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💼 Investor-Style Startup Screening See your startup through an investor's eyes. 🚀 Most founders know their business deeply. Few know exactly how investors are likely to read it. I'm an analyst at DueCap, a Silicon Valley startup screening firm. We help investors review startup opportunities by analyzing pitch decks and supporting materials, identifying inconsistencies and information gaps, and preparing structured screening briefs. I offer founders the same investor-style perspective. ‼️ This is not pitch deck design, copywriting, or fundraising coaching. I will not rewrite your story. I will review your startup the way an investor is likely to - looking for missing information, weak assumptions, inconsistencies, unsupported claims, and the questions that naturally arise during an investment review. ✅ What you'll receive • Independent investor-style review of your startup • Analysis of your pitch deck and any supporting materials you choose to provide • Identification of inconsistencies, information gaps, and weak assumptions • Key questions investors are likely to ask • A structured written screening brief you can use before investor conversations ℹ️ What I need from you Just send me your pitch deck. That's enough to begin. If additional documents would materially improve the review, I'll let you know. Best for • Pre-seed, seed, and Series A startups • Founders preparing to raise capital • Teams preparing for investor meetings or demo days • Founders who want an independent second opinion before fundraising 👁️ Want to see exactly what the output looks like? A sample DueCap screening brief is included in my portfolio.

I have a history of high success in both the corporate and startup worlds: - Founded Hiperwall, grew it into a global multi-million-dollar business without investors - Managed Zetera global sales, marketing and manufacturing, helped raise over $20M - Part of the 4 person team that launched the Westinghouse line of LCD televisions - Oversaw a corporate turn-around at Premier mounts, restoring profitability and growth - Grew Canon computer sales by over 20% while increasing gross margin by 13% - Increased Compaq notebook sales by 50% to $500M annually in less than 1 year - Received a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America, their highest award I began my career as a software engineer, working for large enterprises like McDonnell Douglass and Xerox, as well as startup Dayflo, named software company of the year by PC Magazine. Over time, I transitioned to a technical marketing role, then through product management, brand management, strategic planning and eventually into general management. In 2000 I shifted my focus to the world of hi-tech startups. Since that time, I have worked exclusively for emerging companies as a consultant, employee, advisor, board member or founder. I am an adjunct college professor, teaching start-up skills to would-be entrepreneurs. I hold multiple granted patents, with additional patents pending, and am a published author whose work has appeared in preeminent publications such as PC Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, PC Computing and Digital Signage Magazine.

Howdy! I am a seasoned commercial real estate advisor specializing in contract creation/negotiation and investment analysis that also loves helping businesses grow and develop new strategies from a high-level technical standpoint, whether it's product development or financial strategy. I'm looking forward to hearing what your goals are and assisting you in your project. —$1B+ in real estate asset underwriting and due diligence —Real estate tech co founder x2 (data science and valuation) —10 years in real estate development, management, legal & financial advisory —7 years web product development and deployment —4 years blockchain governance and innovation

✦ MY TRACK RECORD I’m a founder-turned-consultant with 18+ years of experience building and advising startups across industries. I’ve walked the founder path myself launching, scaling, and exiting a business so I know what it takes to turn vision into traction and raise capital from serious investors. To date, I’ve partnered with over 330 startups (and many more through referrals), helping them go from pre-seed to Series C and beyond. Whether you're refining your story for angels or preparing to pitch top-tier VCs, I can help you get there with clarity and confidence. I’ll take you through my refined, step-by-step process to build compelling investment materials that will secure funding and accelerate growth. I hold degrees from Columbia University (BA) and The George Washington University (MBA) and reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I am an active member of Silicon Valley’s oldest angel investment group, The Band of Angels. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and boy in Ross, California in Nor Cal's Marin County within the Bay Area. ✦ CORE OFFERINGS Pitch Decks Investor-ready content and clean, modern design in Google Slides, Keynote, or PowerPoint. Executive Summaries (1-Pagers) Concise and compelling—perfect for cold outreach or investor intros. Sales Presentations Win deals with pitch-perfect decks for clients and partners. Business Plans Investor-grade plans in Google Docs or Word—detailed, structured, and clear. Financial Models Fully editable Excel models with 5-year projections, breakeven, cash flow, balance sheet, and more. Fundraising Support Custom investor list curation, outreach strategy, and fractional support managing the raise. ✦ WHO I WORK WITH I’ve supported startups in: AI • SaaS • Consumer Goods • B2B Tech • Fintech • Real Estate • Edtech • Health & Wellness • Fashion • Adtech • Legal Tech • Media • Hospitality • Aerospace • Life Sciences • Biotech • Crypto • Biotech • Blockchain • Insure-tech • PropTech • Cybersecurity • GovTech • E-commerce/DTC • Creator Economy • Marketplaces • Telemedicine / Digital Health • Food & Beverage • Transportation / Mobility • Gaming • Logistics & Supply Chain ✦ DELIVERY TIMELINES Pitch Deck (content and design): 3 weeks Deck + Financial Model: 3 weeks Full Package (Deck + Model + Plan): 6 weeks Executive Summary / 1-Pager: 7 days ✦ WHY CLIENTS HIRE ME ✔️ Former founder who gets it ✔️ Extremely organized and detail-oriented ✔️ Great communicator and listener ✔️ Process-driven and deadline-oriented ✔️ I make your raise easier, faster, and more effective ◼️ MY EDGE Work with an expert (330+ projects on Upwork) Receive investor-ready material Save time and headache A proven process that works Easy to work with ◼️ TESTIMONIALS "The best freelancer on Upwork—Peter and his team crushed it!" "Brilliant, professional, and responsive. I highly recommend working with him!" "Peter helped us raise capital with materials that investors consistently praised." Let’s talk!

Lifelong entrepreneur, having built and scaled 3 successful startups, raised over $10M in venture capital, and sold my first company for 8-figures at age 25. I’m a coach and builder at heart - I love rolling up my sleeves and using my experience to help you get to the right answers faster. I’ve coached 50+ founders on product, design, growth, marketing, analytics, fundraising, consumer retention, and enterprise sales. Some of my highest leverage strengths are: ✅ FUNDRAISING: having built over 100 pitch decks and successfully pitched Sequoia Capital, a16z, Greylock, Benchmark, Accel, and many other Tier 1 VC's in the Silicon Valley. ✅ STORYTELLING: crafting your brand positioning, product marketing, features/benefits, and distilling your message to resonate with your core persona. ✅ PRODUCT: building a product development lifecycle, hypothesis-driven development and iteration, working cross-functionally to ensure design, engineering, marketing, are all aligned on moving your key metrics forward. ✅ GROWTH: built several consumer web/mobile apps, notably scaling to >1M users and >4M unique monthly transactions through both organic and paid-led growth strategies. ✅ STARTUP INFRASTRUCTURE: building the foundational processes to enable growth, including your performance marketing (e.g. Meta ad accounts), product analytics (e.g. Segment/Amplitude), financial models, bookkeeping, sales funnels, cap tables, etc. Currently CEO of Perspective, a rapidly growing AI startup based in San Francisco backed by many notable VC’s and angel investors. Reach out and let’s chat!

Hi, I'm Rob, a business consultant with over 15 years experience working with start-ups, SMBs, VC/PE firms and Fortune 500 companies. As both a Principal and member of The Stagira Group, my team of over 600 consultants and I, focus on providing solutions in areas such as: business strategy, technology, operational efficiency, sales & marketing solutions, coaching & mentoring, investment prep and assistance in raising capital for various entities. EXPERTISE: 📊 Business Strategy -Business development strategies -Digital marketing & ad management (social media, Google, LinkedIn, etc.) -Operational efficiency -Data analysis -Fractional & interim CxO placements 🌐 Technology -Digital transformation -Cyber security -Data migrations -System integrations -Fractional & interim CxO placements 📈 Capital Raising -For: start-ups, private equity funds (Reg D & Reg A) and publicly traded funds -Seed/angel, series A-D & pre-IPO investment prep -Presentation building, mentoring & coaching -Fractional and interim capital raising specialist placement The Stagira Group is an experienced and proud group of over 600 financial & IT consultants, fractional CxOs and mentors/coaches, who are always eager to take on new projects and challenges. We are always passionate about providing the best services and solutions for each one of our clients to ensure our client's success. Ready to get started? Let us know how we can assist you with your business goals & initiatives during a complimentary 15 minute consultation. Book now, and we look forward to speaking with you soon.