Building investor pipelines, booking qualified meetings, and generating business opportunities all come down to one thing: reaching the right people with the right message through a structured process.
I help startups, B2B companies, agencies, professional service firms, founder led businesses, and event organizations build targeted outreach systems for fundraising, investor engagement, sponsorship partnerships, lead generation, appointment setting, and business development.
With 5+ years in fundraising operations, investor outreach, investor list building, and sales & business development, I have built 200+ highly targeted investor and prospect lists and supported fundraising efforts exceeding $100M+ across Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, B, C, and D rounds.
My background spans fundraising operations, venture capital analysis, investment research, market analysis, investor targeting, and business development, giving me a deeper understanding of how investors evaluate opportunities, assess markets, and make investment decisions. I understand investment thesis alignment, fundraising readiness, competitive positioning, investor psychology, and the importance of connecting businesses with the right investors, prospects, sponsors, and strategic partners.
━━━ FUNDRAISING OPERATIONS & INVESTOR OUTREACH ━━━
→ Investor list building across angel investors, VCs, family offices, private equity firms, and institutional investors
→ Investor targeting based on investment thesis, sector, geography, stage, check size, portfolio fit, and fundraising strategy
→ Fundraising support across Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, and Series D
→ Investor outreach via cold email and LinkedIn, personalized to investor portfolio, thesis, and psychology
→ Investor CRM management, fundraising pipeline tracking, investor relations support, and outreach execution
→ Pitch deck and fundraising material alignment with investor expectations
→ Research tools: Crunchbase | PitchBook | Tracxn | AngelList | LinkedIn Sales Navigator
━━━ SALES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ━━━
→ Outbound system design using cold email, LinkedIn outreach, and multichannel prospecting
→ ICP development, prospect list building, lead enrichment, and strategic targeting
→ Appointment setting, follow up cadences, pipeline progression, and outreach execution
→ Account based outreach, messaging optimization, and relationship driven prospecting
→ Sponsorship outreach and brand partnership prospecting for events, conferences, creator brands, founder led businesses, and media companies
→ CRM setup and pipeline management using HubSpot, Zoho CRM, GoHighLevel, Salesforce, and Google Sheets
→ Email deliverability including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, mailbox warm up, domain rotation, and inbox placement
→ Workflow automation using Make, Zapier, and API based workflows
→ Outreach and prospecting tools: Clay | Apollo | Instantly | Smartlead | Lemlist | HeyReach | LinkedIn Sales Navigator
→ AI assisted prospect research and outreach personalization using Clay, Apollo, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator
━━━ INVESTMENT, VC & MARKET ANALYSIS ━━━
→ Venture capital research, investment research, and market analysis
→ Competitive landscape analysis, fundraising readiness research, and investor fit analysis
→ Industry mapping, sector analysis, and market intelligence for fundraising and business growth
→ Strategic research for startups, founder led businesses, and growth companies
━━━ WHO I WORK WITH ━━━
→ Startups raising capital and building investor pipelines
→ Founders needing structured fundraising operations and investor outreach
→ B2B and SaaS companies building outbound systems and business development pipelines
→ Agencies, consultants, CFO firms, RIAs, and service businesses seeking lead generation, appointment setting, and business development support
→ Event organizations, media companies, and founder led brands seeking sponsorship outreach and strategic partnerships
I do not believe in mass outreach or generic lists.
Every investor list, prospect list, sponsorship list, and outreach campaign is curated, researched, and structured to generate qualified meetings, stronger investor engagement, real conversations, and measurable outcomes.
If you need help building investor pipelines, generating qualified business opportunities, running structured outreach, or creating a repeatable process for fundraising, sponsorships, and business development — reach out and let's build it.
List Building
Venture Capital
Investment Research
Private Equity
Investor List
Fundraising
Lead Generation
Contact List
Venture Capital Consulting
Pitchbook
Investor Overview
Market Research
Sales Development
Business Development
Appointment Setting
Outreach Strategy
Outbound Sales
Ayomide A.
Lagos, Nigeria
$10/hr
5.0
2 jobs
𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬.
Most B2B businesses I've worked with weren't failing because of their offer. They were failing because nobody had sat down and figured out who exactly needed to hear it, where those people actually were, and how to reach them without coming across as another email to ignore.
That's a research problem. And it's also an outreach problem. And it's exactly what I've spent years solving.
Here's how I work. You tell me who your ideal customer is the industry, the job title, the company size, the geography, whatever criteria matters most to your business. I go and find them. Not by running a quick database filter and calling it a day, but by combining professional prospecting platforms, LinkedIn, and real hands-on manual research to track down the contacts that most people wouldn't take the time to look for. Every email on the list gets verified before it reaches you. What you receive is clean, accurate, and ready to use.
For clients who need more than a list, I also handle the outreach side. Cold email sequences, LinkedIn messaging, inbox warm-up, campaign setup I can run the whole thing or plug into whatever part of the process needs the most work.
Two clients I'll mention because their results say more than I can. A logistics software company came to me after months of cold email that wasn't converting. A recruitment firm came to me with no outbound process at all. For both, I started with the research, tightened the targeting, built out the outreach, and within eight weeks both were booking calls consistently. The volume of contacts didn't change much. The quality of who they were reaching changed completely.
I don't hand over a file and disappear. If something on the list doesn't look right, we fix it. If the outreach isn't landing the way it should, we adjust. The job isn't done until the work actually does what it's supposed to do.
Before we start anything, give me your target role, industry, company type No pitch attached. Just the work, so you can see what you'd be getting before you commit to anything.
If the right people aren't hearing from you yet, that's worth fixing.
Send me a message and let's start there.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲:
✔ I've worked in sales long enough to know what a genuinely useful lead looks like I'm not here to pad numbers
✔ Everything delivered is verified, organized, and formatted so your team can use it without doing extra work first
✔ I build follow-up into the outreach so conversations don't go cold after the first touch
✔ You get clear updates at every stage no surprises, no chasing me for a status
✔ List building, outreach setup, or both I work around what you actually need
𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀
b2b lead generation, lead generation specialist, lead generation expert, targeted lead generation, b2b lead gen, lead generation for startups, lead generation for agencies, lead generation for saas, lead generation for small business, lead generation for real estate, lead generation for coaches, lead generation for consultants, outbound lead generation, niche lead generation, local lead generation, global lead generation, linkedin lead generation, linkedin outreach, linkedin prospecting, linkedin sales navigator, linkedin b2b leads, linkedin contact research, linkedin messaging, linkedin campaign, linkedin cold outreach, cold email outreach, cold email campaign, cold email list building, cold email copywriting, cold email sequence, email outreach strategy, personalized cold email, inbox warm up, email deliverability, prospect list building, b2b prospecting, sales prospecting, verified b2b leads, decision maker targeting, icp research, contact list building, lead list building, lead enrichment, sales list building, account based prospecting, firmographic research, technographic research, geo targeted prospecting, company research, niche lead research, email list building, verified email list, business email sourcing, professional email research, email verification, direct email finding, bounce free email list, email database building, contact research, email finder, hubspot crm, gohighlevel crm, crm data entry, crm database management, crm list import, crm cleanup, salesforce, zoho crm, pipedrive, zapier, business development representative, bdr services, sales development representative, sdr support, appointment setting, appointment booking, cold calling, sales qualified leads, outbound sales support, revenue generation, web research, data entry, data mining, data scraping, web scraping, data collection, data cleaning, database cleanup, data management, internet research, manual research, data enrichment, data accuracy, ceo leads, cfo leads, founder leads, vp leads, director contacts, c-level contacts, executive targeting, senior decision
Lead Generation
Sales Lead Lists
Social Media Lead Generation
Telemarketing
Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Materials
Digital Marketing Strategy
Marketing
Sales
Sales Strategy
CRM Automation
Sales & Marketing
Sales Management
Sales Copy
Sales Funnel
B2B Lead Generation
B2B Marketing
B2C Marketing
Appointment Setting
Cold Email
Johnson S.
Lagos, Nigeria
$4/hr
5.0
8 jobs
Launching a startup or scaling a SaaS company without reliable market data is risky. I help startups, SaaS companies, founders, and investors make smarter business decisions through data-driven market research.
I specialize in Competitive Intelligence, Market Sizing (TAM, SAM, SOM), Customer Insights, Industry Research, and Startup Validation. My research helps businesses understand market demand, identify competitors, uncover growth opportunities, validate products, and reduce business risk before investing time and money.
My Core Services:
✓ Market Research
✓ Competitor Analysis
✓ Competitive Intelligence
✓ Market Sizing (TAM, SAM, SOM)
✓ Industry Research
✓ Customer Research
✓ Consumer Insights
✓ Startup Validation
✓ Product Validation
✓ Market Opportunity Assessment
✓ Market Entry Research
✓ Go-to-Market (GTM) Research
✓ Buyer Persona Development
✓ Customer Segmentation
✓ SWOT Analysis
✓ PESTLE Analysis
✓ Trend Analysis
✓ Executive Research Reports
✓ Business Intelligence Reports
✓ Data Analysis & Visualization
I help answer critical business questions:
• Is there real demand for this product?
• Who are the strongest competitors?
• What opportunities exist in the market?
• How large is the market opportunity?
• Who is the ideal customer?
• What strategy will improve market positioning?
I combine qualitative and quantitative research using trusted industry reports, company filings, customer reviews, surveys, public databases, and market intelligence sources to deliver clear, actionable insights not just data.
Industries I specialize in:
• SaaS
• AI & Technology
• FinTech
• B2B Software
• Startups
If you're building, validating, launching, or expanding a startup or SaaS business, I can provide the research and insights you need to make confident, data-driven decisions.
Let's discuss your project.
Market Research
Market Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Competitive Intelligence
Industry Research
Consumer Research
Customer Analysis
Business Research
Product Research
Startup Consulting
Business Intelligence
Data Analysis
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Trend Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Report Writing
Research Methods
Data Visualization
Sizing
Stephanie O.
Lagos Island, Nigeria
$8/hr
5.0
1 jobs
Your organization is trying to grow, but the right partnerships are not coming in.
You are reaching out, but responses are low. Conversations don’t convert. And outreach process feels unstructured instead of strategic.
What happens next determines whether your initiative gains traction or stays stuck in constant outreach with no real results.
𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.
I am an Outreach & Partnership Specialist who helps businesses and organizations build structured outreach systems that generate leads, form strategic partnerships, and create consistent growth opportunities across industries.
I work across both B2B and B2C environments, supporting startups, service providers, and organizations in building meaningful relationships that turn into business opportunities.
Here is what I bring to the table:
✔ B2B outreach and partnership development across industries
✔ Lead generation and prospect research for targeted campaigns
✔ Cold and warm email outreach with structured follow-ups
✔ Business development support and relationship management
✔ Collaboration and sponsorship outreach
✔ CRM tracking, pipeline management, and reporting
✔ Community and stakeholder engagement
✔ Administrative and coordination support for outreach operations
I do not just send messages. I build organized outreach systems that identify the right people, initiate meaningful conversations, and keep relationships moving until they convert into real opportunities.
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WHAT I HANDLE
→ Targeted lead research across industries and markets
→ Outreach strategy design and execution
→ Cold email campaigns and follow-up sequences
→ Partnership and collaboration development
→ Sponsorship and business development outreach
→ Pipeline tracking and relationship management
→ Meeting coordination and stakeholder communication
→ Administrative support for outreach operations
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INDUSTRIES I SUPPORT
SaaS | E-commerce | Startups | Education | Nonprofits | Service-based businesses | Tech-enabled companies | Community organizations | Edicational Institutions
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TOOLS I WORK WITH
Google Workspace (Excel/Sheets) · CRM tools · Email platforms · Notion · Slack · Trello · Asana. Go High Level, 3cx
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HOW I WORK
I approach outreach with structure, research, and consistency.
I identify the right prospects, personalize communication, follow up strategically, and ensure no opportunity is lost in the pipeline.
I am proactive, organized, and comfortable working independently or within a team. My focus is always on building real connections that lead to measurable business outcomes.
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WHO I WORK BEST WITH
You are a business or organization that wants more than random outreach,you want a system that consistently brings in leads, partnerships, and growth opportunities.
If that sounds like you, send me a message or invite me to your project. I respond quickly and I am ready to support your outreach goals.
Partnership Development
Partnership & Collaborations Outreach
Outreach Strategy
Community Outreach
Vendor & Supplier Outreach
Email Outreach
Influencer Outreach
B2B Lead Generation
Business Development
Market Research
Lead Generation
Lead Nurturing
Cold Calling
PipelineDeals
Data Entry
Obiefule N.
Lagos, Nigeria
$15/hr
4.3
32 jobs
Need qualified meetings that actually turn into revenue, not just a calendar full of calls?
I help B2B companies build predictable outbound pipelines by researching the right prospects, writing personalized outreach, booking qualified appointments, negotiating with decision-makers, and converting conversations into long-term customers and strategic partnerships.
Hi, I'm Princess, an experienced Sales Development Representative (SDR), Appointment Setter, and Business Development professional specializing in B2B outbound sales across SaaS, logistics, fintech, professional services, and technology companies.
I've worked with startups and growing businesses to build outbound sales systems from scratch, generate qualified opportunities, and support founders throughout the entire sales process, from prospect research to signed contracts.
My experience includes:
• Building targeted prospect lists using Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Clay, Instantly, Hunter, and other sales intelligence platforms.
• Creating personalized cold email and LinkedIn outreach campaigns that generate replies and qualified meetings.
• Managing discovery calls, objection handling, pricing discussions, and moving prospects through the sales pipeline.
• Developing partnership pipelines with agencies, consultants, and strategic business partners.
• Working directly with founders and executives while taking ownership of the entire outbound sales process.
One recent example:
For a licensed European crypto and digital assets company, I built outbound partnership campaigns targeting immigration lawyers, relocation agencies, and real estate firms. Within two months, I booked 15 qualified partnership meetings, 13 of which converted into active partnerships.
Clients commonly hire me to:
✔ Prospect and build highly targeted lead lists
✔ Book qualified appointments with decision-makers
✔ Run cold email and LinkedIn outbound campaigns
✔ Qualify leads before they reach your calendar
✔ Develop strategic partnerships
✔ Negotiate pricing and move deals toward signed agreements
✔ Improve CRM hygiene and sales pipeline management
✔ Support founders who need someone to own outbound sales
Tools I regularly work with:
• Apollo
• Clay
• LinkedIn Sales Navigator
• Instantly
• HubSpot
• Salesforce
• GoHighLevel
• RingCentral
• Calendly
• Zoom
• Google Workspace
• Microsoft Office
I enjoy working with startups, founder-led businesses, SaaS companies, logistics firms, AI companies, and growing B2B organizations that want someone who can take ownership of outbound sales and consistently generate qualified opportunities, not just send messages.
If you're looking for someone who understands how to research prospects, start meaningful conversations, qualify opportunities, and help turn outreach into revenue, I'd love to discuss your project.
SaaS
Phone Support
Email Support
LinkedIn
Inbound Marketing
Inbound Inquiry
Outbound Sales
Appointment Setting
Appointment Scheduling
Warm Leads
Sales
Sales Development
Business Development
Cold Calling
Cold Email
Sales & Marketing
Sales Funnel Builder
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Telemarketing
Phone Communication
Susan O.
Ibadan, Nigeria
$25/hr
5.0
11 jobs
Most freelancers set up cold email campaigns and hope for replies.
I build cold outreach systems that connect deliverability infrastructure, automation, CRM tracking, and conversion logic, so you don't just send emails, you build a predictable pipeline.
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"Susan is the best email marketer. I was hoping to get replies from leads,
and I got them. We'll hire her again for future projects." - Gunjondev
Here's the TRUTH most people learn the hard way:
Your cold email campaign is only as strong as your 'Deliverability'.
It doesn't matter how good your copy is.
It doesn't matter how targeted your list is.
It doesn't matter how perfectly timed your follow-ups are.
If your emails aren't reaching the inbox, nothing works.
Domains get burned. Emails land in spam. Sender reputation collapses.
Leads never see your message. Replies never come.
And most people never figure out why.
I fix that, at the infrastructure level, before it costs you pipeline.
Email Deliverability isn't a setting you toggle.
It's a SYSTEM you build, and most cold email setups skip it entirely.
Proper Email deliverability means:
→ Every sending domain is authenticated - SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX records
→ Every inbox is warmed up correctly before a single prospect email is sent
→ Sending volume scales gradually, not blasted out cold on day one
→ Domain reputation is monitored continuously across Gmail and Outlook
→ Bounce rates stay below 2% and spam complaints stay near zero
→ Your emails land in the primary inbox, not spam, not promotions
Email Warm-up is where most cold email infrastructure fails. Skipping warm-up or rushing it destroys sender reputation before your first campaign even launches.
I run structured inbox warm-up using Instantly.ai and Smartlead, building domain authority progressively until every mailbox is ready to send at full volume without triggering spam filters or ISP throttling.
This is the foundation. Everything else sits on top of it.
Here's what I build:
🔴 Email Infrastructure & Deliverability
→ Domain and inbox setup (Google Workspace / Outlook)
→ SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNS authentication, correctly configured
→ MX records setup & email authentication verification
→ Inbox warm-up & mailbox warm-up via Instantly.ai & Smartlead
→ Sending rotation across multiple warmed domains
→ Gmail inbox placement & Outlook inbox placement monitoring
→ Spam placement diagnosis & fixing
→ Blacklist recovery & sender reputation repair
→ Deliverability audits for underperforming sending environments
→ Ongoing domain health monitoring & maintenance
🔴 Cold Outreach Setup (Instantly | Smartlead | Apollo | Clay)
→ Multi-inbox campaign architecture
→ Safe sending limits & domain protection
→ Lead sourcing & enrichment workflows
→ Verified lead list building
→ Clean data to reduce bounce rates
→ Cold email sequence writing & follow-ups
🔴 Campaign Management & Optimization
→ Cold email A/B testing
→ Open rate & reply rate optimization
→ Cold email analytics & performance reporting
→ Sequence structure & messaging flow
→ Reply handling logic & inbox management
→ Fixing broken campaigns & underperforming sequences
🔴 Lead Generation & List Building
→ B2B lead list building via Apollo io, Clay com & Hunter io
→ Lead verification & hygiene enforcement
→ ICP definition & prospect segmentation
→ Lead enrichment & cold email personalization at scale
→ High-volume cold outreach infrastructure
I don't just "send emails."
I build systems that turn cold outreach into consistent revenue.
HOW I WORK:
- I'm available 30+ hours per week and respond within 4 hours.
- Before any work begins, I send you a project BRIEF outlining exactly what I'll build, the steps I'll take, and what the final deliverable looks like, you APPROVE it before a single hour is billed.
- Every project is delivered with a full handoff document, a written SOP covering how your system works, how to manage it going forward, and what to monitor.
You own it completely. No ongoing dependency on me required.
If you're:
✔ Starting cold email from scratch
✔ Fixing spam and email deliverability issues
✔ Landing in spam despite warm-up attempts
✔ Scaling to high-volume cold outreach
✔ Getting views but zero replies on campaigns
✔ Dealing with blacklisted or burned domains
✔ Cleaning up broken outreach infrastructure
✔ Unsure if your SPF, DKIM, or DMARC is set up correctly
Let's build it properly.
Before messaging, please share:
● Your target audience
● Your current setup
● Your goal (meetings, demos, sales)
I'll tell you exactly what structure makes sense.
Cold email should be a growth channel, not a gamble.
Sound like a fit?
Click "Invite to Job" or send me a message & let's build your strategy.
KEY SKILLS:
Cold email outreach strategy, Cold email campaign management, Cold email setup, Cold email automation, Cold email deliverability, Email deliverability optimization, Inbox placement, Spam prevention, Sender reputation management, Domain warm-up, Mailbox warm-up
Email Automation
Email Marketing
Lead Generation
Email Deliverability
DNS
Email Outreach
Cold Email
List Building
Outreach Email Copywriting
Clay
Email Campaign Setup
Apollo.io
LinkedIn
Sales Copywriting
Sales Leads
Campaign Management
Email Campaign Optimization
Email Support
Email Marketing Platform Support
Claude
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