Ambitious consumer businesses, and the people behind them.
We work with founders, leadership teams, boards and investors across new zealand, australia and the united states, with international growth capability.
Founders
Entrepreneurs building ambitious consumer businesses who need capability, experience or capital around them.
- Brand and product
- Retail and export
- Capital
- Operating discipline
Leadership Teams
CEOs and executives who need additional capability to accelerate growth or solve a complex business problem.
- Growth planning
- Margin and cash
- Senior capability
- Programme delivery
Boards
Boards needing experienced support around strategy, transformation, growth, performance or leadership.
- Strategic review
- Performance improvement
- Leadership assessment
- Transformation oversight
Investors
Private investors, family offices and investment firms requiring commercial support, operating capability or due diligence.
- Commercial due diligence
- Portfolio operating support
- Value creation plans
- Interim leadership
Established Consumer Brands
Businesses looking to grow, transform, improve profitability or enter new markets.
- Transformation
- Operations and supply chain
- International expansion
- Pricing and margin
Emerging Brands
High-potential businesses needing help building the foundations required for scale.
- Brand and proposition
- Route to market
- Unit economics
- First senior hires
Sectors
Where our experience is deepest.
Deep experience in consumer businesses, with capability that extends beyond them.
- Consumer packaged goods
- Health and wellness
- Beauty and personal care
- Food and beverage
- Ecommerce
- Retail
- Sustainable consumer products
- Premium consumer brands
What boards and investors are buying
- 40+
- Years
- Combined operating, entrepreneurial and leadership experience
- US$65M+
- Capital deployed
- Deployed by Insprie principals since 2021
- NZ$140M+
- Current business revenue exposure
- Annualised revenue across current operating, governance and investment interests
- 20+
- International markets
- Reached by businesses built and led by the team
- 4,000+
- Retail doors reached
- Global retail footprint reached by brands built and led by the team
Boards and investors
An operating partner, not a report writer.
Boards and investors engage us where the outcome matters more than the deck: a business that has to be stabilised, a plan that has to survive contact with trade, or a leadership gap that has to be covered while the answer is found.
- INS/OS diagnostic
Six dimensions assessed, scored and sequenced before anyone commits capital or time.
- Anonymised engagements
What we were brought in to fix, what changed, and what it took.
- Intelligence
Situation notes written for people who carry the decision, not the commentary.
- Confidential enquiry
For sensitive situations that should not sit in a general inbox.
The starting point is usually a situation rather than a service.
Situations we solveStart a conversation
Tell us about the business.
We will be direct about whether we are the right partner, and which engagement model fits.