When It Matters

Digital Advisors works at moments when strategic commitments are about to harden and reversibility drops.

These are not ongoing advisory services. They are decision points.

Most strategic errors in games are not dramatic. They accumulate across forecasts, agreements and portfolio bets.

A forecast that assumes best-case engagement. A publishing agreement that constrains flexibility. A portfolio shift that increases volatility just as financing tightens.

By the time the impact is visible, reversal is expensive.

Here are recurring moments where risk stops being theoretical and begins to shape the next 24-36 months:

Portfolio Risk Review

Capital is concentrating behind one or two titles.

Confidence in the lead bet is rising. Optionality elsewhere is thinning.

If it underperforms, recovery time compounds.

In practice, strategic flexibility contracts at the same moment capital is hardest to access.

Before concentration risk becomes structural, understand the exposure.

Capital Raise Readiness

External capital is entering. Forecasts are stretching. Scrutiny increases.

Assumptions that once felt strategic now become valuation anchors.

Once priced, the downside sits with management and not the narrative.

Test the downside before someone else does.

Before narrative becomes valuation, understand what is being priced.

Pre-Acquisition Positioning

Inbound interest has begun. Conversations are still informal.

Valuation narratives are forming before diligence formalises.

Control, earn-outs and retention mechanics will define more than headline price.

Informal conversations shape leverage long before formal process begins.

Before process begins, understand what you are actually negotiating.

Publishing Agreement Stress Test

A publishing agreement is nearing execution.

Recoup mechanics look defensible. The upside is persuasive.

But once signed, leverage disappears.

Incentives will not evolve with performance. The contract fixes them in place, even if circumstances change.

Before signature, understand where the downside actually sits.

This work is most useful while the decision is still open to being shaped. Most engagements begin with a focused independent assessment when a decision is about to become binding.

Discuss Assessment

Engagement scope:

Assessments are typically delivered as focused engagements scoped around the number of titles, depth of analysis and decision context.

Most are completed within a defined timebox and an upfront agreed budget. Prices for Independent Assessments typically start from £18,000, depending on scope and decision complexity. Final scope and budget agreed following an initial discussion.

This work is not intended to validate existing decisions, nor is it structured as an open-ended advisory retainer without a defined decision point.