CORE OFFERINGS
The work isn't limited to these. This is where it most often takes form.
Design, Hospitality & Place
Spatial design rooted in real operations. From bars and restaurants to hybrid spaces, retreats, and working environments. Built to feel right and run properly.
Venture Creation
Turning ideas into working ventures. Brands, concepts, and systems shaped from zero to sustainable. Sometimes fast. Sometimes careful. Always intentional.
Systems & Strategy
Making complex things workable. Structure, clarity, and decision-making for people, projects, and organisations that feel stuck or overloaded.
Some work lives as client projects. Some becomes ventures of our own.
ACTIVE VENTURES
Independent projects grown inside the DavidEllen ecosystem.
Catalyst360°
The internal engine behind the work. A practical framework for turning ideas into structured, deliverable reality.
ACTIVEThe Baobab Wildlife Sanctuary
A conservation-led sanctuary in Limpopo, South Africa. Land restoration, wildlife protection, and low-impact human presence done properly.
ACTIVEThe Little Fish Initiative
A values-led initiative focused on support, dignity, and paying it forward. Because success without contribution is hollow.
ACTIVENot everything we do becomes a service. Not everything becomes a venture.