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Helping entrepreneurs build, raise investment, scale, and sell their businesses - Serial entrepreneur - successfully raised over £50m venture capital - Advisor, Investor, Start-up Mentor, M & A, Venture Funding Specialist. Gary has a proven track-record building high-growth software businesses from start-up through scale-up to IPO and £30 million in revenue. As a board level business leader and advisor he is able to accelerate the fortunes of a business, drive sales and substantially improve shareholder value. As CEO of NetStore PLC, Gary pioneered the ‘Software as a Service’ industry and launched Europe's first Cloud Computing service provider. Within three years Gary’s strategic marketing ability and high level negotiation skills took the business from start-up to become the leading SaaS business in Europe taking NetStore through a number of venture funding rounds and a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange. ► IPO on the London Stock Exchange ► Start-Up and Scale-Up Business Mentor & Advisor ► Catalyst Accelerator ► SETsquared - ranked the World’s Top university-based Business Incubator ► Investment funding specialist - #StartUp & #ScaleUp Start-Up Funding: Supported over 100 UK tech start-ups to raise a combined total of more than £100m in investment. Advisor & Non-Executive Director: ► Advisor to multiple high-growth Start-ups and Scale-ups ► Active board member and Business Coach/Mentor Sales: ► Achieved targeted growth year-on-year to £30 million Strategic Marketing: ► Pioneered the ‘Software as a Service’ industry Recruitment & Management: ► Start-up to 120 staff inc. Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Customer Services, HR, F&A.