access for funded startups who want expert input without long-term commitment.
Paid Retainer
Full-service commercial partnership on a retainer — no equity, no SAFE, just LAUNQ's full force behind your growth.
Paid Retainer
A fully embedded fractional commercial team for growth-stage companies scaling into new markets or preparing for Series A+.
SAFE Equity Equity Track |
Paid Retainer Paid Track |
|
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | £0 | £2,500 – £6,500+ |
| Equity taken | Yes — SAFE note | None |
| Runway impact | ✓ Zero | Monthly outflow |
| LAUNQ incentive | ✓ Fully aligned | Contract-based |
| Growth strategy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Business development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales process design | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRM solutions | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Literacy Programme | ✓ | ✓ |
| Launqers community | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investor introductions | ✓ Growth + Scale | ✓ Partner + Enterprise |
| Best for | Pre-seed and seed startups protecting runway | Funded startups protecting their cap table |
Why SAFE Notes
Traditional consultancy
LAUNQ equity model
A Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) is a standard instrument used by top accelerators globally. It gives LAUNQ the right to convert our contribution into equity at your next funding round — at agreed, transparent terms.
Terms are agreed individually based on scope, stage, and growth potential. We are transparent from the first conversation and never take a stake that compromises your future fundraising.
We structure agreements to account for multiple exit scenarios. Your interests and ours are aligned throughout — we are here to create value, not extract it.
LAUNQ is ideal for incubator-stage and early-stage companies that need serious commercial muscle but cannot yet afford enterprise consulting fees. Apply and we will be honest if it is not the right fit.
The Launqers Community
Monthly reads curated for founders and operators — strategy, sales, leadership, and the ideas shaping the next generation of startups.
Warm connections to investors, customers, partners, and talent across the Launqers network — no cold outreach required.
LAUNQ actively campaigns to reduce regulatory red tape for startups — we represent our community's interests at a policy level.
Based in Cambridge, the home of Silicon Fen, globally ambitious. The Launqers community spans continents with a foundation of rigour, integrity, and straight-talking.
The best startups do not just need a consultant — they need a partner who is betting on them with their own skin in the game.
What Launqers Say
"LAUNQ did not just give us a strategy document and disappear — they got in the trenches with us. Our pipeline tripled in 90 days and we closed our seed round six months ahead of schedule."
"The equity model meant we finally had a partner whose advice we could trust completely. LAUNQ built our entire BD function from scratch and the results speak for themselves."
"The AI Literacy Programme transformed how our whole team thinks about growth. We are using AI across sales, marketing, and ops in ways we never imagined six months ago."
About LAUNQ
LAUNQ was built on a simple belief: the best founders deserve commercial partners genuinely aligned with their success — not consultants collecting fees on the sidelines.
We are a sales, strategy, and marketing company built specifically for the incubator and startup world. Based in Cambridge — the home of Silicon Fen and one of Europe's deepest pools of deep-tech and academic spinout talent — our dual commercial model means every engagement is structured around your situation, not ours.
We are seeking recognition as a market leader in startup growth partnerships — and we are building that reputation one exceptional founder at a time.
Choose your track. Both deliver the same four-pillar expertise — strategy, BD, sales process, and CRM — plus AI literacy, community, and introductions.
Not sure which is right for you? Drop us a line and we will help you decide.