Skip to content

Investment Readiness & Fundraising

Develop all business metrics, support materials to reach investment-readiness, in order for you to raise funds from VCs and strategic investors

Some of the Startups we worked with:

Our Numbers in a nutshell

Worked in

0 +
Countries
Portfolio Raised
0 M+
US$ from international
investors

Supported

0 +
Tech Startups & Scaleups

Your Problems & Challenges

Venture Capital requires to have a 100% investment readiness and venture worthiness to be interesting for funding

Fundraising is becoming the new startup “milestone”, while the real milestones should be sustainable and repeatable company growth

Number #1 reason for startup failure comes from poor PMF and low product and service distribution and growth

1% of all startups will attract the  of 99% of investments. So focus on becoming a top 1% startup and not in excelling in fundraising

Our Focus & Approach

1
We cover fundraising end-to-end, from investor research and filtering, through data room setup, to pitching and negotiations
2
We are trusted and vested partners, not just service providers, always trying to align with clients' interests and successes
3
We work with mainly industry-agnostic B2B tech startups and scaleups, on their post-seed and Series X round
4
Our sweet spots are the first formal rounds in which a solid, repeatable and sustainable growth case is relevant.

Our Products & Services

IR & Fundraising Chat

  • Remote 1-1 sessions with a Managing Partner to discuss problems related to IR & Fundraising
 
  • Expected Results:
    • Direct value with at least 3 implementable action points or solutions to the problems exposed
    • Sharing any tools, case studies, or anything else that is relevant for your company during or shortly after the Chats.
    • Different time slots and package pricing (with discounts) are available

[ffa_button url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQkyS9G0DaYWCzY502tkKFPNn6Gs-5GBdPrib4QO3KExspig/viewform?usp=sf_link” label=”Inquire your IR & Fundraising Chat now” tab=”_blank”]

IR & Fundraising Mentoring

  • We mentor your company / team on Investment Readiness & Fundraising topics, by providing everything that we provide in the IR & Fundraising Chat and IR & Fundraising Checkup on a more long-term basis.
  • Weekly Mentoring Sessions of total 2 hours with Managing Partner
 
  • Expected Results:
    • During the session: Actionable ideas, feedback, tools, solutions, and availability to provide further information after every session on open questions
    • Definition of next steps to be worked by the team between sessions to push things forward
    • Strong accountability between both parties

[ffa_button url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAw0cYLCOMdZEJs0qCbLulMyFK2f8TEbvMyjignelt5BUvFg/viewform?usp=sf_link” label=”Inquire your IR & Fundraising Mentoring now” tab=”_blank”]

IR & Fundraising Consulting

  • We consult your company / team on Investment Readiness & Fundraising topics, by providing everything that we provide in the IR & Fundraising Mentoring sessions, but with executional support.
  • Monthly Mentoring Sessions with 4 package types:
    • From 10 hours to 80 hours monthly with a Managing Partner / Senior PM and with a Business Analyst 
  • Expected Results:
    • During the session: Actionable ideas, feedback, tools, solutions, and availability to provide further information after every session on open questions
    • In between sessions support to your team in implementing, and executing investment and fundraising activities
    • Definition of next steps to be worked by the team between sessions to push things forward
    • Strong accountability between both parties

[ffa_button url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWwFFb31GQtSqVQCtMXL6s4l_urF-MspLQ-OQuhBWT2zOkXA/viewform?usp=sf_link” label=”Inquire your IR & Fundraising Consulting now” tab=”_blank”]

Fundraising Booster (FRB)

  • FundRaising Booster (FRB) is an exclusive and all-inclusive 6-weeks 4-phase program for high-potential Post-Seed & Series  A+ tech startups and scaleups, aiming to maximize fundraising efficiency and to maximize effectiveness and time to funding.
  • Pricing aligns to startups’ business models by offering a mix of retainer and success fees (in form of cash and/or stock options)
 
  • Expected Results:
    • Reaching Investment Readiness and producing all the investment materials and data rooms
    • Providing our FFA investor database + researching new targeted investors for your specific case
    • Organizing 1-1 meetings and pitches with investors
    • Supporting on negotiations, syndications, due diligence, and closing

[ffa_button url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf56RbK-dj3YoSDl7Gf4ojuG6JHaK5vcjMCHKcaMqqu8nwV6w/viewform?usp=sf_link” label=”Inquire your Fundraising Booster now” tab=”_blank”]

Fractional CFO

  • Fractional CFO is a service in which you get the support from a seasoned professional from our managing team to handle any entrepreneurial finance related challenges.
  • From developing financial plans for current or future growth cases, through analyzing and improving unit economics, to raising funds from Venture Capital (VC) and M&A transaction support
  • Pricing aligns to startups’ business models by offering a mix of retainer and success fees (in form of cash and/or stock options)
 
  • Expected Results:
    • Outsource the CFO / VP Fundraising position to us for a given period of time, especially in very early stages when a full-time CFO is too expensive
    • Work on any finance-related activities that you wouldn’t usually work on in your day by day and get an outside perspective on things

[ffa_button url=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm2E_2ykSsEFLlJWitcDprC-GbZfeXHo32A3ltKOO-FAqGyw/viewform?usp=sf_link” label=”Inquire your Fractional CFO now” tab=”_blank”]

Read our Client Stories & Case Studies

Tech Startups & Scaleups
Investment Readiness & Fundraising
We helped raise 6-figure seed rounds from business angels and a 7-figure Series A funding round from prominent VC funds in Singapore
#B2B SaaS #Asia Pacific
We helped Singapore-based B2B SaaS scaleup ezCloud on raising 2 VC rounds, the first 6-figure seed round from local business angels and after 18 months their 7-figure Series A round led by SEA group in Singapore. We supported the whole process end-to-end, from helping to research investors that fit the business, through getting warm intros and meetings, to closing and negotiations.
Tech Startups & Scaleups
Investment Readiness & Fundraising
We supported 720 in their early-stage business planning and in securing their first 6-figure seed funding round with European angel investors
#Sportstech #Europe
We supported Italy-based 720 an innovative skiing and biking helmet to secure their first 6-figure seed funding round with prominent European angel investors. We worked with the founding team to come up with all the elements to build a 0-Series business plan, with a marketing/sales plan pre-tested with some potential distribution partners and a minimal funding plan.
Tech Startups & Scaleups
Investment Readiness & Fundraising
We helped MyGravity to prepare and close their 7-figure bridge seed round by working on the investment materials and all their fundraising activities
#Customer Loyalty #Europe
We helped London-based MyGravity, an innovative customer loyalty solution for SMEs, to prepare and close a 7-figure bridge seed round in mainly the UK (super angel funds and seed funds). We co-created all the investment materials, the data room, did the investor research and shortlisting and supported on the outreach and negotiations activities. MyGravity was acquired by Bink in 2017.
[ffa_button url="https://fastforwardadvisors.com/case-studies-client-stories/" label="See all our Client Stories & Case Studies"]

These messages keep our motivation high and our team going strong

Patrick Pedevilla
Co-Founder & CEO, Seventwenty by Airhelmet

Without Fast Forward Advisors we would’ve not been able to find the project partners and raise the seed funding. We would certainly not be here today

Werner Rainer
Former President of the Board, Health Robotics

Working with FFA enabled us to fully understand which path we could take in terms of venture capital or private equity investments and were very supportive along the whole process

Niklas Jansen
Co-Founder & CPO, Blinkist

Working with FFA enabled us to understand the complexities and opportunities of a B2B / B2B2C strategy, which at that time was out of our reach

[ffa_button url="https://fastforwardadvisors.com/case-studies-client-stories/" label="Read More Client Stories"]

Explore our Content & Resources

Investment Readiness & Fundraising
Tech Startups & Scaleups
How To Find the Right Investors For Your Startup
Every startup founder dreams of landing a meaningful amount of investment. While it can be tempting to simply accept checks from anyone, your investor choices can destroy your dreams or become a source of strength to fuel your success.
[list_taxonomy_terms taxonomy_1="category" taxonomy_3="industry" taxonomy_4="region" taxonomy_5="type" taxonomy_6="post_tag"]
Investment Readiness & Fundraising
Tech Startups & Scaleups
How To Define Your Early Stage Company Valuation
Entrepreneurial Finance and the topic around startup valuation methodologies is substantially different than Corporate Finance and valuations on publicly traded corporations or very mature businesses. We are shedding light on the topic and providing some tools and resources.
[list_taxonomy_terms taxonomy_1="category" taxonomy_3="industry" taxonomy_4="region" taxonomy_5="type" taxonomy_6="post_tag"]
Investment Readiness & Fundraising
Tech Startups & Scaleups
Venture Funding – Phases and Investor Types
The goal of this resource is to provide an overview of the venture funding stages as well as different types of investors typically investing at those stages.
[list_taxonomy_terms taxonomy_1="category" taxonomy_3="industry" taxonomy_4="region" taxonomy_5="type" taxonomy_6="post_tag"]
[ffa_button url="https://fastforwardadvisors.com/blog-resources/" label="See all our Content, Tools & Resources "]

FAQ

Our programs and services are best designed and fit for mainly B2B tech companies with an existing product and ideally with PMF already and experiencing early, traction, aiming to raise a first formal investment round (Series A+). We are industry-agnostic, 80%+ of the IR & Fundraising challenges are common to every industry.

But we also worked with B2C, seed companies, or pre-PMF startups, especially in the low-touch services like chat and mentoring.

We don’t have a crystal ball and can’t predict the future of markets. We focus on having you 100% venture-worthy and investment-ready and maximize your reach to fit investors. We are looking to be more efficient and ideally more effective than if you would be doing fundraising yourselves.

As a side note, in the last 10+ years our portfolio and client companies raised $300M+ in formal and informal venture capital.

Usually we do “investment brokering” only in specific cases: when we have equity / vested interest in the company, or the company hired us for other high-value services like venture growth.

After you inquire / apply to any of the services or programs we’ll review the materials and come back to you with an answer.

 

We don’t have a fixed price list, because we work across different regions and ecosystems. Please inquire/apply to the specific service and we’ll come back to you with our tailored proposal and price list.

In general lines we try to be aggressive on our business models, asking for a mix of retainer fees and success fees (which could include rev-share, commissions on the value created, stock options, or a mix of these), so we can align with our clients’ interests.

It depends on the situation.

We either:

  • Charge service fees which include some mix of retainer fees and success/performance fees, especially for the more complex services

or

  • Hold equity in your companies and therefore are providing the service at competitive prices to appreciate our equity holding

or

  • Are working with you on other services (e.g. venture growth) and therefore can provide IR & Fundraising services as a cheap add-on