Founding Partner Brief

Before the mandate. Before the scramble. Before the decisions are locked in

A structured point of relevance with serious founders, before formal transaction dynamics take over. This brief is for a small number of organisations considering a founding partnership with Nexxit.

Built for the gap nobody else has filled

Most founders arrive at a transaction underprepared. Not because they lack ambition, but because no structured resource exists to help them get ready 12 to 24 months before a process begins. Advisors engage late. Lawyers engage late. Accountants engage late. By the time the formal process starts, the problems that reduce value are already baked in.

Nexxit addresses that gap directly. Through a structured readiness programme and a community layer called Basecamp, Nexxit works with founders across eight workstreams: financial quality, legal hygiene, governance, commercial narrative, operational resilience, technology architecture, people and culture, and transaction readiness.

Nexxit is a Cube Capital programme. Cube Capital is a boutique technology M&A advisory firm based in Sydney, focused on founder-led Australian technology businesses and their connections to North American and Asian strategic buyers.

Founders making consequential decisions right now

Nexxit works with founders of established technology businesses, typically generating between $5 million and $50 million in annual revenue, who have made a deliberate decision to prepare for a transaction rather than arrive at one underprepared.

These founders are currently making consequential decisions: how to clean up their financials, how to structure for tax efficiency, which contracts need remediation, which advisors to trust, which technology platforms to stay on or move off, and how to build a credible narrative for a buyer.

Those decisions are still open. That is what makes this cohort commercially significant. By the time a formal M&A process begins, most of those decisions have already been made, and firms that were not relevant earlier are often left competing on price alone. The commercial value of a founding partnership is being relevant while those decisions are still open.

What the first year looks like

In year one, Nexxit will begin with a founding cohort of three to five Mentored founders working directly with Hani Iskander across all eight readiness workstreams over a 12 to 24-month preparation arc. Basecamp will run as bimonthly in-person Sydney sessions — the primary environment for partner participation.

Only one legal partner, one accounting partner, and a small number of platform partners will be appointed. No category is open to more than one founding partner.

Year One at a Glance
Founding Cohort
3–5 Mentored founders
Basecamp Sessions
Bimonthly Sydney sessions
Partner Categories
1 legal · 1 accounting · limited platform
Partner Role
Relevant participation, not open access

Three exclusive categories. One partner each

Exclusive

Legal Partner

Most law firms enter the conversation after a transaction is underway and the shape of the risk is already set. The founding legal partner is positioned earlier: when founders are working through contract hygiene, IP structuring, change-of-control provisions, shareholder alignment, and governance. That is when trusted relationships form. That is also when they are most durable.

Exclusive

Accounting Partner

Founders lose transaction value most often not because of weak growth, but because their numbers do not hold up under buyer scrutiny. Quality of earnings, revenue recognition discipline, working capital logic, tax structure, and reporting quality are active workstreams inside the programme. The founding accounting partner is relevant at the point where financial readiness is being shaped, not audited after the fact.

Limited

Technology and Investment Partners

Nexxit founders are working through decisions that technology companies and investment firms are uniquely positioned to inform: cloud architecture, AI capability, data infrastructure, security posture, and the commercial structures that serious buyers expect. Technology partners contribute deep category expertise directly relevant to what founders are building through in the programme — not as vendors, but as knowledge partners whose insight founders genuinely benefit from. Investment partners bring a strategic outside-in perspective on what exit-ready businesses look like — the view that ultimately shapes what a transaction is worth. Both categories participate through Basecamp sessions, structured content contributions, and curated conversations where their expertise serves the founder directly.

The structure of participation

Founding partnership structures are discussed directly and tailored by category. In practice, a founding partnership includes the following.

  • Exclusive category position within Nexxit's founding phase. One partner per category.
  • Recognition as a Founding Partner across programme materials, Basecamp, and selected communications.
  • Participation in relevant Basecamp sessions through hosting, speaking, or workshop contribution where the partner's expertise is directly relevant.
  • Opportunity to contribute category-relevant educational content where it is useful to founders.
  • Curated founder conversations, initiated only where relevant, useful, and supported by founder consent.

The boundary is part of the value

Nexxit is designed to prepare founders, not to sell to them. Partners are selected because their expertise is relevant to what founders inside the programme are working through. Founder information is not shared without consent. Participation in Nexxit creates no obligation on any founder to engage any partner.

This boundary does not reduce the value of the partnership. It creates it.

A high-trust environment produces better relationships, better conversations, and better long-term outcomes than a low-trust one. Founders who feel supported rather than sold to are the ones who engage meaningfully with the firms inside their ecosystem.

Built from real transaction experience

Hani Iskander has a personal background as a founder who built and sold businesses in Australia and the United States before moving into M&A advisory. Nexxit was built from that experience: a structured answer to the question of what founders need to do before a sale process begins, drawing on what he observed from both sides of the table.

Cube Capital's referral network, North American and Asian buyer relationships, and direct founder experience are what make it credible to convene this audience. Nexxit is not a generic founder community. It is a programme anchored in real transaction experience.

One legal partner. One accounting partner. A limited number of technology and investment partners

Founding partnerships are category-specific and limited. If your organisation would like to explore a founding category position, contact Hani Iskander directly. Conversations are confidential.

Contact directly
hani.iskander@cube.capital
Hani Iskander · Founding Partner, Cube Capital