Investment Support Services
investing with confidence

Experienced executives on your side pre and post-deal
Reliable, data-driven
growth and expansion plans
Invest with confidence in commercial fundamentals
“CCD Partners rapidly found two highly qualified senior industry heavyweights to advise us on a potential niche chemicals investment. This gave us the insight we needed to build a proposal that best matched the risk / reward profile of the opportunity.”
Jonas Rave
Managing Director, Longacre Group
What determines a good investment in chemicals and life sciences markets?

The chemicals and life sciences industries contain a wide range of investment opportunities. At the lower end of the mid-market in particular, companies are often reliant on or tied into a particular niche market or technology. Fantastic if that market or technology becomes or continues to be a commercial success, but as with any innovation-driven markets, the status quo may not necessarily remain the status quo for very long. 

We support investors by providing senior industry executives and investment appraisal services.

In our "full service" we partner with founders and owners, providing industry engagement and specialist expertise to identify potential, design a strategy to maximise and capture it, and then deliver the resulting value to our clients.

We also provide standalone programmes that give founders and owners a clear view of their options and the value that might be available to them before they pull the trigger on a larger project.
Example investment support projects:

Executive Search

As operators in chemicals and life sciences M&A, consulting, and executive recruitment for over 20 years we have amassed an unparalleled network of senior industry executives available for ad-hoc consulting, non-exec roles, chairmanships, CEO-roles, and more. 

Example Industry Expert Profiles:


  • Steve Holland
    ex-CEO, Brenntag


  • Gunnar Staaf
    ex-CEO, Avantium Pharma


  • Paul Smith
    Non-exec Chairman, Scott Bader


  • Sandy Dobbie
    Chairman of Marine Biopolymers


  • Bruce Olson
    ex-President/CEO, Freudenberg Performance Materials


  • Rudiger Funke
    Ex-CEO/Owner, Flux Schweiss und Lotstoffe GmbH

Co-ordinated Investment Support

Where a broader team of specialists is required we recruit and co-ordinate bespoke investment teams so our clients benefit from a range of skill-sets working in sync with one another.

Example Co-ordinated Services:


  • Red Flag Reviews
    rapid go / no-go assessments


  • Techno-Commercial Due Diligence
    deep-dive check of fundamentals


  • Human Capital Due Diligence
    confidence in leadership teams


  • Market Intelligence
    corroborating key data and assumptions


  • Strategic Consulting
    could more be done, what are the options?


  • Business Planning
    convert ideas into action plans


  • Buy and Build Planning
    build a pipeline and conversion strategy