Fractional Chief Business Officer

Science wins the grant. Commercial strategy wins the market.

DGB Strategy is a boutique commercialisation consultancy for life science and deep-tech founders. We build the grant narratives, procurement pathways and execution plans that turn breakthrough science into fundable, buyable products.

Grant-ready

Commercial narratives built for competitive funding panels

NHS-fluent

Health-economic framing for real procurement committees

Fractional

CBO-level execution without a full-time hire

Where we workOncology & diagnosticsUniversity spinoutsMedical devicesDeep-tech platforms

Services

Built for grant committees and procurement boards

Three engagement tracks, each aimed at the specific commercial gaps that stall deep-tech and life science ventures between the lab and the market.

Grant Commercial Strategy

Innovate UK, Biomedical Catalyst and Horizon-style applications live or die on the commercial case. We build the market sizing, route-to-revenue and exploitation plan assessors actually score.

  • Route-to-market and exploitation narrative
  • Credible market sizing and pricing logic
  • Panel-ready commercial risk mitigation

NHS & Procurement Readiness

Clinical enthusiasm is not a purchase order. We map the real buyer, the budget line and the evidence they need before you enter a formal procurement process.

  • Buyer vs. champion stakeholder mapping
  • Health-economic value dossier
  • Framework and pathway entry planning

Fractional CBO Engagements

Ongoing commercial leadership embedded with your founding team — owning pipeline, partnerships and the investor-facing commercial story between raises.

  • 90-day commercial execution plans
  • Partnership and BD pipeline ownership
  • Board and investor commercial reporting

How we work

Diagnose, position, execute

01

Diagnose

Run the Commercial Sprint Diagnostic to benchmark readiness, map your GTM archetype and expose the execution gap.

02

Position

Translate scientific mechanism into buyer-facing value: pricing, evidence, and the economic case decision makers fund.

03

Execute

A 90-day commercial roadmap, owned alongside you — grant submissions, procurement entry and partnership conversations.

Start here

Benchmark your commercial readiness in 15 minutes

The Commercial Sprint Diagnostic scores your go-to-market readiness, maps your GTM archetype and shows the execution gap investors and assessors will flag — available through accelerator cohorts or as a self-guided purchase.

Go to the diagnostic