Helping you build a business worth buying; technology as an asset, not a liability.
We combine PE value creation team and fund governance experience with operator technical skill to help you get the right technology foundations in place and set yourself up for success.
We help in two ways
Senior-led guidance to protect enterprise value, and modern agentic building to accelerate business capability.
Technology Advisory for Exit Readiness
Turn messy IT into an institutional asset before Private Equity diligence.
Growing businesses want cost effective IT that maximises productivity. We provide senior guidance on what technology foundations to get in place; now versus later and buy versus build; all with the ultimate goal of exit readiness. Buyers don't expect perfection; we can help you maximise enterprise value, and minimise diligence red flags.
Governed Microsoft AI Software Development
Build observable agents and bespoke apps within your Microsoft environment
Any business can now build bespoke software with AI coding agents. We establish a governed development environment, and build agents and small, secure bespoke connective tissue apps that you can easily maintain. You own the code and have full observability so you can manage or tweak with the same agents we built them with.
Senior operator judgment. Real hands-on experience.
Patching is the vehicle through which Rob Tregaskes — a PE operator with background in startups, investment banking, and the British Army — advises business owners. It runs as a real company with an enterprise-grade live lab, so advice is never theoretical.
AI-native, not AI-curious
Rob uses AI tools, coding agents, CLIs and APIs extensively in Patching's day-to-day operations. When new frameworks or models ship, he experiments with them directly to know exactly what works in production and what is marketing hype.
Executive-level engagement
Rob works directly with business owners to focus on what matters most — whether that's strengthening cybersecurity posture, preparing for investment, or building bespoke internal software that gives you a sustainable margin advantage.
From seed to exit, both sides of the table
Rob has built companies from scratch, managed institutional investors, and evaluated technology at fund level. From Board meetings and Investment Committees to hands-on command lines, Rob understands the operational reality and the transaction outcome.
Trusted by institutional capital
Rob's time at Tenzing Private Equity brought a fund-level perspective to the work of helping technology and tech-enabled businesses grow. He understands the questions that matter to investors, boards, and management teams as a business scales toward an exit.
Learn about Tenzing Private EquityValue creation
Practical experience working with growing businesses where technology decisions have commercial consequences.
Fund governance
A clear view of the governance, diligence, and value-creation disciplines institutional investors expect.
Exit readiness
Technology priorities shaped around enterprise value, credible foundations, and fewer diligence surprises.
We are active in the UK lower mid market
We have worked alongside institutional investors, M&A firms, and founder-led businesses. Relevant references can be made available on request.
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Polestar Corporate FinanceTechnology AdvisoryFlexible engagement model, shaped around your needs
Get the right level of senior technology input for the decision in front of you, without being forced into a one-size-fits-all model.
One-time block of hours
A focused burst of senior input for a technology review, urgent decision, or defined set of priorities.
Retainers
An ongoing senior technology partner for regular advice, governance, and momentum across the business.
Fixed-price scoped projects
A clear deliverable, defined scope, and transparent price for a specific technology outcome.
We run our own enterprise stack to practice what we preach
All consultants talk a good game; few execute with their own money. Patching recommends technology tools not because of vendor kickbacks, but because we run them ourselves and know their real failure modes.
Security & governance built in
The same conditional access policies, intune managed devices, privileged identity management, separation of duties and audit trails we advise for clients, are enforced at Patching.
AI development lab
GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry are regularly used to test new CLIs, MCP tools and AI models so that we are advising based on first hand experience, not second hand hype.
Let's talk about your business.
Whether you're looking for help fixing a particular issue, making your business more exit ready, or want to build something bespoke — tell us what's on your mind and we'll work out what makes sense.