The Deliberate team

Builders, advisors, and partners in the work.

Deliberate brings together operating experience, strategic judgment, and disciplined execution to help purpose-driven companies move from ambition to meaningful impact.

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Meet the team

Experienced operators, working deliberately.

Collaborative problem-solving leads to better outcomes. We create the support, clarity, and operating discipline that help ambitious teams take calculated risks and build with conviction.

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Caen Contee

Founder & CEO

Caen is a serial entrepreneur and startup scaling expert dedicated to using technology and high-growth business to accelerate a more equitable, prosperous, and sustainable future. He has founded, scaled, advised, and invested in venture-backed companies across mobility, electrification, healthcare, location, education, financial inclusion, and sustainable manufacturing.

His operating experience spans global expansion, business development, marketing, communications, government relations, sales, and corporate strategy. Previously a founding team member and executive at Lime and ChargePoint, and a Senior Advisor at SVB Capital, Caen brings a builder's perspective to every engagement.

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Maggie Musukwa

Chief of Staff

Maggie has built her career operating at the centre of executive leadership, working alongside founders and principals to manage the complexity behind growing organisations. With more than a decade of experience across executive operations and organisational leadership, she has coordinated leadership priorities, cross-functional initiatives and high-level stakeholder relationships across businesses and international environments.

As Chief of Staff at Deliberate, Maggie works across the firm’s strategic and operational agenda, connecting executive direction with the people, structures and execution required to move it forward. Her background spans governance, finance, operations and project management, underpinned by an MBA and further executive education in business analytics and corporate governance.

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Raphael Ugha

Senior Director of Operations

Raphael operates across several ventures alongside his work with Deliberate. He serves as Senior Head of Business Development at Abakus Holdings, a core banking technology platform; acts as Asset Development Partner to Sterling Gains Capital on asset origination and capital structuring; and holds directorships across real asset companies. He built his career in ultra-high-net-worth relationship management and family office consulting, advising principals on transactions, structuring, and cross-border deals across Europe, the US, and Asia.

$850M+

Raised across founder-led ventures

100M+

Users reached by our companies

Global

Operating experience across the US and Europe

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Whether you need strategic counsel, hands-on support, or a team to build alongside you, Deliberate is ready to help.