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Stoneview Capital - AI-Enabled Investment Operations & CRM Suite

Client: Stoneview Capital

Stoneview Capital operates as a founder-centric boutique investment firm specialising in luxury European hospitality assets. Their unique "Investoration" model combines simultaneous investment management and post-acquisition asset operations, with deal-by-deal fundraising through SPV structures and complex Limited Partner relationships. The firm faced a critical scaling challenge: how to grow AUM by 50-70% without proportionally growing the team.

Investment ManagementFull Programme
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Field Services - Voice AI Job Capture & Administrative Transformation

Client: A leading landscaping and environmental...

A well-established landscaping and environmental services company operating across New Zealand's North and South Islands faced systemic operational inefficiency. With approximately 80 employees, $16M in annual turnover, and ambitions to grow to $30M, the company needed to dramatically reduce the administrative burden on its 6-10 managers, who were spending up to 80% of their capacity on data entry and paperwork rather than field leadership.

Field ServicesExploration + Pilot
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Industrial Operations - Maintenance AI & Inspection OCR Implementation

Client: A major chemical storage and logistics...

Following a 2020 merger that created their national footprint, the organisation faced significant operational integration challenges. Varied site-specific procedures, inconsistent documentation, and knowledge silos meant maintenance operations lacked standardisation. Two key coordinator positions were vacant, and the merger had created critical knowledge fragmentation across sites.

IndustrialFull Programme
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Multiple organisations across...
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Cross IndustryWorkshops + Enablement

AI Foundations Workshops & Team Enablement

Organisations recognise that AI represents a significant opportunity, but most lack a practical path from awareness to adoption. The gap between reading about AI and effectively using it in daily work is substantial, and without structured enablement, teams either avoid AI entirely or experiment ineffectively with consumer tools.

Multiple organisations across...·Feb 10, 2026
Healthcare and deep-tech organisations...
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Cross IndustryWorkshops + Platform Deployment

Executive AI Enablement & Secure Private Platform

Senior leadership teams in regulated and high-stakes industries face a distinct set of AI adoption challenges. While individual team members may be experimenting with consumer AI tools, the organisation lacks a coherent strategy, appropriate governance, and secure infrastructure. This creates a widening gap between ad-hoc AI experimentation and enterprise-grade AI adoption.

Healthcare and deep-tech organisations...·Jan 31, 2026
Multiple organisations across...
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Cross IndustryImplementation

Enterprise AI Platform Enablement - Selection, Implementation & Team Adoption

Many organisations recognise the productivity potential of AI but struggle with fundamental questions: Which platform is right for us? How do we implement it securely? How do we get our team actually using it effectively? Without expert guidance, organisations often make costly mistakes - selecting the wrong platform, implementing without proper security controls, or failing to drive meaningful adoption.

Multiple organisations across...·Jan 20, 2026
Specialist retail and trade services...
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Retail / Trade ServicesDiscovery + Phased Implementation

Sales, Quoting & Project Planning AI

Growing trade services and specialist retail businesses face a common scaling bottleneck: the sales and quoting process depends heavily on experienced individuals who carry pricing knowledge, client history, and project scoping expertise in their heads. As these businesses grow, the manual nature of quoting, project planning, and client management becomes a critical constraint on revenue growth.

Specialist retail and trade services...·Jan 6, 2026
A specialist recruitment consultancy in...
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Professional ServicesSprints + Ongoing Implementation

AI-Augmented Tendering & Recruitment Operations

The consultancy had built a strong reputation through high-quality government and private sector tender submissions, but the tendering process was almost entirely dependent on one senior person. As the business grew, this dependency became a critical constraint on both capacity and business continuity. Simultaneously, the recruitment operations side faced data quality challenges that limited the team's ability to find and match candidates efficiently.

A specialist recruitment consultancy in...·Dec 9, 2025
Private equity firms and family offices...
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Private EquityFull Programme

Private Equity & Family Office Operations AI - Lean Team Enablement

Newly established private equity firms and family offices face a unique challenge: operating with limited resources whilst meeting institutional standards for investor relations, governance, and professional communications. The need to appear established and credible whilst running lean creates significant operational pressure.

Private equity firms and family offices...·Nov 18, 2025
Stoneview Capital
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Investment ManagementFull Programme

Stoneview Capital - AI-Enabled Investment Operations & CRM Suite

Stoneview Capital operates as a founder-centric boutique investment firm specialising in luxury European hospitality assets. Their unique "Investoration" model combines simultaneous investment management and post-acquisition asset operations, with deal-by-deal fundraising through SPV structures and complex Limited Partner relationships. The firm faced a critical scaling challenge: how to grow AUM by 50-70% without proportionally growing the team.

Stoneview Capital·Oct 27, 2025
Healthcare Leader's Dilemma: Balancing AI Innovation with Patient Data Security
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Guide

Healthcare Leader's Dilemma: Balancing AI Innovation with Patient Data Security

Patient care, but "Shadow AI" and data security risks are a critical threat. This article outlines a methodical, governance-first approach for healthcare leaders to de-risk innovation

3 minOct 25, 2025
The 3 Step Playbook for Mitigating Risk of Shadow AI in Industrial Operations
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Playbook

The 3 Step Playbook for Mitigating Risk of Shadow AI in Industrial Operations

Uncontrolled 'Shadow AI' creates unseen risks in industrial operations. This playbook provides a 3-step framework to move from ad-hoc experimentation to a secure, governed state.

4 minOct 5, 2025
A leading landscaping and environmental...
Case Study
Field ServicesExploration + Pilot

Field Services - Voice AI Job Capture & Administrative Transformation

A well-established landscaping and environmental services company operating across New Zealand's North and South Islands faced systemic operational inefficiency. With approximately 80 employees, $16M in annual turnover, and ambitions to grow to $30M, the company needed to dramatically reduce the administrative burden on its 6-10 managers, who were spending up to 80% of their capacity on data entry and paperwork rather than field leadership.

A leading landscaping and environmental...·Sep 11, 2025
MIT Says 95% of AI Initiatives Fail to Deliver ROI and the Framework for Success
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Industry Insights

MIT Says 95% of AI Initiatives Fail to Deliver ROI and the Framework for Success

A staggering 95% of businesses are stuck in 'pilot purgatory,' failing to see real ROI from AI. We break down why projects stall and provide a pragmatic, ROI-driven framework for success.

3 minAug 31, 2025
Bridge It NZ
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ConstructionExploration + Pilot

Bridge It NZ - SOP Automation & Voice Data Capture

Bridge It NZ, New Zealand's leading specialist in design-and-build precast concrete bridges, faced operational challenges common in highly specialised industries. Critical institutional knowledge for complex processes - from geotechnical assessment to on-site installation - was locked in the minds of key, experienced personnel.

Bridge It NZ·Aug 22, 2025
A major chemical storage and logistics...
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IndustrialFull Programme

Industrial Operations - Maintenance AI & Inspection OCR Implementation

Following a 2020 merger that created their national footprint, the organisation faced significant operational integration challenges. Varied site-specific procedures, inconsistent documentation, and knowledge silos meant maintenance operations lacked standardisation. Two key coordinator positions were vacant, and the merger had created critical knowledge fragmentation across sites.

A major chemical storage and logistics...·Aug 5, 2025
Calculating the Hidden Costs of "Free" AI: A Framework for Industrial Leaders
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Industry Insights

Calculating the Hidden Costs of "Free" AI: A Framework for Industrial Leaders

"Free" AI tools introduce hidden liabilities. For industrial leaders, this guide provides a pragmatic framework to calculate the true cost of unmanaged "Shadow AI."

2 minJul 31, 2025
A premium professional services firm in...
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Professional ServicesPilot

AI-Enabled Professional Services Operations

A growing professional services firm faced the challenge of scaling operations whilst preserving the personalised, high-touch service quality that differentiated them in the market. As the business expanded, manual processes that worked at smaller scale became unsustainable bottlenecks.

A premium professional services firm in...·Jul 14, 2025
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