Sebastian Johnston

We are entrepreneurs serving entrepreneurs. Our diverse and experienced team comprises experts from technology entrepreneurship, corporate governance, investment banking, strategy consulting, the not-for-profit sector, technology and legal backgrounds. This rich diversity fuels our ability to offer nuanced, well-informed advice and act as a bridge for innovation, fostering ecosystems that propel transformative growth and the power of collaboration.

werob helps businesses turn robotics from an idea into real-world operations. The company supports the full robotics deployment journey from identifying the right use case and matching suitable robot suppliers to integration, fleet management, compliance, and performance tracking. werob enables companies across sectors such as senior living, hospitality, logistics, facility services, food and beverage, and industrial operations to deploy, manage, and scale robot fleets faster and more effectively.

CIVAC helps German mid-sized and regulated companies manage compliance roles, workflows, and audit-ready evidence in one platform. The platform brings together officer roles, tasks, training, audits, documentation, and reporting in a single workspace. Companies can empower their internal officers with CIVAC or appoint qualified external officers directly through the platform. From data protection and information security to occupational safety, fire safety, ESG, anti-money laundering, LkSG, and other regulatory responsibilities, CIVAC turns fragmented compliance work into a structured, evidence-based operating model. Compliance should not live in Excel, Outlook, and last-minute audit folders. Run compliance like a product.

Uncompromising due diligence.Intelligence without boundaries. SMARTER TOOLS, BETTER OUTCOMES Plausity streamlines everything from data room ingestion to findings and reporting, helping deal teams spend less time managing processes, and more time delivering insight. Analyse faster Being an exceptional advisor means reviewing and reading mountains of material. Plausity can analyse tens of thousands of documents simultaneously, and surface well-crafted findings based on your preferences. Collaborate seamlessly Coordinate across workstreams, share findings in real time, and keep your entire deal team aligned, all within one unified workspace. Report smarter Plausity draws on its analysis to draft, structure, and refine your deliverables. It identifies the substance of each finding and suggests relevant, ready-to-use language, with you in control of whats approved and applied. Research deeper Access up-to-date information, financial databases, and your data room content, all within Plausity. With partnerships across jurisdictions and integrations with leading VDR providers, everything deal teams need is now in one place. The collaborative AI workspace built to fit seamlessly into a deal teams workflow. Plausity adapts to your ways of working, unlocking team and machine collaboration at scale. Plausity meets deal, management & advisory teams where they are. DUE DILIGENCE ACROSS EVERY WORKSTREAM Commercial Validate market position and growth assumptions with speed and confidence. Financial Analyse financial statements, detect anomalies, and validate earnings quality at unprecedented speed. Legal, Compliance & ESG Review contracts, surface legal risks, and draft comprehensive reports with AI that reads like a lawyer. Tech & Cybersecurity Evaluate technology stacks, technical debt, and security posture with the depth your deals demand. Where expertise meets technology.

Patterno builds AI agents that automate decision workflows, so teams stop triaging noise and focus on outcomes. Powered by LLMs and domain-specific knowledge, our agents integrate with business applications to interpret signals from filings, news, and market events, quantify their impact in €, and recommend the next best action. From Finance and Operations to Risk & Compliance, Patterno’s agents are customized to enterprise needs, easy to deploy, and support teams where decisions matter most.