Restoration Partners

What Restoration Partners does

Restoration Partners is a boutique technology merchant bank headquartered in London that provides strategy, execution, and governance advisory services to entrepreneur-led companies, with the explicit objective of supporting a successful exit. The firm serves a defined persona it labels "MAD Entrepreneurs" (Mission Addicted Disruptors), alongside their investors, leadership teams, and broader stakeholders, helping them align around a common destination and build resilient, adaptable organizations capable of executing under uncertainty.

The firm's core offering is a set of five proprietary advisory methodologies that collectively frame the engagement lifecycle: the IT Stack (positioning analysis toward a profitable "North-East"), the LandingZone (a strategic destination defined by time and value with Plan A/Ambition and Plan B/Baseline routes), the Business Driver Diagram (execution visualization against Plan B), Traps and Triggers (monthly governance meetings with a high-level dashboard), and the Four Pillars of Value (People, Offering, Base, Brand valuation framework). The firm cites Open Text — Canada's largest independent software company with a US$6bn market cap — as a case study, alongside deployments at pre-revenue startups, indicating engagement scalability from early-stage to large enterprise.

Revenue is generated from professional advisory fees on a quote-based, undisclosed basis. The firm operates with a 5-person team (Chairman, Partner, two Directors, and an Executive Assistant to the Chairman) led by Sir Ken Olisa OBE, distributes exclusively through direct advisory engagement rather than partners or channels, and is based at 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street, London. No funding rounds, subsidiaries, awards, regulatory actions, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

Restoration Partners

Legal name

Restoration Partners

Website

https://restoration-partners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Restoration Partners is a London-based boutique technology merchant bank that advises entrepreneur-led companies on strategy, execution, and governance using five proprietary methodologies (IT Stack, LandingZone, Business Driver Diagram, Traps and Triggers, Four Pillars of Value) to support successful exits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: Provides strategy, execution and governance advisory services to entrepreneur-led companies to support successful exits. Revenue derived from professional advisory fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Restoration Partners is a boutique technology merchant bank providing advisory services to entrepreneur-led companies. It delivers strategy, execution, and governance support through proprietary methodologies (IT Stack, LandingZone, Business Driver Diagram, Traps and Triggers, and Four Pillars of Value) to help founders and their teams align around a common destination and prepare for successful exits.

Product overview

Restoration Partners is a boutique technology merchant bank offering advisory services to entrepreneur-led companies. Their offering consists of proprietary methodologies including the IT Stack (for identifying strategic paths), Landing Zone (for defining strategic destinations with Plan A/Ambition and Plan B/Baseline), Business Driver Diagram (for execution), Traps and Triggers (for governance), and Four Pillars of Value (for valuation). These frameworks work together to provide strategy, execution, and governance to support successful exits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advisory Services for Entrepreneur-Led Companies

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Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• PJT Partners: Independent advisory-focused investment bank with strength in technology, media, and strategic alternatives. Comparable in advisory services to entrepreneur-led and growth-stage companies, but at significantly larger scale.
• Allen & Company: Privately-held boutique advisory firm with deep relationships in technology and media. Comparable to Restoration Partners in its boutique/relationship-led model, but operates at a much larger scale with a broader deal scope.
• Lazard: Global independent financial advisory and asset management firm. Comparable in providing strategic advisory to companies and shareholders around transformative transactions, though materially larger and broader than Restoration Partners.
• Centerview Partners: Larger independent advisory firm serving clients on strategic and financial matters including M&A and shareholder advisory. Overlaps with Restoration Partners' advisory remit but at meaningfully greater scale and broader sector coverage.
• Evercore: Independent investment banking advisory firm with strong technology and entrepreneur-advisory franchise. Comparable in serving founder-led companies on strategic and exit matters but at substantially larger scale than Restoration Partners.

Direct peers

• Robey Warshaw: Boutique independent advisory firm providing strategic and M&A advice to a select group of clients. Directly comparable to Restoration Partners in boutique size, relationship-driven model, and senior-led delivery.
• Qatalyst Partners: Independent boutique advisory firm focused on technology M&A and strategic transactions for entrepreneur-led companies. Directly comparable to Restoration Partners in its boutique posture and tech-centric, founder-driven mandate mix.
• Raine Group: Boutique merchant bank focused on technology, media, and telecom advisory. Closely comparable to Restoration Partners' self-described 'boutique technology merchant bank' positioning and entrepreneur/exit orientation.
• Hannam & Partners: London-based boutique merchant bank providing advisory services to growth and mid-cap companies. Closely comparable to Restoration Partners in UK boutique-merchant-bank positioning and entrepreneur/exit advisory orientation.
• Zaoui & Co: Boutique advisory firm providing strategic and M&A advice with a relationship-led, senior-only model. Directly comparable to Restoration Partners in boutique positioning, founder-led delivery, and high-touch engagement style.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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