Serkan Ferah 🌈

Native

Revolutionising audience engagement and growth for brands and communities using gamification.

Founder

PitchSpace

Saving investment readiness professionals and founders up to 4 weeks in fundraising by automating their pitches. CONTACT FOR WHITELABEL

APARI

Apari is a start-up that makes tax doable for self-employed using technology.

Advisor

Fit for Work

Fit for Work app improves Health, Safety and Wellbeing of workers on site. The app is helping companies to adapt to the threat of COVID-19 and the changing landscape that it creates.

Advisor, Brand & Marketing

Serkan Ferah

I am a branding and pitching expert helping you create an attractive business.

- I've been involved in over 50 start-up investment and crowdfunding campaigns and advised over 70 companies in pitch production at accelerators.

- 98% of the businesses I have worked with have secured funding and achieved sustainable growth, and more than half of the crowdfunding campaigns I have been involved with have beaten their targets for funds raised.

- My client portfolio is dominated by technology start-ups that I've helped with their branding, pitching, design and marketing communication strategies both in the UK and the US.

- I've worked with brands like Aston Martin, Maserati and Abarth in their global brand licensing projects.

Branding & Pitching Expert

TribeFirst

TribeFirst is a marketing communications agency that specialises in startups and growth companies looking to raise money.

Creative Advisor

OokiApp

Ooki is an upcoming fintech start-up with an aim to solve the fragmentation issue of consumer fintech bringing all currency accounts and transactions together, automating financial decisions and educating people in personal finance.

As an advisor, I am helping Damon, the founder, and the team with branding and marketing strategy as well as differentiating the product through its look and feel.

Advisor - Branding & Marketing

Beyzacases for ASTON MARTIN, MASERATI and ABARTH

Beyzacases was the global licensee of established brands in luxury mobile accessory market.
-	Project management and new project development
-	Development of marketing plans, expansion strategy and communication models
-	Determining the work assignments of whole project team and follow up 
-	Design of presentations and making presentations to licensors and board members
-	Stakeholders relationship management (licensors, manufacturers and buyers)
-	Delivery of market research reports and monthly sales reports to board

Marketing & Business Development Consultant

Bamgaga

A company selling kids & moms products in A & A+ segment both in digital and physical store.
- development of business model and preparation of business plan
- development of marketing plan and strategy
- management of product and brand portfolio
- management of relationships with brands and product providers
- design of visual communication strategy
- setting content strategy for web and social media
- development of content plan and marketing calendar
- management of design team and social media team

Business Development & Marketing Management Contractor

Catodon Yachts

Catadon Yachts was a luxury yacht brand owned by a large group operating in maritime.
-	Design & Development of brand, strategy and business plan
-	Stakeholders relationship management (agency, contractors and buyers) 
-	Budgeting and development of projects
-	Team management and determining the work loads
-	Development of sales channels

Business & Brand Consultant

Founder @ Native | Gamified Audience Engagement | Join the Waitlist

Building Gamification APIs and Services with a vision to create the most powerful plug-and-play technology for consumer habit formation.

Our mission from the start has been to enable people to communicate effectively and build meaningful relationships in business.

We launched our automated pitch builder in July 2021 as a gateway product for startups and now working on our actual product that will change the future of economic relationships using gamification.

👉 Gained 1800+ organic users as of March 2023

👉 Have been generating revenue since Dec'22

👉 98% organic growth, @2.5 CAC and 10% average MoM growth rate

👉 Partnered with Virgin Startups, Swoop Funding, Digital Catapult and BlockDojo

Vantage Harbour Capital

Vantage has a proven track record spanning over 40 years, originally offering South African investors a unique opportunity to legally externalize their wealth, providing an effective hedge against currency depreciation. Initially focused on the Caribbean market, Vantage is now expanding into the Mediterranean charter market with an innovative and revolutionary business model.
Vision: To create a new paradigm where luxury vacations are virtually free for our investors.
Objective: To transform luxury vacations into profitable investments, rather than non-recoverable expenses.
Purpose & Profit: Enjoy complimentary access to luxury yachts, and recreational assets while benefiting from 7%+ ROI and capital growth.

Chief Executive Officer

vantage land sea sky

Vantage is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) promoting investment in the Mediterannean and Caribbean Hospitality and Leisure sectors. 
Vision: To create a new paradigm where luxury vacations are virtually free for our investors.
Objective: To transform luxury vacations into profitable investments, rather than non-recoverable expenses.
Purpose & Profit: Enjoy complimentary access to luxury villas, yachts, and recreational assets while benefiting from a 7%+ ROI and capital growth.
“An investment strategy anchored in luxury real estate and luxury yacht ownership.”
EXPLORE, DISCOVER, LIVE, EXPERIENCE... VANTAGE, WHERE LAND, SEA & SKY MEET

News Inc & Fx Franchising & Consulting

News Inc has worked with most of South Africa's leading food and non-food franchise companies creating an international footprint by securing Master Franchisees in MENA region, China and Southern Africa. Fx Consulting provides an A - Z service (SBP, Financial Model, Marketing Plan, Pitch Deck, Executive Summary, Private Placement Memorandum, etc) raising funds for start-ups as well as sourcing funding for bespoke projects within mining, agriculture, education, hospitality and maritime sectors.     To date we have facilitated over $2,5bn in funding and continue to work on projects that align with our capabilities to add value in sectors and industries where we have insight and exposure.

Marine Syndicate Management Systems, Alpha Abacus Maritime, Alpha Abacus Group

Since 1984 I have dedicated myself to the global yachting industry and have developed an acute understanding of every facet of the industry including but not limited to: Yacht Design, boat building, yacht charter, yacht management, yacht brokering, yacht syndication and quite simply...everything yachting! During the year 1984, shortly after leaving school and after his stint at compulsory military training in South Africa,      I formed Marine Syndicate Management Systems (MASMAS) and started building 57’catamarans designed specifically for the global charter market. Boats were sold as a currency hedge investment providing a platform for South African investors to legally externalize their wealth. In its simplest form, invest in South African Rands and earn in United States Dollars via charter income. MASMAS evolved into Alpha Abacus Maritime, a British Virgin Islands based company that during the years 1989 – 2005 amassed a fleet of 76 yachts that operated in the Caribbean. The company made two acquisitions by purchasing an established charter brokerage and a clearing house, thereby adding a further 66 boats to the fleet and boasting 142 yachts in total. I sold the business in 2010.

I am a serial entrepreneur that thrives on change. 
I am a strategic and inspirational leader who is intellectually curious, creative and pragmatic.  
I am politically astute, bold and values driven.  I naturally build and maintain diverse networks. 
I am highly effective working across organisational boundaries to achieve shared goals.  
I thrive operating in complex environments.  
I am confident distilling, analyzing and applying data.  
I demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence.

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