Diligence · Operations · Value Creation

See risk clearly.
Build value deliberately.

40 Acres and Partners helps investors and operators make sharper decisions in healthcare, clinical research, life sciences, and health technology—where execution and compliance cannot be separated.

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The mandate

From investment thesis to operating reality.

A promising strategy can still fail in the space between the model and the work. We help close that gap—testing assumptions, identifying operational and regulatory exposure, and translating diligence into an executable value-creation plan.

Evidence firstRecommendations grounded in the operating facts.
Risk in contextMaterial issues separated from manageable noise.
Actionable by designClear priorities, owners, and decision points.

Capabilities

The work behind confident decisions.

Support can be scoped to a discrete diligence question or structured as an operating-partner engagement across the investment lifecycle.

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Operational diligence

Evaluate workflows, leadership capacity, quality systems, execution risk, and the operating assumptions behind the plan.

02

Regulatory & compliance assessment

Surface governance and compliance exposure across research operations, healthcare delivery, privacy, and quality infrastructure.

03

Value-creation planning

Convert findings into a sequenced roadmap spanning operating cadence, resourcing, controls, performance, and growth enablement.

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Execution support

Partner with management teams after close to establish priorities, reinforce accountability, and move the roadmap into practice.

Our approach

Clarity without theater.

The process is direct, collaborative, and built for real decisions—not a shelf-bound report.

Frame the decision

Align on the investment question, the operating thesis, and what must be true for the opportunity to perform.

Test the operating truth

Review the people, processes, controls, dependencies, and evidence that reveal how the business actually runs.

Prioritize what matters

Separate immediate deal risk from remediable issues and longer-horizon improvement opportunities.

Translate insight into action

Deliver a practical roadmap with clear sequencing, ownership, and management-level implications.

Sector focus

Built for regulated complexity.

Our experience is concentrated in environments where clinical quality, regulatory discipline, and operating performance move together.

Healthcare services

Care delivery, behavioral health, mobile and virtual models, and other operationally intensive service businesses.

Clinical research

Research sites, trial operations, program management, governance, and the systems that support quality execution.

Life sciences

Organizations navigating scientific rigor, cross-functional development, clinical evidence, and regulated growth.

Health technology

Technology-enabled healthcare models where adoption, workflow integration, privacy, and compliance shape commercial performance.

Leadership

Clinical research, healthcare operations, and oversight.

Godfrey Coker is Chief Executive Officer of 40 Acres and Partners LLC. His background is in clinical research, healthcare operations, and regulatory/compliance oversight.

His roles include Senior Clinical Trials Project Manager, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, Neurology Department (September 2023–present); Senior Executive, OM Healthcare, Inc. (October 2019–January 2024), where he led operations for a mobile behavioral-health platform; Diagnostic Radiation Research Manager, City of Hope (February–September 2024); and Senior Clinical Trials Project Manager, NCIRE/VA Medical Center, Radiology (October 2022–October 2023).

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Let’s talk

Bring the complicated opportunity.

If you are evaluating a regulated operating business, pressure-testing a growth plan, or preparing for post-investment execution, we would welcome the conversation.

godfrey@40acresandpartners.com
Phone(859) 699-6967
Office
4652 Carmel Mountain Road
Suite 308, No. AA47
San Diego, CA 92130
Engagements
Selective diligence, advisory, and operating-partner mandates.