Advisory Services

I support founders, CEOs, and investors in making high-impact financial and strategic decisions—where capital allocation, structure, and execution must align. This is independent advisory. No products are sold. The focus is on clear analysis, disciplined thinking, and decisions that hold under real conditions. All engagements are conducted in accordance with the applicable terms of service.

Strategic Investment Advice

Independent advisory services are provided across the early-stage and special situations spectrum, supporting founders and investors from pre-seed and seed through post-seed growth and restructuring contexts. The approach is grounded in governance discipline, capital structuring and downside-first risk assessment.

For early-stage companies, services include investment readiness evaluation, capital structure review, governance design, milestone validation and preparation for engagement with angel, syndicate or institutional investors. For growth-stage or stressed situations, advisory focuses on dilution analysis, follow-on strategy, capital preservation and restructuring support. For funders and private investors, Bamboos Consulting offers independent screening, governance assessment, failure-mode analysis and portfolio construction guidance, ensuring disciplined capital allocation under uncertainty.

All advisory activities are conducted independently. No financial products are sold, and no placement services are provided. The role is strictly consultative, focused on structured decision support, governance integrity and long-term capital sustainability.

Operations

Effective operations management is not limited to supporting day-to-day activities; it is a core driver of competitive advantage. It requires a broader perspective than cost efficiency alone, combining forward-looking thinking with the ability to adapt rapidly to evolving markets, technologies, and cost structures. Operations consulting, therefore, extends well beyond traditional manufacturing or production environments. Its scope encompasses the design and optimization of systems that enable consistent, scalable performance. As a result, both product-based and service-based organizations can benefit from a structured approach to operations, ensuring that execution aligns with strategy and supports sustainable growth.

Software Design

Customized software development involves the design, development, and deployment of solutions tailored to the specific needs of an organization, as opposed to standardized off-the-shelf products. These solutions are built around the company’s existing infrastructure, operational processes, and implementation requirements, ensuring close alignment between technology and business objectives. In this context, advanced approaches such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) can be integrated to enhance decision-making, simulation, and automation capabilities. AI enables data-driven insights, predictive analytics, and intelligent process optimization, while ABM allows the modeling and simulation of complex systems, capturing interactions between agents, behaviors, and environments. By combining customized development with AI and ABM, organizations can move beyond static tools toward adaptive, system-level solutions that reflect real-world dynamics and support more informed, strategic decisions.

Learning and Training

When addressing specific needs that require targeted, high-impact content, I work closely with clients to design, develop, and implement tailored eLearning solutions. These solutions are aligned with both immediate objectives and long-term strategic goals. The focus is on creating high-quality, customized content that reflects your vision while supporting measurable business outcomes.

Social Responsibility and Pro Bono Engagement

Bamboos Consulting is a socially responsible organization committed to ongoing community service. I altruistically participate in various non-governmental organizations. If justified by the type of case, Bamboos Consulting, Roberto Garrone, and any other interested person or entity work on a pro bono basis in order to benefit such causes.

However, other beneficiaries requiring services not socially relevant are charged a standard hourly fee billed with electronic invoice according to Italian Law (DL n. 119/2018, ex art. 14 DL n. 124/2019, interpello n. 129 del 14 maggio 2020); note that generic consultation in business and finance is not subject to special requirements as specified by the Law n. 4/2013. Alternatively, repetitive services are billed according to yearly fees. Only payments in advance are accepted.

Italian Regulation for Generic Consultations in Business and Finance

Generic financial advice consists of the provision of operational indications of financial allocation with reference to types of financial instruments. This type of activity carried out by the Professional does not integrate an investment advisory activity, as qualified by art. 1, paragraph 5, letter f) and defined by the same article in paragraph 5 septies, d.lgs. 24 February 1998, n. 58 and subsequent amendments (TUF). Generic financial advice does not constitute an investment service and is not subject to the regulations of the TUF, but identifies an activity that can be freely exercised, as it is not covered by a legal reservation. This activity is not subject to the supervision of Consob or that of the Body (OCF). The Generic Financial Advisory Contract has as its object the provision by the Professional of the generic financial advisory service, provided through the construction of diversified model financial portfolios in different asset classes and elaborated with regard to different risk profiles, as well as multiple combinations of risk / return. The general composition of financial portfolios is constantly monitored and subject to revision in the light of financial market developments. The operational suggestions for buying / selling, generically formulated by the Professional in the exercise of the activity in question, do not constitute an offer to the public and solicitation of investments, nor do they integrate the investment advisory service as regulated by the TUF, since, regardless of the personal characteristics of the Client, they do not concern personalised recommendations regarding the purchase / sale of certain financial instruments.