As a seasoned business consultant with a strong foundation in valuation, corporate finance, fundraising, and investment banking, I'm committed to helping businesses navigate complex financial challenges and achieve sustainable growth. With 7 years of experience in the industry, I've successfully assisted clients across various sectors, including e-commerce, health, and fintech.
My expertise lies in:
Comprehensive business valuations: Conducting thorough assessments to determine the true worth of your enterprise.
Strategic corporate finance: Providing expert guidance on mergers, acquisitions, and capital structure optimization.
Efficient fundraising: Developing effective strategies to secure the capital you need to expand your business.
Captivating pitch deck creation: Crafting compelling presentations that resonate with investors and secure funding.
In-depth investment banking analysis: Leveraging my experience in investment banking to provide valuable insights and support.
I'm passionate about helping businesses succeed, and I'm committed to delivering exceptional results. If you're seeking a trusted advisor to guide you through the complexities of valuation, corporate finance, fundraising, or investment banking, I'm here to assist you.
Venture Capital Consulting
Business Plan
Financial Planning
Analytical Presentation
Management Consulting
Valuation
Pitch Deck
Arthur W.
Norwich, United Kingdom
$125/hr
5.0
155 jobs
🏆 "Need a pitch deck? Stop looking...you've found your guy. Yes, Arthur is THAT good." — VC-Backed FinTech Founder (raised over $25M then successfully acquired)
🌍 Global Backers & Major Exits
My clients have successfully raised from investors, accelerators, VC & PE funds and sovereign entities across the US, UK, EU, and Middle East. They’ve also been acquired by multinational corporations.
I won’t pretend to know more about your business than you do. My experience helps me ask the right questions to get straight to the heart of your best investor-facing story.
My clients' investors include: a16z, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Techstars, Wa'ed Ventures (Saudi Aramco), KAUST, Mark Cuban, Michael Jordan, Shark Tank, Kaiser Permanente, Chanel, Red Bull, Jägermeister, Asics, HSBC, US Dept of Defense, San Francisco Equity Partners, PE Fund ($280B AUM).
My clients M&As: Alliance Pharma, Corsearch, Ziff Davis.
🎯 About You
My clients are looking to start up, scale globally or penetrate the US market.
Founders, CEOs & GPs: You get a presentation partner who respects your schedule and uses high-impact, short briefs to help you pitch your venture in your own voice.
Legal & Fund Teams: You get a vetted specialist who works directly with your portfolio founders to produce investment-grade materials on a timeline you can trust.
Marketing Directors & GTM Leads: A low-friction collaboration requiring zero hand-holding that makes you look exceptional in front of leadership.
📦 Fixed-Price Outcomes & Packaging
I run a specialized investor presentation studio. I own the pitch deck narrative architecture, investor positioning, and core storytelling strategy. I have a trusted design team I’ve worked with for more than five years. Everything we do involves several iterations on a timeline that suits you.
Starter: Custom Pitch Deck Wireframe (BYO Design)
What you get: Your best investor-facing story, with the right numbers in the right order. ~15 slides, copy only PowerPoint for handoff to design. Package starts at $500.
Standard: Fully Designed Custom Pitch Deck (Strategy + Design)
What you get: End-to-end strategy, positioning and narrative fully designed and delivered over several revisions. Packages start at $1500.
Advanced: Fully Designed Custom Pitch Deck + Ongoing Raise Support
What you get: Everything in the Standard tier, plus a talk track, comprehensive 1-on-1 presentation coaching so you can present on loom, zoom or in a room, and ongoing support for updates, plus scope for conference materials and other collateral. Packages start at $2500.
🚀 The Proof is in the Client Reviews
➡️ "With his help, our business has grown enormously. Arthur is a true UNICORN!" — Enterprise Client ($250K+ spent on my investor-facing pitches)
➡️ "As an M&A and VC attorney I've seen countless pitch decks, but Arthur's work truly stands out. He is a sharp thinker who always goes the extra mile and delivers best in class work." — Veteran Insurtech Client
📈 Process
We operate on a proven process designed to suit your fundraising timeline—whether that means a 48-hour sprint, a one-week turnaround, or a multi-month institutional raise.
Phase 1: Deep Dive & Get the Story Right → We map out exactly who you are pitching, identify their specific triggers, and extract the core thesis from your brain.
Phase 2: Narrative & Studio Design → We lock in the copy wireframe before moving it to elite visual execution based on your brand guidelines.
Phase 3: Set You Up for Success → You receive fully editable source documents, a comprehensive talk track, and presentation coaching so you own the room.
As an alumnus, I'll be on call for light text edits and minor iterations throughout the lifecycle of your raise.
🌐 Core Sectors
AI & Deep Tech, Energy, Power + Compute, Defense, Consumer, B2B Tech, Pharma, Healthcare, Medtech, Real Estate, and VC Funds.
⚠️ I do not partner with or refer clients to third-party "investor prospecting" or cold-brokerage list services. If you are looking for those, we are not a fit.
❌ You want someone to pitch on your behalf. I support founder-led storytelling, because that’s the only effective way to raise
🛫 Next Step
If you're ready to make or fix an investor presentation, invite me to interview for your job post or send over a direct message to tell me what's up.
You can also browse my Project Catalog below to purchase a fixed-price package directly, kickstart our discovery process instantly, and review feedback from the founders, CEOs, and GPs who have had a great time working with me.
Venture Capital Consulting
Business Plan
Startup Consulting
Pitch Deck
Fundraising Presentation
Presentation Design
Presentations
Investor Overview
Microsoft PowerPoint
Pitchbook
Real Estate Business Plan
Google Slides
Storytelling
Go-to-Market Strategy
Marketing Strategy
Fundraising
Business Presentation
Proposal Writing
Business Proposal
Proposal
Antonio B.
London, United Kingdom
$200/hr
5.0
11 jobs
Fractional CFO and strategic advisor to growing companies and investors.
20 years experience in Tech (Fintech, Healthtech, Edtech, SaaS, DTC), Energy, Media/Entertainment, Consumer, and across markets - North America, Europe, Asia and Middle East.
Background from Strategy and Operations Consulting, Corporate Finance firms and Venture Capital.
Fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Offer both advisory and hands-on execution support in:
Strategy:
• Identifying and valuing strategies
• Designing, developing and planning new propositions or products
Operations:
• Designing business operations, and launching and managing new business roll-outs
• Designing and developing digital products and services
Finance, capital and transactions:
• Creating financial projections and plans, and developing and analysing scenarios
• Improving performance, and aligning operations and costs with strategy
• Producing investor documents and raising capital
• Identifying and assessing acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint-ventures
Recent example engagements:
Financial Modelling and Planning / Interim CFO
• Interim CFO for: online travel platform, film production studio, online rental platform, membership community, retail/ecommerce company; marketing and merchandising company, mobile payments solutions company, organic skincare care company, bakery and restaurants chain;
• Financial models for: medical device company, health and wellness company, games development studio, B2B lending platform, care homes operator;
• Financial planning and restructuring plan for a wine producer;
Capital Raising and M&A:
• 10m growth capital raise for UK based landmark cultural venue and members club;
• 0.5m pre-seed capital raise for AI assistant for software development;
• 7m series A capital raise for payments company in travel sector;
• 4m seed capital raise for activities listing and booking marketplace;
• 5m seed capital raise for online lending origination and financial insights platform;
• Merger of digital and mobile banking platform with B2B crypto payments platform;
• Acquisitions targets mapping and screening for legal services and technology provider;
• 300m acquisition of leading UK entertainment group by leading M/E media group;
Venture Capital:
• Portfolio analysis and investment strategy for London-based emerging VC investor (25m fund);
• Medtech VC portfolio analysis and valuation (100m fund) for an investor (LP);
• Investment strategy and screening for a London/New York based VC investor for multiple ventures in fintech, health sciences and gaming;
• Strategy and investment memos for investments in natural resources for London-based VC - helium production, diamond exploration, medical cannabis production, energy operations;
• Analysis of investment opportunities in robotics, fitness tech and cybersecurity, for San Francisco based Strategic Finance advisor;
Strategy, Growth, Innovation
• Business model and go to market strategy for Energy as a Service for global Energy Major;
• Innovation and growth opportunities analysis for leading US wealthtech provider;
• Pricing strategy as-a-service model for payments data security services company;
• Performance analysis and pricing strategy of service operations for cash management technology provider;
Acquisitions
Corporate Finance
Investment Preparation
Pricing
Financial Planning
Digital Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Investor Overview
Financial Analysis
Business Modeling
Business Analysis
Business Consulting
Denis O.
Loughborough, United Kingdom
$250/hr
5.0
4 jobs
I work with entrepreneurs who want to have more focus and
founders who want to execute more high-growth strategies.
With me, you get a blend of high-octane inspiration, imagination and
ingenuity all designed to help you crack open markets AND slow
down or stop all the other entrepreneurs snapping at the heels of
your great idea.
I swear. I laugh, I shock, I think, I dream. All with one goal - to help
you crack open the crystal wall of convention that keeps startups
small and shatters dreams.
What do I do for you? Wrong question. What do you do for yourself
after talking with me?
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In 2021 I was the top-rated mentor at 500 Startups, whose portfolio
includes 41 companies valued at $1B+ and 125 companies valued
at more than $100 million.
I was also one of the top mentors, out of
3000+ at MaGIC and GrowthMentor.com as well as mentoring at the
Warwick Deep Tech Innovation Centre and Leicestershire Startups.
Venture Capital Consulting
Startup Consulting
Strategy
Management Consulting
Marketing Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Sales Strategy
Business Strategy
Customer Discovery
Business Innovation
Lean Startup
David C.
Aylesbury, United Kingdom
$125/hr
5.0
4 jobs
A Swiss-trained private banker orginally, these days I work with Start-Ups and Capitalisation Stage Funds rasing capital from my network of international Family Offices and UHNW investors.
Venture Capital Advisory
- Capital Raising for Start Ups and Capitalisation Stage Funds
- Typical Capitalisation target: USD 2-25m
- Pre-IPO and IPO services
- Access to private and institutional financing
Business Planning
- Strategy and Business Development
- International and online expansion
- Tax mitigation strategies
Venture Capital
Investment Strategy
Startup Consulting
Fundraising
Private Equity
Wealth Management
Financial Planning
Management Consulting
Investment Banking
Samy A.
London, United Kingdom
$60/hr
5.0
13 jobs
I help startups, entrepreneurs, and investors make smarter financial decisions through clear, data-driven analysis.
With 5+ years of experience at Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, and IBM, I’ve worked at the intersection of markets, strategy, and execution. Today, I bring that expertise to businesses who need practical financial insights, not theory.
What I deliver:
📊 Financial Models & Forecasts – robust 3–5 year projections, scenario analysis, break-even modeling.
💼 Business Plans & Pitch Decks – investor-ready, persuasive, and backed by real data.
🔍 Market & Competitor Research – insights that support smart strategy and funding decisions.
🧭 Strategic Financial Advisory – second opinions, restructuring ideas, and growth roadmaps.
Why clients hire me:
Proven track record in top-tier investment banking and consulting.
Hands-on, detail-oriented approach — I don’t hand over “templates,” I tailor solutions.
Professional, reliable, and committed to long-term relationships.
Whether you’re preparing for investors, validating a new venture, or looking for clarity on your numbers, I’ll help you turn complexity into confidence.
Business Plan
Startup Consulting
Market Research
Market Analysis
Financial Analysis & Valuation
Financial Analysis
Financial Modeling
Financial Projection
Pitch Deck
Financial Consulting
Cash Flow Modeling
Microsoft Excel
Investor Roadshow
Financial Report
KPI Metric Development
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