Takeoff Partners

Takeoff Partners operates on its own balance sheet. It does not market a blind-pool fund or raise capital from external limited partners. The firm's investment capacity is tied to the principals' own capital and a track record that began with the exit of Global Intelligence Alliance Group to M-Brain in 2014.

Takeoff Partners was founded by executives from GIA, the market-intelligence firm headquartered in Helsinki. GIA grew to 11 offices and 150 employees under their leadership and was acquired by M-Brain Group in 2014. That operating history informs Takeoff Partners' focus on scaling B2B service and software companies internationally, but the firm is a separate entity with no residual ownership link to GIA or M-Brain.

The firm works with growth-stage companies. Its engagement typically begins with an advisory or coaching mandate focused on international go-to-market execution, and it may invest selectively once the advisory relationship is established. It does not publish a minimum or maximum check size or confine itself to a single series of financing.

Advisory services — including fractional leadership, internationalisation planning, and business-model structuring — are the primary commercial activity. Investment is described as occasional and often follows a period of advisory work, with the firm then taking a board seat. This makes the advisory engagement a de facto diligence track and origination channel.

The firm's public materials focus exclusively on B2B software and services. It does not document activity in direct-to-consumer businesses, hardware, life sciences, or capital-intensive industrial sectors. Its published intellectual property — SaaS KPI benchmarks, professional-services scaling frameworks — reinforces a narrow thematic discipline.