What we do, and what you get
For investors
Investment due diligence and portfolio value: before the deal, during ownership and before exit.
What you get Independent assessment of technology maturity, leadership, market exposure, scalability and operational readiness: the material risks, the practical remedies and the opportunities to strengthen portfolio performance.
For investorsFirms seeking investment
For companies preparing to approach investors: ready before they look.
What you get An investment readiness report, a gap analysis, a prioritised action roadmap, and execution support if you want it.
Prepare for investmentEnterprise AI
Vardonne Intelligence: enterprise AI strategy, readiness, governance and delivery, for boards and executive teams.
What you get Use cases, data and risks assessed, the cost to run known before you commit, the health of what is already deployed measured, a governance set an investor or a regulator will accept, and a roadmap the board can hold to.
Enterprise AI strategy
Also offered, on their own or within an engagement: roundtables and market insight.
What we publish
A monthly brief, use cases in production, and reference guides. Every figure sourced and dated.
Ten or more employees (ONS) All businesses (Vardonne’s derivation) Source: Insights September 2026
The brief · September 2026
More firms use AI. Few use it deeply.
A third of UK firms with ten or more staff now use AI, from one in eight in autumn 2023. Adoption is no longer the gap; depth is.
Read the briefIn production · The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
An AI agent on the staff IT service desk
Help desk call volumes down 28%; “41% of IT queries are now handled via self-service and AI agents”.
See the use caseGuide I
The production gap
From pilot to production: five rungs, and the gate at the top of each.
Read the guide
The person you meet is the person who leads the work. Nobody is substituted for a junior after signature.
Two ways to engage: a fixed fee, for a defined piece of work with a stated outcome agreed before it starts; or a retained partnership, senior partners on your side over time on a monthly retainer.
Every engagement ends with a written, evidence-supported report: what was found, what needs to be done, the risks and opportunities, the organisation’s maturity and its investment readiness.
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