Project Portfolio

Project Portfolio
Student entrepreneurs, Monterrey, Mexico.

Market Access Programme for UK and Taiwanese Startups

Partner: National Chao Tung University

Strodtbeck & Company created market access programming for both UK-based and Taiwan-based startups. The programmes included strategy provisions, market immersion and networking opportunities for both groups.


Market Access Programme for Palestinian Technology Startups

Partners: The World Bank, DAI, IPSD

This multi-year, multi-agency programme was designed to assist Palestinian technology entrepreneurs in accessing international markets. Our work involved evaluating the challenges those entrepreneurs face and designing and delivering a programme to assist entrepreneurs in developing and executing an internationalisation strategy.


The Female Foundry

Partners: GEN UK, Dentsu

The Female Foundry is a multi-day programme designed to help women founders from around the world develop successful growth and digitisation strategies for their businesses. We developed and delivered this programme to promising founders in Chile, Mexico, the USA, Canada, South Africa and India.


Cairo/London: International Growth Programme 

Partners: Flat6Labs Cairo

We worked with Flat6Labs to run a post-accelerator scale-up program with 15 cohort companies. The program looks at the market readiness and gaps of these companies and identifies areas of expansion both at a regional and international level. By reviewing the company’s business plans, growth strategy, and models, our team then identified the relevant market and potential customers providing linages and helping the startups with going to market strategy. The program also included a week-long London Bootcamp where companies connected with investors, mentors, and corporates. Post-program saw companies connect with investors from Dubai and London and acquire customers in London, Dubai, and Qatar.


Banque de Financement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises SME Support Development Programme

Partners: H and D Partners, EBRD

We developed three strategy programmes for the bank’s efforts to support entrepreneurs across Tunisia. The programmes included strategies for entrepreneurial support, ecosystem building, and startup coaching for bank executives and advisors.


MENA Scale-Up  Programme

Partners: The European Investment Bank, UK MENA Hub

We supported the European Investment Bank in its 12-month international linkages program for MENA. Working with 12 startups from Egypt, Tunis, Lebanon and Algeria, we provided technical support to help the businesses achieve market readiness. We connected the startups with potential investors, customers and partners both in Europe and MENA. Participating startups were able to raise over $3 million in venture funding and acquire customers across Europe.


Venture Building and Startup Support Workshops 

Partner: The Khalifa Fund

We worked with the Khalifa Fund’s business advisors to create a process to vet and support startup companies in the Emirates. We also trained on Business Modelling and Investor-readiness, designed to be adopted into the Khalifa Fund’s existing processes.


Re:Coded Startup Academy

Partners: Re:Coded, GIZ (Germany)

The Academy is a pre-acceleration program for ten startups from across Iraq. We designed and implemented the four-week programme, which covered design thinking, customer acquisition, financial, fundraising, pitching, and technical delivery. Alumni of the Academy have gone on to win international startup competitions in Europe and the Middle East.