Gary Smith UK: Specialist in early stage Venture Funding

I've supported over 500 startups looking for funding. As mentor/advisor, I actively support around 20 Start-ups and Scale-ups and review 10+ new pitch decks every week. Talk to me if you want guidance in picking the right UK-based Venture Capital Firms, Angel Investors, and Crowdfunding platforms. I can be very helpful in identifying investors, building pitch decks and working through deal terms and structure etc. Specialist in early stage Venture Funding and Scale-up - Successfully raised over £47 million in venture capital (IPO, VC, Angel, Crowd). I have a proven track-record building high-growth software businesses from start-up through scale-up to IPO and £30 million in revenue. As a board level business leader and coach I accelerate the fortunes of a business, drive sales and substantially improve shareholder value. I pioneered the ‘Software as a Service’ industry and launched Europe's first Cloud Computing service provider (NetStore plc). Within three years my strategic marketing ability and high level negotiation skills took the business from start-up to become the leading SaaS business in Europe taking NetStore through a number of venture funding rounds and a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange.