Startup Fundraising Consultant
I help European founders raise pre-seed and seed rounds — sizing the round, qualifying the investor list, and fixing what stops a good company from getting a term sheet. I have raised as a founder, managed a €14M fund, and sat on eight boards, so you get the investor's answer rather than the encouraging one.
€500 €150 / first hour
What founders come with
The four problems that account for most of it.
You don't know how much to raise
The number is either a guess or a round figure someone suggested. Investors ask what it buys, and the answer decides whether the conversation continues.
Your list is not qualified
Half the funds on it cannot write your cheque at your stage. You find out one polite rejection at a time, over four months.
The deck works only with you in the room
It gets forwarded to a colleague who has never met you. That is where most decks die, and nobody tells you.
You are getting meetings but no term sheets
Something in the story leaks between the first meeting and the investment committee. From outside, it is usually obvious.
How it works
What actually happens.
- 01
Before the call
You send the deck, the numbers and where you are in the process. I read it as an investor would — including the parts founders assume nobody checks.
- 02
The call
60 minutes. We go through what is actually blocking the round, not a general fundraising lecture. You get direct answers, including the ones you may not want.
- 03
What you leave with
A round size you can defend, a shortlist of the fund types that fit, and the two or three specific things to fix before you contact anyone.
- 04
If it makes sense to continue
Some founders need one call. Others want the round run alongside them. Scope and price are agreed individually after the first consultation.
Price
One rate to start. Then it depends on what you need.
Value of the hour €500
€150 / first consultation, 60 min
Further work — a mentoring block, running the round alongside you, ongoing advisory — is scoped and priced individually after the first call. I do not sell packages before I know what is wrong.
Before you book
When this is the wrong call.
- No product and no first customers. This works best when there is something to improve, not just an idea.
- You want it done for you. You get the direct read and the plan. Execution stays with your team.
- You need money within 3–6 months. For that you do not need a consultant, you need a magician.
- You only want validation. If direct criticism from me is unwelcome, it will be worse from an investor.
If none of those apply, the useful next step is sizing your round and building a list that converts — or a call, if you would rather go through it once, properly.
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The checklist I've given to 500+ startups before fundraising.
5 questions every investor checks before they say yes. Most founders don't have an answer — and it costs them the round.