Wattlestone Launches new business services rollup, Valont.

26 Nov 2024

Leveraging our 20+ years experience across the business services space, led by Andrew Northcott, Wattlestone is launching, Valont.

Valont delivers a technology-enabled suite of traditional business services powered by AI, designed to support SME business owners in managing and optimising the critical aspects of their business, spanning people, strategy, operations, and finance functions.

Founder, Andrew Northcott said “having spent more than 20 years operating and building businesses across a range of industries, I am excited to take this knowledge and share the things that have had a significant impact on my businesses to help other businesses owners”

Valont was founded with a vision to help SMEs grow and thrive with a comprehensive and integrated ecosystem of services. We are a team of passionate, experienced, and innovative professionals who share a common goal: to make a positive impact on the lives and businesses of our customers.

Valont will be led by experienced executive, Nick Lucock as CEO. Nick brings a wealth of senior leadership and M&A experience.

The name, Valont, originates from the Spanish word Volante, which means “flywheel” and refers to the “flywheel effect” from the book, Good to Great by Jim Collins of having all aspects of the business working in unison and creating the tremendous growth and success.

We are not your typical one stop shop service provider. We have handpicked the best people and specialists within key niche sectors, provided them with the resources, capital and collective intelligence of the group to provide our valued customers with a truly unique and world class service.

The business is embarking on an aggressive acquisition strategy in 2025 and looking to acquire best in class businesses to provide the foundation of this disruptive opportunity.