Stratagora – INDEPENDENT STRATEGY ADVISORY
Clarity at the point of decision
Strategy advisory for founders, investors and leadership teams facing funding, growth, transformation or strategic uncertainty.
WHEN IT HELPS
When the next move matters
Independent advice is most useful when the business needs sharper thinking, cleaner choices and a credible route forward.
01 / Funding
PREPARING FOR CAPITAL
Sharpen the commercial story, funding logic, use of proceeds and investor materials.
02 / Direction
STRATEGY RESET
Clarify where the business should focus when growth has slowed or the market has shifted.
03 / Challenge
TESTING AN OPPORTUNITY
Apply independent challenge to a new market, acquisition, partnership or product idea.
SERVICES
Advisory built around FOCUS and clarity
Businesses often seek independent advisory support when the situation is too important, too complex or too politically sensitive to solve with internal discussion alone.
01. PREPARING FOR CAPITAL
Prepare the business, funding narrative, financial story and investor materials for credible capital conversations.
02. STRATEGIC REVIEW
Clarify the business model, market position, growth options, trade-offs and priorities when direction needs sharper focus.
03. TRANSFORMATION ADVISORY
Shape practical change across operating model, digital strategy, AI adoption, commercial process and execution roadmap.
WHO IS IT FOR
BUILT FOR DECISION-MAKERS
For founders, CEOs, investors and boards facing moments where strategic clarity matters more than another long report.
Founders
Preparing for investment, funding conversations or strategic repositioning.
CEOs
Reviewing direction, priorities and trade-offs.
investors
Assessing a business, opportunity or management story.
boards
Seeking independent challenge before a critical decision.
cRedibility
Senior advice without the theatre
Direct, experienced and founder-led strategy work carried out by a senior adviser, not delegated through a large consulting pyramid.
30+ YEARS of international business, fintech and technology experience.
1:1 ACCESS to a senior adviser rather than a leveraged junior consulting team.
FOCUS on what matters most across the funding story, investor questions, risks and readiness gaps.
INDEPENDENT challenge on the assumptions, trade-offs and choices behind the plan.
Method
A practical framework for high-stakes decisions
The work is structured around diagnosis, focus and framing – not consulting theatre.
Diagnose
Ask the right questions, identify the real issue behind the visible symptoms, and separate signal from noise.
Focus
Clarify the few choices, trade-offs and priorities that will change the outcome.
Frame
Turn the chosen direction into a clear decision narrative, practical priorities and materials that leadership can use.
about
stratagora
Stratagora is led by George Piskov, a founder, operator and strategy adviser with more than 30 years of international experience across fintech, banking, technology and growth businesses.
George works directly with founders, investors and leadership teams who need clarity before a critical decision — whether preparing for capital, reviewing strategy or shaping transformation.
The work is senior-led, practical and focused on what matters: sharper choices, credible preparation and clear next steps.