Sarmentu & Company — Executive Advisory for Critical Moments

Our Philosophy

We only win when you win

Sarmentu operates on a performance-based model. We align our compensation with your outcomes — success fees, equity participation, and performance incentives — not with hours billed. Our incentive is your growth.

I

Executive Partnership

We sit alongside leadership, not below it. One senior partner per mandate, always. You get the person who’s been in the room before — not an associate learning on your time.

II

Selective by Design

We take on a small number of mandates at a time. Your situation gets our full attention, our best thinking, and a bespoke team curated for the specific challenge.

III

Iberian Roots, European Reach

Deep relationships in capital markets, banking, and investor networks across Portugal and Spain. Cross-border fluency in three languages and two legal systems.

What We Do

We structure the plan, curate the team, and stay until it’s done

Every mandate is different. What stays constant is the method: understand the situation deeply, bring the right senior expertise to the table, and drive it to an outcome — not a report.

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Growth & Capital

Helping startups and mid-market companies structure the roadmap, raise capital, and build the partnerships they need to scale. Equity rounds, debt facilities, EU grants, and hybrid structures — we prepare the investment memorandum, model the deal, and run the roadshow alongside you.

Success fee on close

02

Transactions & Deals

Sell-side M&A, partnerships, carve-outs, and asset deals. We identify the right counterpart, structure the transaction, lead the negotiation, and close — bringing both sides of the table together with discretion and precision.

Success fee on close

03

Turnaround & Critical Situations

For companies under pressure — over-leveraged, covenant-stressed, or facing a stalled negotiation. We design the solution, negotiate with lenders and counterparts, stabilise operations, and rebuild confidence at board level.

Retainer + outcome fee

04

Board Advisory & Strategic Direction

Ongoing counsel for Boards and CEOs navigating growth, digital transformation, governance challenges, or market entry. We help leadership teams see clearly, decide confidently, and execute with alignment.

Retainer

The Sarmentu Difference

Not a firm.
A partner.

Large consulting firms deploy teams. We deploy judgement. You will always work directly with a senior partner who has lived through the types of decisions you are facing — not a project manager coordinating associates.

We are with you in the room, in the negotiation, at the board table. We curate the right specialists for each mandate — finance, legal, technology, AI — and orchestrate them as one team, with one objective: your outcome.

This is what it means to have a partner with skin in the game.

“Helped us restructure debt across three lenders in under 90 days. Calm, precise, and always available when it mattered.”

CEO — Industrial services, Portugal

“Pedro understood our business in the first meeting. By the third, he had assembled the exact team we needed.”

Founder — EdTech, Spain

“The sell-side process was handled with a level of discretion and strategic thinking we hadn’t experienced before.”

Board Member — Consumer brand, Iberia

Managing Partner

Pedro S. Sarmento

Entrepreneur · Advisor · Connector

The hardest moments in a company’s life — a growth leap, a critical transaction, a board decision with no easy answer — deserve a partner, not a consultant. That’s what I do.

I step in alongside Founders, CEOs, and Boards as an executive partner. I structure the approach, curate the right senior team for the specific challenge, and stay at the table until the outcome is real. Across my career I’ve built companies, advised boards, led turnarounds, and closed deals in sectors from defence and infrastructure to education and technology — always between Lisbon and Madrid.

Parallel to Sarmentu, I’m Co-Founder of Guardiun, building a pan-European safety platform for schools. I advise from the trenches, not the sideline — facing the same headwinds as my clients: regulatory complexity, cross-border scaling, and the need to execute fast with limited resources.

IST / Imperial College — Engineering MBA IE Business School National Defense Auditor (IDN) Serial Entrepreneur since 1998

Reach Pedro directly

pedro.sarmento@sarmentu.com WhatsApp LinkedIn

Get in Touch

Let’s talk about
what you need

No templates. No lengthy proposals. Just a conversation to understand your situation and whether we are the right fit.

Email

info@sarmentu.com

Offices

Madrid, Spain
Lisboa, Portugal

Languages

English · Português · Español

Mandates

We are selective. We accept a limited number of engagements per year.

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The right partner for the hardest decisions