Fundraising Playbooks

I run Fundraising Playbooks as part of which I do 1-1 Investor Sprints with Founders and Masterclasses on Investor Outreach that actually gets replies. Between cold emailing my way to Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, getting replies from Sequoia Capital partners in <24h, VC replies in under 20min, a 7-figure HNWI reply in under 5min, and an avalanche of other results achieved by founders who use my methodology, the feedback I've been receiving can't stop raving about how my sessions are "singlehandedly the best session I ever attended", "world-class", "best one I've ever been on", "extremely practical", "had me on the edge of my seat and left with 4 pages of notes" - their words, not mine.

Managing Director

Block Dojo

Sourcing dealflow and assisting with the investment for Block Dojo's cohorts of early-stage startups. Block Dojo is a global blockchain incubator, putting companies and their founders through their paces during an intense 12 week programme, offering a mix of cash plus services to build the future of blockchain technology.

Investment & Dealflow Manager

True Altitude

Since inception, True Altitude has grown (and exited) several successful businesses, supporting clients and portfolio companies to elevate their value:
- Supported clients to raise over $625 million in capital over 3 years 
- Supported over 130 high growth entrepreneur-led companies 
- Committed over $13m principal investment 
- Completed portfolio 41 investments
- Successfully delivered market leading accelerator programs with commercial outcomes
- Supported partners to elevate their value 
- Realized exit value and secondaries for 3 investments to date

Senior Associate

KapVista Ventures

Supporting the dealflow & investment processes of a small early stage fund & advisory.

Investment Associate

Facilitating IBM's Europe's Technical Leadership Team's planning, organisation and governance of a number of company-internal initiatives (such as educational programmes to develop the technical skillsets, masterclasses and networking events) to ensure the acceleration of technical leadership growth and identification of high-calibre professionals for career progression.

Technical Sales Leadership Team Support

Eva Dobrzanska (fundraisingplaybooks.com) helps startup founders reach more investors with step-by-step strategies used by founders in real life to raise millions. Her playbooks secured:
- VC reply within 20min of hitting ‘Send’ ⏱️ 
- a reply from Mark Cuban 🤝 
- a reply from Sequoia Capital in <24 hours 🌳
- a reply from Richard Branson’s team in 1 day 💼
- a stellar 100% response rate within first the first 4 hours of sending out 8 cold emails (8/8) 🎯

Her masterclasses are regularly oversubscribed with a record of 1k+ signed up in July this year. 

So far delivered in partnerships with 
- HSBC Innovation Banking,
- SeedLegals, 
- HubSpot for Startups,
- Google Cloud, 
- Scribe, 
- Plugged
- Foras, 
- NBT,
and many other amazing companies and organisations.

Fundraising Playbooks (www.fundraisingplaybooks.com) are a set of ready-to-use resources and copy & paste templates for investor outreach and investor relationship building.

Eva enjoys meeting new people (when in her extroverted months), discovering a new song that ends up on repeat the whole day, and researching all things related to startups & investment trends to uncover new strategic playbooks. 

She works with Startup Founders 1-1 in form of Investor Sprints and the most exciting part of them is when “you get to uncover new fundraising playbook specifically for that founder”. 

Part time video gamer (lassoing horses in Red Dead Redemption 2 🐎), learning how to row (across Thames), reading (Red Notice) and trying to continue her daily meditation streak.

(I also like bird watching and 80s music)

Feel free cold email me anytime. 

eva@fundraisingplaybooks.com

Eva Dobrzanska

Velocity Capital

Velocity is a UK VC firm founded by a group of entrepreneurs and marketeers that invests in Digital/Technology businesses at the Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage.

Pre-Seed: Up to £250k tickets
Seed/Series A: Up to £2m tickets 

We work with intermediaries (IFAs), HNWs/UHNWs and Family Offices and provide them access to;

• Direct Single-Company Investments
• Diversified Portfolios (6-8 companies)
• Debt Investment Opportunities 

Feel free to email: ash@velocity-group.com

Head of Business Development

Jamaica Rugby Football Union

Represented Jamaica 7s:

2022 Rugby World Cup 7s - Cape Town
2022 Commonwealth Games - Birmingham
2022 Rugby Americas North 7s - Bahamas 
2022 HSBC 7s Series - Saville
2022 HSBC 7s Series - Malaga
2021 Edmonton 7s - Canada
2021 Vancouver 7s - Canada 
2021 Olympic Repechage - Monaco 
2019 Pan American Games - Lima, Peru
2019 Rugby Americas North 7s Cayman Islands
2019 HSBC Hong Kong 7s
2018 Rugby Americas North - Barbados - Winners
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games - Colombia - Bronze Medal
2018 Rugby World Cup 7s - San Francisco 
2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast 
2017 Rugby Americas North - Mexico City - Winners
2017 HSBC Hong Kong 7s 
2016 Rugby Americas North - Trinidad and Tobago

International Rugby 7s Player

Kuber Ventures Limited

• Managing and building both existing & new relationships with Advisers & Financial Institutions across the UK.
• Make outbound calls to Financial Advisers to introduce Kuber’s proposition. 
• Book and attend client meetings and present tax efficient solutions to Financial Advisers and investors.
• Attend Seminars and Conferences around the UK to present and network with prospective clients
• Work across Clients Services and Sales Departments to assist in achieving an overall sales target.
• Perform to individual targets/KPI's.

Business Development Manager

HULL RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

Rugby Player

Esher Rugby Football Club

Cornish Pirates Rugby Football Club

Championship Rugby 
On Loan from London Welsh

Professional Rugby Player

London Welsh Rugby Football Club

Represented London Welsh in the Championship and Premiership leagues.
• Won the RFU Championship League which resulted in promotion to the Aviva Premiership.
• Personal achievements such as Man of the Match and captaining in the JP Morgan 7s Final.
• Daily roles included group and self-directed gym sessions, video analysis and self-reflection of previous games`, skill sessions, rugby/contact and conditioning. In all these aspects I pushed myself to the physical and emotional limits.
• Taking part in a disciplined sport, I learnt how to deal with both positive and negative feedback and how to persevere when under pressure.
• Led detailed video analysis sessions on the previous game/following game to develop myself as a player and person and also support others in doing the same.
• Off-field duties involved representing myself and the team by meeting with sponsors and taking part in Q&A events and press conferences.
• Promoted community rugby and participation by visiting local schools/clubs and coaching younger teams.
• Developing a network of contacts in the rugby world that will translate into the financial sector. This￼￼￼￼￼ network is founded on relationships that I have forged and maintained with key members of the industry through social and formal settings.

Wasps

I am an Ex-Professional Rugby Player & am now at Velocity Capital Advisors. Velocity is the first VC with an investment strategy based on investment in digital distribution businesses that can use leverage specifically for digital user acquisition. The impact of this for founders and early-stage investors alike is less dilution, the need for fewer funding rounds, enhanced revenues and thereby enterprise valuations. We refer to this strategy as a Leveraged Equity strategy, with the leverage provided by our sister company, Juice.

Prior to this, I was at Kuber, a platform focused exclusively on SEIS, EIS & BPR. 

Rugby has always been a passion of mine & was I was fortunate enough to play for several teams such as London Wasps, London Welsh and Cornish Pirates. My appetite for the game was developed at Twyford C of E High School where I studied my A levels whilst taking part in London Wasps full-time Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence. This prepared me for what to expect at Loughborough University. During my time there we won the British Universities & Colleges Cup.

I thrive in relationship-based roles & am currently responsible for growing the partnership between Velocity and HNWs, IFA's and Family Offices in the UK.

Outside of my job I enjoy keeping fit by competing in Rugby 7s tournaments around the world, having represented Jamaica 7s in the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7s and the Commonwealth Games 2022.

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