Sam Simpson

FounderCatalyst

FounderCatalyst is an exciting and disruptive play into the UK legal tech sector, underpinned by our superb technology platform. 

Our mission is to create all of your funding legal paperwork quickly and professionally, with no compromise on quality, at a fixed low price.  

Our aim is to make your fundraising legal journey as simple as possible, whilst managing investor engagement, putting you back in control.

My role in FounderCatalyst is to ensure that our platform and customer service is exemplary, to build industry partnerships and to own and execute our service roadmap.

Founder

Forge Technologies Ltd

Forge Technologies is a digital IT services business focusing on three technology pillars; Future workplace, Cloud optimisation and Network transformation. Forge has no legacy infrastructure that it needs to deliver returns against; no costly office space, external investors or banking covenants and unencumbered from legacy working practices that have to be turned on their head to adapt to new working practices.

Within Forge Technologies, I am responsible for all aspects of commercial and back office services.

Co-Founder and CCO

University of Bristol

Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre (QTEC) is a world-leading incubator for quantum-based technology innovators, its vision is to educate and create the quantum entrepreneurs of the future. I'm mentoring two fantastic entrepreneurs as they develop their businesses.

Visiting Fellow and Mentor

Various Companies

Providing ongoing advice and support to the founders of incredible investees

Angel Investor and Board Advisor

Roc Technologies

I co-founded the business and successfully established the project and professional services delivery functions along with all back-office functions. This included finance, HR, IT, legal and corporate governance & compliance and vendor partnerships & accreditations.

Roc was recognised by the Financial Times as the 17th fastest growing company in Europe in 2017, and was the fastest growing IT Services business in the UK in 2016 according to the Sunday Times Tech Track.

Following a strategic review, I led a corporate finance process which resulted in a leveraged MBO and the acquisition of an IT Services business. At the time Roc had more than 200 people and run rate revenues of £25m. I subsequently exited my shareholding and Directorship as a part of this process.  The exit process was recognised by Business Magazine Thames Valley as Mid-Range Deal of the Year at the Annual Thames Valley Deals Awards 2018, held at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on the 19th April 2018 and subsequently as Tech Deal of the Year 2018 at the Thames Valley Tech Awards.

Founding Director

Daisy Group PLC

During my short period of employment at Daisy I was responsible for stabilising the Professional Services elements of the business following the acquisition of 2e2's managed services business. I also developed a repeatable process for integrating acquisitions.

Director of Project Services

Consolidated five disparate Project Services team into a single consistent directorate. Responsible for more than 150 staff across multiple disciplines and a portfolio of 500+ projects with a value in excess of £200m.
I also supported the sale of the company’s business units and assets to Daisy and O2.

Accountable for all delivery operations including management of a team of 90 technical engineers, consultants, project managers and PMO staff. My team delivered in excess of £110 million of customer solutions per annum.

Operations Director, Unified Communications Business Unit

Delivery of the company’s largest and most complex programme for a high security UK government client. Recruited and led a team of more than 60 technical and project management professionals. Successfully delivered the programme to time and budget.

Technical & Delivery Director

Prime Business Solutions

Management of pre-sales technical support and post sales delivery for IT infrastructure solutions based on Microsoft and Citrix.

Server and Client Line of Business Director

Evotree Limited

Evotree was an early cloud computing and Microsoft/Citrix Integrator startup. I established and managed all technical and operational delivery capability. The company achieved revenues of £1m in the first 6 months and was subsequently integrated into Prime Business Solutions.

Co-Founder and COO

Technical development, management and support in the Education and Insurance sectors.

Various Network and IT Operations Management Roles

You're seeking that all-important funding to catapult you to the next level.

YET despite how motivated you are and how good your business idea is, you may still struggle to…

▫️ Get funding because of the advance assurance needed
▫️ Afford the production of expensive legal paperwork
▫️ Know-how to find those elusive investors.

Simplifying and accelerating the early-stage investment legal journey, FounderCatalyst is the ONLY affordable fixed price method of funding round legals for start-ups.

WHO WE HELP
Pre-incorporation to start-ups in England & Wales that want expert AND affordable help with SEIS & EIS and the legal process and documentation required to complete their funding journey. 

3 WAYS WE HELP
1. Apply for SEIS & EIS advance assurance
2. Produce all legal funding round paperwork and manage investor engagement
3. Introduce start-ups to possible sources of funding.

Enjoy the relief all of the legal paperwork you need in as little as 30 minutes and your investor engagement managed through the process.  

PROOF WE HELP
✅  Complete fixed price service per funding round just £1,495 +vat
✅  99% success rate for advance assurance
✅  Legal paperwork produced in just 30 minutes.

YOUR NEXT STEP
Haven’t yet got your funding legals sorted and you’re determined to give your start-up the best and most affordable chance of success?

Book a chat at https://calendly.com/sam-fc/meet

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Sam

"Founders seeking to raise equity finance - use this service! It’s simple to use, reliable & secure, & provides unrivalled value for money. You're in complete control of your fundraising process & timescales." Jules & Charlie, Founders, The Nue Co

FREE RESOURCES
Because we’re here to help start-ups, we offer the following for free:

✅  SEIS/EIS advance assurance submission
✅  Customised Term Sheet
✅  Template Forecast Models
✅  Founder Collaboration Agreements

Visit: foundercatalyst.com to find out more and access the freebies.

SPECIALITIES: Start-up, Startup, Start Up Funding, Funding Round, Funding, Investment, Investor, Investor Engagement, Angel Investor, SEIS, EIS

This afternoon has been a great reminder of why I love doing what I do at FounderCatalyst.  3x back to back founder calls:

🚚 A founder with an amazing app in the foodie space.  As a passionate home cook, this chat really made me want to get out in the outdoor kitchen this weekend to cook up a feast.

💰 Telling a founder with an amazing luxury brand who thought that she was out of time for SEIS that she's still eligible - her reaction was a treat 👏

🎣 Hooking a customer from a competitor out of the blue always a treat too 🫢

Being a founder is a rollercoaster, but this has been a great end to the week 🎉

Serial Entrepreneur, Board Advisor ▫️ Founder at FounderCatalyst, the ONLY affordable fixed price method of funding round legals for start-ups ▫️ CCO at Forge Technologies

⏳ 48 hours to go - I’m looking forward to joining forces with Ivan Hoo for a live, practical breakdown of one of the biggest early-stage challenges: setting and defending your pre-seed valuation.

Whether you're raising your first round or preparing for investor conversations, this session will give you the frameworks and confidence you need.

Here’s what FounderCatalyst and Hubble will be covering:

✔️ The core principles behind pre-seed valuations — and how equity, control and fundraising strategy really fit together
✔️ The key valuation methodologies founders should understand (and when each actually applies)
✔️ An investor’s perspective on how valuations are assessed in the real world
And from Ivan Hoo (Fractional CFO & Startup Advisor at Hubble):
✔️ A deep dive into the Venture Capital Method (VCM) & comparables
✔️ Practical tactics for negotiating with investors
✔️ A live Q&A to tackle your specific valuation questions

🗓️ 3 December 2025

🕛 12:00 PM (UK Time)

💻 Free to join

👉 Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/eyESfp6x
Hope to see you there!

#StartupValuations #FundraisingTips #FounderCatalyst  #StartupWebinar #InvestorReady  #StartupJourney

👥 Building a Winning Startup Team

Equity, Legal Structures & Advisory Boards
A strong startup team goes far beyond just great people—it’s about setting the right structure, incentives, and agreements from day one.

In this practical session, Sam FounderCatalyst will be covering how to allocate equity and use share schemes effectively, while Patricia Wing (SuLe) will break down the legal and governance must-haves for co-founders, advisors, and NEDs.

What you’ll learn:
✅ How to structure equity for co-founders and advisors
✅ SEIS, share options & funding round considerations
✅ Vesting agreements, legal protections & more
🎤 Plus live Q&A—bring your questions!

📅 09/12/25 @ 12PM (Zoom)

Register here for free:

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Attract, Keep, and Reward your Co-Founders, Advisors, NEDs and Employees. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

⏰ 6 days to go!

Next week I’ll be hosting a free live session taking you behind the scenes of what really happens after you’ve defined your funding round — from inviting investors to signing, closing, and completing your raise on the FounderCatalyst platform. 🚀

I’ll also cover the key post-close steps that keep your company and investors aligned, compliant, and ready for growth.

Here’s what we’ll go through:
✅ Inviting & managing investors
✅ Signing and completing your round
✅ Closing actions on FounderCatalyst
✅ Post-close compliance essentials
✅ Live Q&A

🗓️ 17/11/25 | 12:00PM (BST)

💻 Free to attend — final spots available!

👉 Save your place here https://lnkd.in/e35Pkfwk 

#FounderCatalyst #Webinar #StartupFunding #SEIS #EIS #Fundraising #StartupJourney #AngelInvesting

Open article: Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From investor invites to closing the round: What happens next on FounderCatalyst platform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. by us06web.zoom.us

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From investor invites to closing the round: What happens next on FounderCatalyst platform. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Innovation Hut

We help organisations create an environment to maximise and deliver the value and growth potential of their existing, and new ideas; addressing areas such as regulatory requirements, digital transformation, idea generation, project & portfolio management, MVP/MVS test-and-learn cycles, and innovation strategy.

Founder & Innovation Director

globlcare

Co Founder of a unified online platform where digital healthcare leaders from around the globe can connect, learn, innovate, accelerate growth and collaboratively tackle challenges.

Co-Founder

Totally Plc

Responsible for designing and implementing a bespoke Innovation Management Framework to enable the organisation to follow a systematic approach to align Innovation Projects with corporate objectives and to maximise value production and project success rate. 

Oversaw the current and future state analysis and provided strategic guidance to the board on potential market access opportunities and associated targeting strategies for new products and services.

The Innovation Management Framework successfully facilitated several key projects:

The introduction of digital health services into both Planned and Urgent Care Divisions. Enabling an initial rapid deployment with over 30k remote video consultations during the initial COVID response.

The design and deployment of a workforce support service using a group-wide risk matrix and decision support algorithm to protect front-line clinicians and support staff during COVID.

Implemented care pathway automation and data-driven care strategies into the Planned Care Division.

I was also part of the Clinical Quality Directorate overseeing clinical quality and safety across the plc group.

Group Director of Clinical Innovation

Part of the Totally plc group. 

Building on the clinical team's competencies, I worked with them to successfully identify new opportunities and develop a portfolio of new services to support expansion into their current market as well as creating opportunities in new sectors.

Introduced the concept of semi-automated care pathways to improve the 'personalisation' of the delivered service portfolio.

Managing Director - Totally Health (Subsidiary of Totally plc)

Oversaw the integration of the Optimum Team and its 28 Clinics into the Planned Care Division of the Totally plc group.

Managing Director - Optimum Healthcare Solutions

Curaguard

Supporting the organisational development of Marketing, Business and Innovation Strategies

Member of the Board of Advisors

Optimum Healthcare Solutions

Introduced a more human-centred design approach to new service development and continuous improvement projects that underpinned the growth of the organisation from a single-site specialist to a 28-clinic multisite, multidisciplinary care provider.

Introduced the ISO9001 Quality Management System and ISO27001 Data Security Standards to ensure the organisation's expansion did not impact the quality of the service provided and that our client's data security and care outcomes were at the forefront of service design, respectively.

Responsible for strategic & financial planning to ensure organisation growth was balanced with appropriate infrastructure and funding.

Prepared the organisation for acquisition and oversaw its purchase by a National Healthcare Provider in 2016.

Chief Executive Officer

University of Bedfordshire

Part of the Physiology Research team responsible for investigating specific exercise variables and the potential impact on exercise prescription for Diabetes.

Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, Rehabilitation and Sports conditioning subject areas for BSc and MSc programs.

Post Graduate Researcher and Lecturer

The Sports Injury Clinic

Owner of private healthcare clinics responsible for:
- finance and budgeting
- testing, evaluation, and implementation of new care pathways
- overseeing and providing clinical services
- coaching and supporting  junior physiotherapists and other specialists in the clinical team

Sporting Connections

Overseeing a multisite retail and distribution company and responsible for:
- development and implementation of IT infrastructure to deliver an integrated solution for sales, finance and logistics
- strategic and financial management.
- operations and supply chain management
- use of data analytics to underpin CX and business growth.

Various Professional Sport Clubs

Responsible for:
- supporting and developing medical provision for professional and semi-professional football and rugby organisations and athletes

Head of Physiotherapy

Treatfield Limited

Accountable for:
- Identifying potential revenue streams and developing an appropriate service portfolio.
- Designing and implementing of IT infrastructure to support business expansion, including finance, operations and customer relations.
- Introduction of lean work practices to promote cost efficiencies and improved service delivery.

Head Of Operations

Innovation Director @ The Innovation Hut | Innovation Management Specialist | Business Analyst | NED

I am a healthcare innovation leader with over 20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and delivering digital health solutions. As the Founder and Innovation Director of The Innovation Hut, I help organisations create an environment to maximise and deliver the value and growth potential of their existing and new ideas, addressing areas such as regulatory requirements, digital transformation, idea generation, project management, portfolio management, MVP/MVS test-and-learn cycles, and innovation strategy.

My core competencies include innovation strategy, digital transformation, project and portfolio management, regulatory compliance, and business mentoring. I have a proven track record of introducing digital services and overseeing the launch and scale of digital health products and services. I am also a certified Clinical Safety Officer, and ISO13485 Internal Auditor, ensuring the quality and safety of digital health solutions. I am passionate about empowering organisations to embrace innovation and improve outcomes for all stakeholders. I also leverage my clinical, leadership, and digital skills to coach and mentor organisations and individuals on how to take ideas from concept to value creation.

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