What The Trustee For Lifting Lanterns Unit Trust does

The Trustee For Lifting Lanterns Unit Trust, operating as Lifting Lanterns, is a privately-held, women-owned professional services firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Co-founded by Laura Landau and Louisa Leung, who together claim more than 50 years of combined experience across STEM, digital technology, and Agile delivery, the firm offers four core service lines: consulting (business agility, project reset and delivery, strategy and project planning, PMO establishment, and business process optimization), coaching (Agile, team, individual, and product delivery), bespoke training (workshop facilitation, project management, change management, and Agile training), and a sub-brand called ReSHEmé that provides STEM-focused career support, mentoring, and diversity programs for women.

The firm's underlying technology is essentially non-existent in the productized-software sense: there is no proprietary platform, no APIs, no mobile apps, and no disclosed AI/ML capability. Service delivery is human-led and customized per client, supported by a website, a published portfolio of 15 or more case studies, and founder-led LinkedIn presence. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services engagements, with pricing conducted on a quote-based, contact-only model and no publicly disclosed rate cards or productized tiers, though the firm has introduced modular service packages (Team Reboot, Project Reset & Delivery, Leaner Business Reset, The Innovators Package) that imply some movement toward fixed-scope offerings.

Customers are predominantly Australian enterprises and public-sector organizations, with documented engagements spanning a major Australian bank, a university, an oil and gas company, a utility innovation startup, an allied health not-for-profit, a manufacturing firm, a member services organization, a local government authority, and South Metropolitan TAFE. The go-to-market motion is direct B2B field sales supplemented by website inquiry forms, case study referrals, and community and university engagement, with no resellers or marketplace distribution. The company is bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company, and operates exclusively in the domestic Australian market from its Perth base.

Name

The Trustee For Lifting Lanterns Unit Trust

Legal name

The Trustee For Lifting Lanterns Unit Trust

Website

https://liftinglanterns.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lifting Lanterns is a Perth-based, women-owned professional services firm founded in 2020 that delivers Agile consulting, coaching, bespoke training, and the ReSHEmé STEM career support program for women, serving enterprise, government, and education clients across Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Scaled Agile & Enterprise Product Delivery (SAFe/LeSS/Nexus) (EDABAHAJ)

Keywords

• Agile consulting
• Business agility coaching
• Project management training
• PMO consulting
• STEM career coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Business agility consulting, project reset and delivery, strategy and project planning, PMO establishment, and business process optimization. Project-based consulting engagements.
2. Coaching Services: Agile coaching, team coaching, individual coaching, and product delivery coaching. Hands-on personalized coaching engagements.
3. Training Services: Bespoke training programs delivered at client workplace or as private sessions. Includes workshop facilitation, project management training, and Agile training. Train-the-trainer programs.
4. ReSHEmé Career Services: STEM career support services for women including resume uplift, career development workshops, interview preparation, and mentoring programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lifting Lanterns delivers Agile consulting, project delivery coaching, and bespoke training programs to enterprise clients across multiple industries. The firm also operates ReSHEmé, a boutique STEM career support service for women offering coaching, mentoring, resume uplift, and workshops. Services are delivered as customized engagements with no proprietary technology products.

Product overview

Lifting Lanterns is a Perth-based innovation services company offering a portfolio of professional services including Consulting (Business Agility, Project Delivery, Strategy & Planning), Coaching (Agile Coaching, Team Performance), and Training (Bespoke training programs). Their flagship STEM career support program is ReSHEmé, providing career coaching specifically for women in STEM. Additional service packages include Team Reboot, Project Reset & Delivery, Leaner Business Reset, and The Innovators Package, all structured as modular offerings that can be customized to client needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReSHEmé: A boutique career service providing STEM career support for women by women, offering coaching, mentoring, and workshops for STEM professionals, career changers, students, educators, parents, and businesses.

Products and services

• Consulting Services Business consultancy services including Business Agility introduction, Project Delivery acceleration, Strategy & Project Planning, Leaner Business development, PMO establishment, and addressing Business Silos. Sold to enterprise clients across multiple industries.
• Coaching Services Agile Coaching, Project Leadership, and Team Performance coaching services designed to upskill teams and support optimal utilization of Agile ways of working. Sold to enterprise clients and teams.
• Training Services Bespoke training services including Workshop Facilitation, Project Management, Change Management, Business Analysis, Agile Approaches, and Program/Portfolio training. Delivered at client workplaces or as private sessions for individuals and teams.
• ReSHEmé STEM Career Support A boutique career service providing STEM career support for women by women, offering coaching, resume uplift, workshops, interview preparation, and mentoring programs for STEM professionals, career changers, students, educators, parents, and businesses.
• Team Reboot Package A structured 5-step team coaching package including initial consultation, facilitated workshop, pragmatic planning, coaching, and 30/60/90-day check-ins designed to improve team performance.
• Project Reset & Delivery Package A package to revive stuck or slow-moving IT projects through consultation, opportunity exploration, realistic planning, optional coaching, and 30/60/90-day check-ins.
• Leaner Business Reset Package A business optimization package that identifies inefficient business processes, facilitates workshops to streamline activities, and implements improved ways of working.
• The Innovators Package Innovation support package helping teams transform innovation ideas into projects through consultation, idea stimulation, and roadmap development with milestones.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65 IT staff engaged and trained in PMO refresh case study
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fast Track Learning SolutionsminorOthersReferenced as a partner link on the website. Nature of partnership appears to be referral or complementary service relationship in the learning/development space.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slingshot: Australian digital and Agile transformation consultancy offering coaching, training and delivery services to mid-market and enterprise clients across ANZ — comparable service portfolio and target customer.
• LeadingAgile: US-based boutique consulting firm focused exclusively on enterprise Agile transformation, SAFe adoption and product delivery coaching — directly comparable in services and target buyer.
• Elabor8: Australian boutique consultancy specializing in Agile transformation, business agility and SAFe implementations. Most directly comparable peer in geography, scale and service mix.
• Adaptavist: Global Agile, DevOps and Atlassian consulting firm offering Agile coaching, training and transformation services to enterprise clients — overlaps with Lifting Lanterns' Agile coaching, training and at-scale delivery offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte: Big Four firm offering enterprise-wide Agile, PMO and business transformation services; comparable buyer base and consulting methodology but orders of magnitude larger.
• Accenture: Global consulting giant with a sizable Agile transformation practice; overlaps in business agility and large-scale PMO work but operates across a vastly broader portfolio.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy with a strong Agile/lean delivery heritage; competes for the same enterprise Agile at Scale mandates but at materially larger scale and broader service scope.

Others

• Scaled Agile, Inc. Creator of the SAFe framework and operator of the SAFe Partner/consultant ecosystem; Lifting Lanterns is a downstream deliverer of SAFe-based services that Scaled Agile's framework underpins.
• Girls Who Code: US-based nonprofit focused on closing the gender gap in technology through education and career support; adjacent to Lifting Lanterns' ReSHEmé women-in-STEM initiative rather than a direct competitor.
• PMI (Project Management Institute): Global professional body for project, program and portfolio management with training, certification and training-partner network; adjacent ecosystem player relevant to Lifting Lanterns' PMO and training offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/liftinglanterns

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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