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Daniel Sawko

Teaching High Growth Potential Companies How to Raise Millions | Founder of FundingHero | Author of The Startup Fundraising MBA | x2 High Growth Exits | 20 Acquisitions | Millions Raised  

I don’t just teach founders how to raise investment — I show them how to raise to scale up to exit and make Angels or VCs desperate to invest in you! 

As a former CFO with two back-to-back exits for hundreds of millions, I’ve got the scars, the spreadsheets, and the “why is this so hard?” moments to prove it.

Now I spend my time helping ambitious, early-stage companies and spin-outs avoid the most common (and most expensive) fundraising mistakes. Whether it’s building a financial story investors actually understand, figuring out how much to raise without sweating buckets, or just finding where to start, I’m here for the reality check people need to make you investable, not just the nice fluffy words and back slapping.

🧠 I wrote The Startup Fundraising MBA to share the practical, no-fluff, simple to follow framework I call The 6 Pillars of Fundraising — a roadmap that’s helped thousands of founders learn how to become investor-ready and raise with confidence.

🚀 I also run FundingHero, our game-changing investment readiness platform that’s demystifying the overwhelming process of raising investment. We license our CPD-accredited e-learning and cohort management tools to incubators and accelerators and our clients into some of the top universities, councils, and growth hubs across the UK, helping them deliver high-impact founder support without burning out their teams. We like to say: less hand-holding, more founder wins to get funded faster.

I work closely with accelerators, enterprise educators, and startup support programmes — because brilliant founders are everywhere and lack quality strategic financial support. They just need the right roadmap.

If you’re an enterprise educator supporting early-stage businesses and need a masterclass or e-learning tool to enhance your support, or if you’re a founder wondering where to start for your first or second major funding round — feel free to connect. No pitch decks required.

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