Flexport

Business Development

Forward Advances

Built and scaled a venture backed B2B FinTech lender. Delivered 150% QoQ growth for over two years. Raised £15M in debt & equity. Reported to the board of a listed entity.

Venture CEO

Forward Partners

Sat on the leadership team of an early stage investor.

Managing Director

Earnt.It

Bootstrapped and launched a consumer FinTech enabling early wage access.

Founder

PayPal

Led a $10b card product and launched new lending businesses through strategic partnerships.

Product, Business Development and GTM

Scaled Buy Now Pay Later and Revenue-Based Financing products to a £2b originations run rate.

Head of Operations

HSBC

Program Manager

Bank of America

Head of Projects

British Army

IT and Telecommunications Engineer

Fractional operator for Founders & Innovative Corporates | Follow for insights on business and leadership

I've built and scaled fast-growing FinTech products as a founder and operator.

- Scaled PayPal’s Buy Now Pay Later and Merchant Lending business in the UK to a £2B annual originations run rate.
- Bootstrapped a consumer FinTech, enabling customers to access wages early.
- Founded and scaled a venture-backed FinTech, providing revenue-based financing to digital businesses.

I’ve developed expertise in early product validation, go-to-market strategy, growth, and operations.

Along the way, I've just been following my interests and solving problems for customers.

Oh, and I love riding motorbikes and climbing mountains.

Hasam Silva

Excited to announce the launch of The Trade Leaders Table.

This is a small, invite-only dinner exclusively for CEOs and CFOs of businesses over $100M in revenue who are focused on simplifying global trade in 2026.

It’s two hours, under the Chatham House Rule, focused purely on knowledge exchange.

You’ll be joined by other business leaders and a specialised group of experts in customs, freight, and finance.

The goal is simple: share the practical knowledge needed to simplify global trade in 2026.

The first date is on 15 January 2026.

#globaltrade #supplychain #customs #workingcapital #fintech

FinTech GTM & Growth | Scaling Flexport Capital in EMEA

Fundraising Unlocked

Making Pre-seed to Series A Founders successfully fundraise by making you fundraise smarter, not harder. 

Raised a total for $250M+ and overseen over $400M sitting on every side of the table as a VC-backed founder, tier-1 VC and also advisor.

Octopus Ventures

One of the largest venture capital firms in Europe managing over £1.8bn. 

Part of the health team.

Led investments into: 

- AllPlants, 2018: £7.5m Series A (£67m raised total)
- Skin+Me, 2019: £8m Seed (£19m raised total)
- Pelago/Quit Genius, 2020: $12m Series A ($138m raised total)

Follow-on investments into: 

- Patch Plants, 2019: £2.7m bridge round (Exited to Arena Online Ltd)
- Elvie, 2019: $42m raise with IPGL ($55m raised total)
- Depop, 2019: $62m raise with General Atlantic (Exited to Etsy for $1.6bn)
- Big Health, 2020: $32m raise with Gilde Health ($55m raised total)

Among being part of the voting team of multiple other investments.

Investor

QVentures

QVentures is a private members investment club for sophisticated investors. Membership provides access to curated co-investment opportunities in early-stage companies alongside the most trusted and successful investors in the market.

Pebble Labs

Developing solutions to safely and sustainably increase natural crop yield and food security.

Co-Founder

Trait Biosciences

The world's most comprehensive, integrated approach to cannabinoid science, insights, and technology.

Trait Biosciences Inc. is a leading biotechnology research organization providing proprietary technology to enable safer, lower cost, predictable, and superior quality cannabinoid products.

I make Pre-Seed to Series B founders successfully fundraise by helping you build your fundraising operating system. | $350m+ raised with founders. | Follow me for tips on fundraising.

I have spent the last 10 years trying to find the "secret" sauce to making you fundraise for your company.

And you know what?

There's no secret. 

It’s just a matter of having: 

- The right preparation & processes
- A clear and concise narrative & storytelling
- Structured relationships built over a long period 

The real "secret", if there's any at all, is that you need to build a system around your fundraise to make sure you do the proper work.

A system means that allows you to: 

- Efficiently build the right relationships with investors and connectors
- Influence investors that YOU are a good bet
- Take them through your process in an efficient manner 

All the while keeping accountability of you doing the boring but important stuff.

During the $400m+ in venture funding I have been a part of, I was able to meet best-in-class  entrepreneurs. 

Some of these entrepreneurs have gone on to raise $100M+ in fundraising each. ​

All of them possessed operating systems for the fundraises. 

I’ve built such a system for fundraising founders. 

And I can help you build yours. 

But as with all things, getting started, maintaining consistency and keeping accountability is easier said than done.

The founders I have helped with their fundraises have gone on to raise $250M+. 

...And I'm doing all of this with a 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.

Now, are you serious about building fundraising for your startup? 

Let's make it happen.

(I CAN'T HELP YOU IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED YOUR FUNDRAISE). 

👉🏼 Shoot me a DM, or head over to my featured section & check out our offer.

I'll see you at the top!

Gian Seehra

It’s crazy how volatile being a founder is in the early days.

Within the same day you can go from:

09.00am: This is going amazingly well!
10.00am: This is going to fail... why did I start this?
12.00am: Holy crap, maybe I should pivot?
12.05am: How am I going to make money?
01.00pm: Omg this is so gonna work!
01.25 pm: This is gonna be massive! Which yacht? 
01.26pm: No-one wants this... Why am I even trying?
01.27pm: Hmmm. Maybe it'll all be alright. Keep going. 

It takes so much resilience to cut through that noise.

To focus on executing.
To focus on the end goal
To focus on long-term growth.
To focus on delayed gratification.

I definitely find it hard.

What do you do to help with the volatility of entrepreneurship?

𝘗.𝘚. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 😅

Raise $1M+ in 90 days with my proven fundraising system. | VC-Backed Founder ($16M) & Tier-1 VC | $400M+ raised with founders. | DM “RAISE” to chat how I can help.

Want your pitch deck roasted by someone who's raised $16M and deployed $250M+?

I'll tell you exactly what's wrong with it and what VCs are actually thinking when they see it.

Most pitch decks I see would get a 'no' before slide 5.

The founders think it's about design or data. It's not.

The gap between what founders think matters and what investors actually care about is massive.

• Your deck might look beautiful. 
• Your numbers might be impressive. 

But if you're not addressing the real psychological triggers that make VCs say yes... 

Then you're wasting everyone's time.

So do you want me to roast your pitch deck and show you exactly what's killing your fundraise?

All for free? 

If you're interested, comment or DM me "ROAST" and we can chat. 

(FYI - this will be put on YouTube).

I've raised over $220,000,000

As a VC-backed founder, VC and now an advisor. 

I'm giving away how to set-up a fundraise to be JUST as successful, for FREE.

The 17 minute training includes

👉 The 2 parts to a fundraise
👉 The 3 steps to build a killer narrative
👉 How to systemise your network & comms
👉 How to launch your fundraise in the right way
👉 How to ACTUALLY build fomo and momentum

And honestly, I wouldn't even call it a lead magnet

It's a system that will 10x your chances of fundraising.

Because you finally know the exact steps it takes to get $$$.

Comment TIMELINE and I'll send to you (must be connected to me!)

PS - Please make sure to connect with me so I can send it to you. If you do I promise I'll share it.

People tell you to use a deadline when you fundraise.
You’ve tried. You’ve dropped the date. You’ve “signaled momentum.”
Yet nothing moved.

Because a deadline doesn’t create urgency by itself! 

Most founders treat deadlines like sales tricks.

“Just add scarcity.”
"Closing next month."
“Force the close.”

But unless that date is emotionally true in context? 

It falls flat. 

Here's the hard part people won't tell you: 

There’s no universal calendar for this.
No guru script.
No checklist exactly when to say what to who.

You don’t name one deadline and blast it.
You tune it, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵.

Different investors need different levels of specificity.
Some need soft pacing.
Others need precise clarity.

Sometimes you go broad.
Sometimes you tighten.
Sometimes you name the window.
Other times, you hold it back.

And that’s what builds real FOMO in your round. 

Not pressure, but precision at the right times. 

It's how:

1. Marwan raised $2.5M this month. 
2. Charlie raised $5M this month.
3. Marco raised $2.2M this month. 

Deadlines are not just for forcing decisions.
They are specific to the point in time. 

And can either help your round or destroy it. 

Naming the deadline the right way, to the right people... 

Is what will accelerate your raise. 

So don’t just set a deadline.
Learn to read timing.

And surround yourself with people who know how to feel it with you.

That’s how you close your funding round.

taplio

The Battle

Hasam Silva

Gian Seehra

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance ScoreHasam Silva's LinkedIn Performance

Performance ScoreGian Seehra's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

taplio

The Battle

Hasam Silva

Gian Seehra

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance Score.css-goub6s{font-size:var(--chakra-fontSizes-md);font-weight:500;color:var(--chakra-colors-gray-600);display:block;margin-top:var(--chakra-space-1);}Hasam Silva's LinkedIn Performance

Performance ScoreGian Seehra's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

Performance ScoreHasam Silva's LinkedIn Performance