Glide supports companies, investors, and leadership teams across strategy, partnerships, M&A, capital, talent, and execution.
Glide operates as a focused advisory platform for high-leverage projects that do not fit neatly into a single category.
Market positioning, organic and inorganic growth initiatives, business model refinement, and strategic prioritization.
Acquisition strategy, target mapping, deal rationale, negotiations, diligence support, and integration planning.
Strategic alliances, referral channels, commercial partnerships, and ecosystem development.
Investor narrative, capital raise preparation, strategic investor mapping, and process support.
Executive sourcing, leadership role definition, talent market intelligence, and organizational design.
Project-based or fractional support for initiatives requiring senior judgment, coordination, and execution.
These situations are rarely just a strategy project, just a transaction, just a partnership, just a hire, or just an operating issue.
They usually require a mix of judgment, pattern recognition, network access, and practical execution.
Glide helps create structure, momentum, and clarity around those opportunities.
Glide is led by Gavin Toepke, an entrepreneur, advisor, and operator with more than 25 years of experience working with founder-led, private equity-backed, professional services, and growth-stage businesses.
Gavin's work spans strategic partnerships, healthcare services, capital formation, M&A support, business development, operating projects, executive search and leadership advisory.
Glide's model is intentionally focused: senior-level judgment, direct engagement, flexible scope, and practical execution.
Glide works selectively with a small number of companies, investors, and leadership teams where there is strong strategic fit. The firm is not designed as a high-volume consulting or recruiting platform — engagements are focused on complex initiatives where trust, discretion, and senior-level execution matter.
Long-horizon relationships with founders, investors, and leadership teams who value discretion.
Sensitive transactions, leadership transitions, and strategic decisions handled with judgment.
Senior-level engagement from scoping to outcome, without the overhead of a traditional firm.
For strategic advisory, partnership, transaction, capital, or leadership-related inquiries.
gavin@theglidegroup.com →