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

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.

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