Kingsbrook

47 confidential CEO and founder conversations in a 3-month proof of concept.

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Kingsbrook
Business Sales & M&A Advisory
IT/SaaS & Training/E-Learning Businesses

The Challenge

Kingsbrook is a family business specialising in helping SME owners confidentially explore selling their businesses. Their challenge was reaching and engaging with the right CEOs, founders, and owners - but the nature of the conversation required a highly targeted approach.

This wasn't a situation where mass outreach would work. The sensitivity of the subject matter meant that precision and discretion weren't optional - they were essential. Getting this wrong wouldn't just mean low response rates; it could actively damage relationships.

Our Approach

Our usual BDaaS strategy is to "bowl high, bowl low" - reaching out to both senior decision-makers and junior influencers simultaneously. For Kingsbrook, we adapted this to be exclusively senior-focused, targeting only the business owners and CEOs themselves.

We applied our 30-point outreach checklist throughout to ensure absolute best practice compliance. The messaging was crafted to feel genuinely personal - because it had to be.

Despite sending far fewer emails than a competing mass-email agency running concurrently, Kulea's results consistently outperformed them. Quality of targeting and quality of copy outweighed quantity every time.

47 CEO & founder meetings in the 3-month POC
20+ Confidential conversations secured every month ongoing
1 Annual contract signed on the back of the POC
#1 Outperformed competing agency despite fewer emails sent
"Kulea's approach to business development has not only exceeded our expectations but has redefined our perspective on what outreach can achieve when done right. The targeted strategy they employed, especially considering the confidential nature of our conversations, has yielded incredible results. It's not just about the quantity of meetings; it's about the quality, and Kulea consistently delivers on both fronts. Their success in a short proof of concept period convinced us to commit to an annual partnership."
Mark Rebbettes - MD, Kingsbrook

Services Delivered

ICP Definition Senior-Only Targeting Confidential Outreach Strategy Email Automation LinkedIn Outreach Inbox Management 30-Point Checklist Compliance