Early Stage Investment – Advice from Experts

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Early Stage Investment

Brooklyn, NY

$1000.0/min 5.0 98 $16.67/min

2x Founder w/ Acquisition. Mentor @ Techstars / Cornell / NYU. Companies featured in Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Wired. Send info and question(s) ahead of our call. I'm here to help you make progress. www.leevonk.com

Sam Vakili I Business Coach

Germany, Hamburg

$150.0/min 5.0 3 $2.5/min

I'm looking forward to assisting callers from all around the world to become investor friendly! Startup/ early-stage business Valuation Specialist Startup/ early-stage business Transaction Specialist Startup/ early-stage business Finance Consultant Startup/Founder Coach Business Growth Strategist Disruptive Innovation Enthusiast Venture Capital and Real Estate Investor. I've been actively engaged in both sides of the table in early-stage investing, and fundraising in early-stage and growth stage technology companies e.g. B2B, B2C, B2B2C solutions, focus on several verticals e.g. Fintech, Healthtech (Digital Health), Proptech, Regtech. Think of me as your startup/founder coach helping you boost your pitch, get your deck up to speed and help you become investor friendly for angels, seed investors, or A-round from top investors and VCs. I'm an angel investor myself and I advise more than 250 Startups and their founders so far. If you are looking to penetrate the European market and/or want to expand within Europe, I can help you to draft a successful market entry strategy, establish your footprint in Europe and start exploring previously unknown business territories. Serial Entrepreneur I Angel Investor www.investintek.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/samvakili/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/invest-in-tek/?viewAsMember=true

Howard Kingston

London, United Kingdom

$300.0/min 4.7 5 $5/min

Irish Entrepreneur. Co-founder @ Future Ad Labs (VC backed), Ex Head of Marketing at We R Interactive (acquired), grew to 6 million users in yr1 through Growth Hacking and Facebook marketing. Passionate about marketing and growth. Have raised seed funding 3 times totalling $2 million.

Mark Kleyner

$150.0/min 5.0 0 $2.5/min

Mark is Founder at Dream VC, MZZ Africa & Kujenga Network. Venture Builder and Startup Fan with a passion for Emerging Markets. Startup and Venture Capital Advisor and Mentor. Former Flashpoint VC, 10x Value Partners, DigitalDx Ventures, Angelfund https://www.markkleyner.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkleyner/

Alex Worthen, CVA

Anchorage, AK

$300.0/min 5.0 1 $5/min

Owned and operated multiple real estate holding companies across six states Startup investor in Alaska, Washington State, Oregon, and Vancouver, BC Huge fan travel, with 70+ countries visited In a past life: Operations management in Alaska based tourism Business valuation expert for mergers and acquisitions, and litigation support Turnaround consulting Nonprofit International microfinance in developing nations

Julien Meyer, MBA

New York, NY

$250.0/min 5.0 2 $4.17/min

3x Founder turned Early Stage VC • Founder @MGI • Worked at @BlurtBox, @CollegeStack • Host @Startup Financial News

Anil Chhikara

Bangalore, India

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Chairman, Startup India Foundation | Managing Partner, WeDeal China | Founder CEO BlueBolt Startup Factory | Judge @ India's First Startup Reality Show. I'm an entrepreneur at heart & believer in the power of dreams. I love mentoring budding entrepreneurs & innovative startups in our portfolio on building biz plans, successfully pitching to investors, go-to-market strategies & scaling up businesses. In 2001, I founded 24x7 Learning and led its growth over a decade to become India’s largest e-learning implementation company. Besides angel investment, I successfully raised multiple rounds of investments including $4m from Network 18, India’s leading media conglomerate. I was responsible for global sales operations and all customer-facing functions including implementation, consulting besides defining technology, enterprise products roadmap and strategy. After exiting in 2013, I set up Marco Polo Ventures, an innovative Go-to-Market Strategy and Execution consulting firm based in Dubai. Marco Polo helped develop, implement and manage a custom go-to-market strategy & distribution network for startups wishing to quickly scale up their revenues. Prior to founding 24x7 Learning, I had successfully setup and launched businesses for two large multinational companies - Parametric Tech, USA and Cimatron, Israel. I earlier ran Jaarvis Accelerator, where I got opportunity to nurture some of India's finest tech startups. I'm a well-regarded startup mentor in the Indian startup ecosystem. I was the anchor judge for Haywards 5000 Haunslay ki Udaan, India's First Startup Reality TV Show and the official startup coach for The Vault Show, India's answer to Shark Tank. Having judged over 1000 startups in the last 24 months, I'm most sought after judge for startup pitching competitions. This gives me an early access to smart tech startups. My personal passion is Sculpting and I have won several national level prizes. Besides my mechanical engineering, I have learnt sculpting at New York Academy of Fine Arts and about art markets at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. Checkout our portfolio of startups and know more about our acceleration program, go to www.bolt.blue Complete Profile- www.linkedin.com/in/anilchhikara.

Gal Nachum

Tel-Aviv, Israel

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Gal Nachum is a serial entrepreneur (7X Founder / 4 exits), angel investor, startup mentor & advisor and a lecturer in the Tel-Aviv University teaching entrepreneurial studies. Gal is very active in the Tel-Aviv hi-tech ecosystem and is a mentor at multiple accelerators (including Techstars and AWS Loft). Gal brings together a unique combination of a strong operating experience, an academic background and years of mentoring and advising both to startups and VCs. More information can be found at https://www.galnachum.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/galnachum/ https://twitter.com/galnachum https://www.facebook.com/galnachum/

Quentin Spillane

Scottsdale, AZ

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Worried about the weakening US Dollar? Afraid that your IRA may not survive the volatile markets long enough to use in retirement? If gold is the orignial form of money then why are so many financial advisors against it? If you have questions or concerns, I can show you how to safe guard your wealth and get it out of unpredictable markets and into an asset that has been a store of wealth for over five thousand years.

Sourav Sahoo

India

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Professional experience of over 4 years in the Business Incubation Industry particularly in the Startup ecosystem and incubation. Start-up specialist and proven track record of establishing Startup business, driving sales & operations, and amplifying business margin by multi-fold; gained comprehensive experience in Startup Incubation Centre. Laid the foundation and built up the Startup ecosystem in Odisha and augmented the growth of the same from zero to thousand Startups with strategic implementation at Startup Odisha in the course of 4 years. Decisive and performance-driven professional with experience in delivering transformational change in overall operations; managed functions including planning, budgeting, new product development/ launch, branding, and so on. Expertise in setting strategic goals, providing consultancy, making effective decisions, and enabling smooth day-to-day business activities for Startup.

Luis X. Barrios

MexDF

$175.0/min N/A 3 $2.92/min

Luis X. Barrios is a 32 year-old passionate entrepreneur with a genuine interest in providing value back to his community. As Founder and CEO of The Pool - Center for Entrepreneurship, Luis shows his interest in advising and supporting entrepreneurial teams exploit their talents, push them to the next level and increase their entrepreneurial success ratio through training workshops , mentoring , networking and funding. Luis has extensive entrepreneurial training and startup development: • MBA graduate from Babson College, recognized as one of the best programs in entrepreneurship worldwide • Angel investor in over 7 startups of which 5 are still in operation and the rest in the incubation/acceleration processes. His experience allows him to lead acceleration programs for entrepreneurs and provide training workshops on topics such as Customer Development , Validation Ideas, Market Launch, Entrepreneurial Training, Metrics That Matter, Lean Startup & Canvas, Electronic Commerce Strategies , among others. In addition, training and collaborating with different companies throughout his career allows him to have a wide network of experts, investors and entrepreneurs at a national and international level. Finally, Luis is an entrepreneur who is always looking to learn as well as teach. You can reach him at luis@thepool.mx

Andrew Pagels

Salt Lake City

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Capital Strategist. Co-founder of Investable, an angel firm with 12 investments across manufacturing, cannabis, consumer products, medical devices, spirits, and tabletop board games. Co-founder of Able Fund, a non-profit seed fund. Co-founder of medical device technology company (acquired 2014).

Gabriel Paunescu

Palo Alto

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

7x startups. 2 exits. Published Inventor. Startup Doer and Advisor. Shark Tank Coach. Entrepreneur in Residence at Founder Institute

Giuseppe Calo

London, UK

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I want to help make your venture a success. I can help with pitching and fundraising. I specialise in executing projects that are hard to crack. I do this by leveraging my connections and getting key ecosystem players excited of the projects I work on

Ankit Arora

San Francisco / Bengaluru

$500.0/min N/A 0 $8.33/min

Founder @Early Stage VC; ex-Accel, ex-Unilazer_Ventures; Invested in 35+ seed through series B startups, some of which have grown to become large companies (1 Decacorn, 1 Unicorn, 5 250M+).

Greg Welch

San Francisco

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, fundraiser, and dynamic leader of nine start-up ventures primarily focused on telecom, software, and technology. Organizes and leads global sales and marketing organizations, builds strong management teams, develops broad strategic direction for new products and services to meet customers needs which define company's. A competitive self starter who encourages creative problem solving. @squishclip, @dgtlabs, @musiglogg, @Xcast Labs, @AmeriCom, @GlobalTouch, @GSS, @Cenoplex

Elyes Ben Mrad

Tunis

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

UX/UI Designer & Director of Design @ Toptal. Ex-CEO of Crema App. Montreal Entrepreneur. Coffee Lover. Food-X NYC Alumni & Founder Insitute MTL Alumni.

Fredrik Andersson

Porto, Portugal

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Early stage venture capital investor focused on technology. I have also trained and mentored 100+ aspiring tech entrepreneurs on fundraising. Investment Manager @ Seedstars

Anil K Patel

Brisbane Australia

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Founder at Virtual Mgr, Entrepreneur, International Expansion, SaaS Software, Accenture Alumni, Happy to share my learnings to short cut to your success!

Andrew Crump

UK (London and West) and US (Bay Area)

$250.0/min N/A 2 $4.17/min

British entrepreneur based in UK and US. Advisor to some startups and funds (Eg @Seedcamp). Specialist in Growth and Product and the processed that drive them. Exited first business in 2009. Grew @Mitoo to 2.5m users raised $3m+.

Angel Gutierrez Borjabad

Madrid Area, Spain

$60.0/min N/A 3 $1/min

+ 16 years of experience in venture management, advisory board member, startup traction, growth strategies, fund raising, business development & new economy trends.

Phil Tran

Sydney, NSW

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Serial Entrepreneur, , Early Stage Funding Hustler, Founder and CEO of DealzTap.com, BidzDirect.com and IOBIZ Solutions, Ex-Corporate IBM, All round good guy. haha.

Colin Donohue

Athens, OH / Tbilisi, Georgia

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

I help hone in on the key questions vital to growing companies and take founders to the next level of strategy and focus.

Noman Mahtab

London

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Done double masters and PhD Research Student. Having vast knowledge and experience in Marketing, Economics, Strategic level and mid-level decision making and business research methodology.

Jonathan Sivak

London

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Founder, CEO, serial entrepreneur and tech evangelist. My experience and passion are in helping small businesses find the focus and plan to overcome the early stage growth challenges, and ensure they have the structure and systems in place to scale.

JB Woodruff

Cincinnati, OH

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

My specialty is working with pre-seed, tech-based B2B companies who are interested in becoming investable.

LeX Tan

Europe | US | Asia

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Born in Malaysia, living in Germany, heading Insurtech company and operate in 3 continents. LeX is a serial entrepreneur (founded 5 companies), Insurtech Influencer, Founder of MotionsCloud (Global Insurtech company), Conference Speaker, Internet Marketer, and engineer. I love to share the learning, industry knowhow and tips to succeed in business that can scale globally.

Sree Sivanandan

Bangalore, India

$600.0/min N/A 0 $10/min

Sree is the Founder/Director of NetworkOnomy Ventures a consulting firm that connects Startup founders & C level executives with 'Growth Opportunities'. In his last corporate role as Sr.Director and Head of Asia for Publisher Solutions, Sree was focused on working with CXOs in the region to drive strategic value by using AOL's Publisher Solutions to create great content, distribution through the right channels and optimize revenue partnerships. Prior to joining AOL, Sreejith was leading the partner relationships in Colombia as Country head/Area Sales Head handling the business expansion and operations of Aptech’s Latin America BU. He worked as an Area Business Head for Asset International, a division of Aptech, a global IT training organization. He earned his masters in management, specializing in Marketing and Human resources from Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore. He is an alumnus of executive education programs at Wharton School of Business- the University of Pennsylvania and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

David Hewit

Miami

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Head of Capital Markets @ Bridgewest Group. Institutional investor with 15 years of experience investing in software and technology-enabled service companies.

Gareth Cuddy

Westport, CT

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Paul Allen

London

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I support a wide variety of start-ups and scale-ups, often raising early stage investment (pre-seed; seed and Series A rounds). I work with clients to help them grow rapidly and profitably, get them in fit shape prior to an investment round and / or support them during an investment raise. If you want advice on how to structure your pitch deck; what to leave in and out then book me in for a quick chat !

Dan McCormick

Stockholm

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

I'm currently a Venture Partner & Product Advisor at Antler.co as well as an advisor at multiple leading accelerators in Stockholm. I also run The-Bakery.se who invests in and supports Hardware Enabled startups post-pre-seed in the Nordics. My primary expertise is within new product development and international partnerships though I have an engineering background. The products & businesses I’ve worked on have been ~50/50 B2B vs B2C. And ~50/50 pure digital services vs physical products. Physical products being mostly consumer electronics including industrial design & interaction, manufacturing & distribution. If I were to name drop one company in the startup context, it would be Spotify where I was Product Manager & Program Road Manager on areas such as Home Hardware, Intro of Podcasts including Creator Analytics and Intro of Original Video Content/Shows.

Sagar Tandon

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Founder - Sambhav.app and Consulting Partner @ Faia also: nerd, conscious capitalist, minimalist, entrepreneur, marketer, startup fanboy, Impact Investor, Venture Capital, and Venture Builder. former - Accion and Gray Matters Capital

Val Tsanev

New York

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Corporate development, strategy executive and serial entrepreneur/ founder of several startups with significant experience leading and managing large-scale initiatives and stewarding teams across functional areas in international investment banks and startup organizations. Completed more than $2 billion in M&A, IPO and Follow-On deals while working at Credit Suisse. Founder of several startup organizations across different industries with strong operational background. MBA @ Cornell University, Computer Science @ St.John's University.

MASAKI EBINA

Manila, Philippines

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I am operating rental vacation business in Tokyo and managing a school in the Philippines. Not only business but also many projects I have been related to in terms of investment. I am Japanese so I am familiar with Japanese and South East Asia Market.

Salman Hameed Joiya

Pakistan

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I co-founded a marketplace business (JustBooks / Heart of Darkness - sold to Amazon in 2020) and have invested in half a dozen B2B and B2C marketplaces since. Happy to share my experiences as an entrepreneurs and investor in this space. Amazon is my favorite...

Venkata Vijaybabu

Andhra Pradesh, India

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I am an entrepreneur who is teaching and empowering students in India about entrepreneurship and business skills. I am very skilled person in explaining how to validate your idea , different ways of funding and how to pitch your idea and also how to market your product in the initial stages of the startup .

Marco Unkelbach

Frankfurt

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Since 2009 I am passionate about building up highly diversified teams in uncertain and fast growing enviroments with background in real estate, telecommunication and ecommerce

Jacquelyn Bolles, CPA

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Currently, as part of the Startups.co consulting team, I guide entrepreneurs through the financial modeling and presentation process to help turn their great ideas into successful businesses. Knowing that the financials must tell the story of the business, as well as capture the growth expected to see in the short and long term, I work with the entrepreneur to build their financial story. During my twenty year career as a CPA I have worked extensively with start-ups, turnarounds, and restructures, both in the public and private sector. My resume reflects the companies that hired me in to complete a mission. In addition there are multiple companies I have worked with in a free-lance capacity. My strength is in financial modeling and presentation. There is a clarity in my work that allows entrepreneurs to understand if their project is viable, and if not, what steps are needed to move the project forward. I can easily translate entrepreneur's ideas onto paper, enabling them to present to investors. I bring an energy and enthusiasm to the financial process which turns an usually arduous task into something enjoyable.

Fred Joye

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Cofounder of Arcanys - Software Development Outsourcing. Helped over 100 companies and 50 startups build their dream software. Entrepreneur, tech startup investor (up to USD 200k). Vegan-ish. Triathlete wannabe.

Michael J Wieser

New York, NY

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

Seasoned venture lawyer, Serial entrepreneur (6x Founder), and Partner Emeritus to a Major Angel Group, offering unparalleled legal and strategic counsel to innovative founders aiming to fortify, scale, and position their companies to be attractive to investors and successful exits.