Building what investors back.

Ronin works with Venture Capital and Private Equity investors as an independent embedded operator — leading, developing, and scaling investments and businesses from the ground up.

✤ Portfolio Company Support

Taking ownership of strategic clarity, financial planning, investor relations, and operational alignment at critical stages of a portfolio company's development.

✤ Greenfield investment and company build

Leading investment initiatives from the ground up, including investment planning, capital raising, JV formation, strategic partnerships, and hands-on build execution from inception through to operating business.

✤ Founding operator

Building alongside the investors and founding team as an operational and strategic partner, sharing risks with a stake in what gets built.

Selected Engagements

Ronin's work draws on over 20 years of venture building, investment strategy, and operational execution across different industries and markets. The engagements below reflect the range of situations Ronin is built for.

Strategy Development, Implementation & Investor Relations

Operational & Strategic Support for a Swiss VC Series-A AI Company

Working with the company's investors and founders - took ownership of strategic planning and alignment (OKRs, KPIs), FP&A, Investor Relations, and financial reporting at a critical stage of the company's development. Extended the company's runway by strengthening its balance sheet, rebuilt the investor relations practice; and improved transparency, priority-making, goal-setting, planning, and accountability.

Greenfield Development, Strategy & Capital Raising

Strategy & Fund Raising for a Greenfield Edge Data Center Business

Supported the principal investor and founder in building the company's financial model and investment plans, identifying M&A opportunities, and successfully raising capital from institutional investors and banks, in addition to facilitating access to large-scale private equity capital to support M&A activities of mid-size European data centers.

International Investment & Expansion Management

FDI & Expansion Management for Nordic Companies in the CIS

Served as strategic and operational partner for Nordic companies investing and establishing operations across the CIS region — from initial market assessment and investment planning through to on-the-ground establishment, team building, and commercial scaling across multiple sectors.

Contact

Ronin is the independent practice of Philip von Tell, a venture partner with a 20-year history of working with VC, CVC, and PE investors — institutional and family office — across industries and geographies. Philip has worked with investors in the Nordic region, the CIS, and is since 2022 based in London, UK. His work includes founding and building companies from scratch in new and challenging markets, raising institutional capital for greenfield investments, and strengthening portfolio companies for VC and PE investors at critical stages of their development.

Ronin works with a small number of clients at any one time. If you are a venture or private equity investor facing a situation where the path forward isn't clear — whether that's a greenfield opportunity, a portfolio company at a critical inflection point, or a new market that needs more than a plan — reach out directly.

Ronin is based in London, UK - but works with clients and engagements globally.

Philip von Tell

Venture Partner | Ronin

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