Founder Fidus is led by Dan Tapson, an experienced investor, advisor and non-executive to scale-up businesses. Dan has worked with businesses ranging from start-up to £150m revenue, supporting founders develop their business and deliver major milestones such as fundraising. In 2024 Dan launched Founder Fidus to focus his energy exclusively on founder led businesses.

We're currently building out a team of people passionate about supporting founder led businesses in the Founder Fidus way. In the meantime, we have relationships with dozens of recommended partners with expertise in various fields. Take a look below for a few examples of the types of people we have vetted in our network. 

We don't expect to be right people to solve every single challenge, but we know who to point you to. Our network includes founder approved:

• Finance Directors and CFOs
• Lawyers
• Accountants
• Tax advisers
• Wealth managers
• Marketing specialists
• Sustainability consultants
• HR and recruitment advisors
• Branding and design experts
• Digital heroes
• Product development specialists
• Supply chain and logistics advisors
• IP and patent attorneys