Startup Fundraising Consultant & Advisory Services
Startup Fundraising Consultant & Advisory Services
Our professional fundraising consulting service combines strategy, investor readiness, and direct investor access in one fast, structured process.
Our professional fundraising consulting service combines strategy, investor readiness, and direct investor access in one fast, structured process.
You?
4.7
/ 5
57+ Happy clients
You?
4.7
/ 5
57+ Happy clients
Niclas Schlopsna
Managing Partner
Services start at
$3,000
See Pricing
Niclas Schlopsna
Managing Partner
Services start at
$3,000
See Pricing
You?
4.7
/ 5
57+ Happy clients
Read Testimonials
Read Testimonials
Read Testimonials
Why startups need a fundraising consultant
A dedicated fundraising consultant and advisor gives you a clear, objective view on your round: what to raise, from whom, and how to position the deal so investors take you seriously.
%
Of founders say fundraising distracts them from running the business
%
Of founders say fundraising distracts them from running the business
%
Of founders say fundraising distracts them from running the business
/10
Investor conversations never progress beyond the first call
/10
Investor conversations never progress beyond the first call
/10
Investor conversations never progress beyond the first call
-6
Months wasted talking to the wrong investors
-6
Months wasted talking to the wrong investors
-6
Months wasted talking to the wrong investors
[Our Approach]
spectup fixes that by acting as your external fundraising firm: targeting the right investors, refining your story, and driving conversations that actually move beyond the first call.
You work with a fundraising advisory partner who turns your raise into a structured, repeatable process
spectup fixes that by acting as your external fundraising firm: targeting the right investors, refining your story, and driving conversations that actually move beyond the first call.
You work with a fundraising advisory partner who turns your raise into a structured, repeatable process
Fundraising consulting services for startups
As a fundraising consulting company, spectup connects the dots between round strategy, investor materials, and hands-on outreach. Instead of juggling multiple fundraising firms or agencies, you get one partner that designs your capital plan, builds the assets, and runs a tailored investor process from first touch to signed term sheet.
Fundraising Consultancy
Investment Strategy
This is where our fundraising advisory work begins. Together we define round size, structure, ideal investor profiles, and your core investment narrative. The outcome is a clear, investor-ready plan that any professional fundraising consultant would expect to see before serious outreach starts.
Fundraising Consultancy
Investment Strategy
We build a funding strategy that fits your runway, market, and ambition. As your fundraising consultant, we define round size, timing, target investor types, and milestones.
Fundraising Consultancy
Investment Strategy
This is where our fundraising advisory work begins. Together we define round size, structure, ideal investor profiles, and your core investment narrative. The outcome is a clear, investor-ready plan that any professional fundraising consultant would expect to see before serious outreach starts.
Fundraising Consulting Services
Investor Readiness
Here we turn your business into a fundable story. We align metrics, traction, and financials with a sharp narrative so your deck, model, and data room meet the expectations of top fundraising consulting firms and institutional investors
Fundraising Consulting Services
Investor Readiness
Here we turn your business into a fundable story. We align metrics, traction, and financials with a sharp narrative so your deck, model, and data room meet the expectations of top fundraising consulting firms and institutional investors
Fundraising Consulting Services
Investor Readiness
Here we turn your business into a fundable story. We align metrics, traction, and financials with a sharp narrative so your deck, model, and data room meet the expectations of top fundraising consulting firms and institutional investors
Fundraising Firm Support
Investor Matchmaking
Finally, we connect you with the right capital. Using our global network and data-driven targeting, we act as your fundraising firm: qualifying investors, managing communication, and keeping momentum across multiple conversations in parallel.
Fundraising Firm Support
Investor Matchmaking
Finally, we connect you with the right capital. Using our global network and data-driven targeting, we act as your fundraising firm: qualifying investors, managing communication, and keeping momentum across multiple conversations in parallel.
Fundraising Firm Support
Investor Matchmaking
Finally, we connect you with the right capital. Using our global network and data-driven targeting, we act as your fundraising firm: qualifying investors, managing communication, and keeping momentum across multiple conversations in parallel.
Each part of our fundraising consulting services builds on the last. The strategy defines direction, readiness builds credibility, and matchmaking drives conversations.
Together, they create momentum that attracts investors instead of chasing them. Our fundraising consultancy keeps the process disciplined, measurable, and fast, so every interaction turns into progress.
[04]
Services
[04]
Services
[04]
Services
Fundraising Advisory Services
Every capital raise starts differently, but the structure stays the same… As one of the best fundraising consultants for venture-backed startups, spectup builds a coherent funding story and then take it to market through targeted, personalised campaigns.
[01]
Investment Strategy
We start by designing a funding plan that makes sense for both you and your investors. Together we define round size, valuation logic, investor types, and the narrative that ties it all together. This is classic fundraising advisory work: a structured, defensible capital plan that makes it easy for investors to say “yes”.
What's included
[01]
Investment Strategy
We start by designing a funding plan that makes sense for both you and your investors. Together we define round size, valuation logic, investor types, and the narrative that ties it all together. This is classic fundraising advisory work: a structured, defensible capital plan that makes it easy for investors to say “yes”.
What's included
[01]
Investment Strategy
We start by designing a funding plan that makes sense for both you and your investors. Together we define round size, valuation logic, investor types, and the narrative that ties it all together. This is classic fundraising advisory work: a structured, defensible capital plan that makes it easy for investors to say “yes”.
What's included
[02]
Investor Readiness
Next, we turn your business into an investable asset. Our team builds and refines pitch decks, financial models, and data room materials so you look like you’re working with a top-tier fundraising consulting firm. Everything is aligned around one message: this is the right round, at the right time, with a team that knows its numbers.
What's included
[02]
Investor Readiness
Next, we turn your business into an investable asset. Our team builds and refines pitch decks, financial models, and data room materials so you look like you’re working with a top-tier fundraising consulting firm. Everything is aligned around one message: this is the right round, at the right time, with a team that knows its numbers.
What's included
[02]
Investor Readiness
Next, we turn your business into an investable asset. Our team builds and refines pitch decks, financial models, and data room materials so you look like you’re working with a top-tier fundraising consulting firm. Everything is aligned around one message: this is the right round, at the right time, with a team that knows its numbers.
What's included
[03]
Investor Outreach
Finally, we run a focused outreach campaign as your professional fundraising consultant. We combine curated investor lists, warm introductions and cold outreach to relevant VCs, family offices, and funds. You get structured pipelines, transparent reporting, and investor conversations that are qualified from the first call.
What's included
[03]
Investor Outreach
Finally, we run a focused outreach campaign as your professional fundraising consultant. We combine curated investor lists, warm introductions and cold outreach to relevant VCs, family offices, and funds. You get structured pipelines, transparent reporting, and investor conversations that are qualified from the first call.
What's included
[03]
Investor Outreach
Finally, we run a focused outreach campaign as your professional fundraising consultant. We combine curated investor lists, warm introductions and cold outreach to relevant VCs, family offices, and funds. You get structured pipelines, transparent reporting, and investor conversations that are qualified from the first call.
What's included
[05]
Process
[05]
Process
[05]
Process
The spectup, fundraising consulting process
Over hundreds of mandates, spectup has built a fundraising consulting process that behaves like an embedded fundraising firm inside your startup. Every step is designed to create more qualified investor conversations.
8-25 Meetings
Serious investor meetings every month. Quality connects only.
8-25 Meetings
Serious investor meetings every month. Quality connects only.
8-25 Meetings
Serious investor meetings every month. Quality connects only.
4-6 Months
Duration you'll work with us. No over-promises. Just realistic benchmarks.
4-6 Months
Duration you'll work with us. No over-promises. Just realistic benchmarks.
4-6 Months
Duration you'll work with us. No over-promises. Just realistic benchmarks.
01
Align
By the end of this step, you have the same clarity and structure an in-house fundraising advisor would build for you, without adding headcount.
02
Build
This is where our fundraising consulting services translate your business into investor-grade materials that survive real diligence.
03
Target
Map relevant investors across geographies, sectors, and check sizes, no random outreach.
04
Outreach
Launch coordinated, multi-channel outreach through email, network contacts, and intros.
05
Engage
Support conversations, share materials, and structure ongoing updates to keep investors moving forward.
01
Align
By the end of this step, you have the same clarity and structure an in-house fundraising advisor would build for you, without adding headcount.
02
Build
This is where our fundraising consulting services translate your business into investor-grade materials that survive real diligence.
03
Target
Map relevant investors across geographies, sectors, and check sizes, no random outreach.
04
Outreach
Launch coordinated, multi-channel outreach through email, network contacts, and intros.
05
Engage
Support conversations, share materials, and structure ongoing updates to keep investors moving forward.
01
Align
By the end of this step, you have the same clarity and structure an in-house fundraising advisor would build for you, without adding headcount.
02
Build
This is where our fundraising consulting services translate your business into investor-grade materials that survive real diligence.
03
Target
Map relevant investors across geographies, sectors, and check sizes, no random outreach.
04
Outreach
Launch coordinated, multi-channel outreach through email, network contacts, and intros.
05
Engage
Support conversations, share materials, and structure ongoing updates to keep investors moving forward.
[06]
Why spectup
[06]
Why spectup
[06]
Why spectup
Why choose spectup as your fundraising advisor?
spectup is a leading fundraising consultant. Our approach is unique because we combine an investor network, crazy technology and our consulting and investor experience to an end-to-end service that is unmatched on the market.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$M +
Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services
x
Clients who work with our fundraising advisors raise 3x faster
+
Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network
4.7 / 5
%
Client satisfaction rating for our fundraising consultancy
%
Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors
Read Testimonials
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$M +
Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services
x
Clients who work with our fundraising advisors raise 3x faster
+
Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network
4.7 / 5
%
Client satisfaction rating for our fundraising consultancy
%
Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors
Read Testimonials
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$M +
Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services
x
Clients who work with our fundraising advisors raise 3x faster
+
Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network
4.7 / 5
%
Client satisfaction rating for our fundraising consultancy
%
Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors
Read Testimonials
[07]
Projects
[07]
Projects
[07]
Projects
Results that prove our fundraising consulting works
©
2022 - 2025
[08]
Our Criteria
[08]
Our Criteria
[08]
Our Criteria
We don't work
with everyone.
spectup only takes on a handful of mandates at a time, operating as a focused fundraising advisory firm rather than a high-volume agency. Our minimum criteria ensure that our fundraising consultants spend their time on companies with real momentum and the potential to attract institutional capital.
ONE of these must apply:
TRACTION
TRACTION
REVENUE
REVENUE
FUNDING STAGE
FUNDING STAGE
FOUNDING TEAM
FOUNDING TEAM
[01]
TRACTION
You have strong early user engagement or market validation beyond just concept.
TRACTION
TRACTION
REVENUE
REVENUE
FUNDING STAGE
FUNDING STAGE
FOUNDING TEAM
FOUNDING TEAM
[01]
TRACTION
You have strong early user engagement or market validation beyond just concept.
ONE of these must apply:
TRACTION
TRACTION
REVENUE
REVENUE
FUNDING STAGE
FUNDING STAGE
FOUNDING TEAM
FOUNDING TEAM
[01]
TRACTION
You have strong early user engagement or market validation beyond just concept.
We work mainly with these industries:
Deep Tech
[01]
Frontier technologies reshaping entire industries. So robotics, quantum, and advanced engineering
Deep Tech
[01]
Frontier technologies reshaping entire industries. So robotics, quantum, and advanced engineering
We work mainly with these industries:
Deep Tech
[01]
Frontier technologies reshaping entire industries. So robotics, quantum, and advanced engineering
[09]
Testimonials
[09]
Testimonials
[09]
Testimonials
What founders say about our fundraising consulting
These founders chose spectup over other fundraising consulting firms because they wanted a partner who acts like an internal team, not a passive advisor.
Dr. Ammar Elhoweris
Head of Technology and Innovation
GORD Institute
Tyler Barrs
Co-Founder & CEO
AcePoint
Kristian Wright
CEO
enhanced.io
The team at spectup is in the lead when it comes to quality of output. They helped us shape the direction for internal funding efforts. We worked with other fundraising consultants on different ventures, but spectup’s fundraising advisory support has been by far the best choice.
spectup are highly dedicated and timely in their delivery. They work diligently to generate contacts for their clients. Their system seems well suited to create matches with institutional investors as a specialised fundraising consulting firm. Niclas is a very good option if you want to maximize engagement through your raise.
I had the absolute pleasure of working closely with Niclas at spectup and found him to be an outstanding fundraising partner. spectup has been a genuine asset to our journey and I would recommend them without hesitation to any founder looking for expert fundraising consulting services on their capital raise.
$5M
Raised in total
$44M
Raising in their round
56+
Investor Meetings Generated
Dr. Ammar Elhoweris
Head of Technology and Innovation
GORD Institute
Tyler Barrs
Co-Founder & CEO
AcePoint
Kristian Wright
CEO
enhanced.io
The team at spectup is in the lead when it comes to quality of output. They helped us shape the direction for internal funding efforts. We worked with other fundraising consultants on different ventures, but spectup’s fundraising advisory support has been by far the best choice.
spectup are highly dedicated and timely in their delivery. They work diligently to generate contacts for their clients. Their system seems well suited to create matches with institutional investors as a specialised fundraising consulting firm. Niclas is a very good option if you want to maximize engagement through your raise.
I had the absolute pleasure of working closely with Niclas at spectup and found him to be an outstanding fundraising partner. spectup has been a genuine asset to our journey and I would recommend them without hesitation to any founder looking for expert fundraising consulting services on their capital raise.
$5M
Raised in total
$44M
Raising in their round
56+
Investor Meetings Generated
Dr. Ammar Elhoweris
Head of Technology and Innovation
GORD Institute
Tyler Barrs
Co-Founder & CEO
AcePoint
Kristian Wright
CEO
enhanced.io
The team at spectup is in the lead when it comes to quality of output. They helped us shape the direction for internal funding efforts. We worked with other fundraising consultants on different ventures, but spectup’s fundraising advisory support has been by far the best choice.
spectup are highly dedicated and timely in their delivery. They work diligently to generate contacts for their clients. Their system seems well suited to create matches with institutional investors as a specialised fundraising consulting firm. Niclas is a very good option if you want to maximize engagement through your raise.
I had the absolute pleasure of working closely with Niclas at spectup and found him to be an outstanding fundraising partner. spectup has been a genuine asset to our journey and I would recommend them without hesitation to any founder looking for expert fundraising consulting services on their capital raise.
$5M
Raised in total
$44M
Raising in their round
56+
Investor Meetings Generated
©
2022 - 2025
A fundraising consulting firm with a real investor network
We’re more than just “connected”. spectup operates as a fundraising consulting company at the centre of active deal flow, co-investor updates, and LP–GP relationships across Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
[11]
Answers
[11]
Answers
[11]
Answers
FAQ about fundraising consulting firms
Everything else you’re wondering about working with a fundraising consultant.
Have a question?
Not finding what you need? Reach out anytime. We're happy to answer any questions before you commit to working together.
Niclas Schlopsna
Partner & CEO
Niclas Schlopsna
Partner & CEO
Niclas Schlopsna
Partner & CEO
Do you work only on success fees in your business? Probably not. As your fundraising consultant, we believe in transparency and shared commitment. We can secure qualified investor meetings for you, but we’re not in the room for your pitches, and we have no control over timing, market trends, or how investors respond to your team and story. That’s why we don’t work on a pure success fee basis. Our project-based approach covers everything we directly influence: research, complete outreach infrastructure, investor matchmaking, and communication. This ensures we deliver quality work and remain true partners, without relying on factors no consultant can guarantee.
Absolutely. As a flexible fundraising consulting firm, we offer services like pitch deck creation, investor targeting, or market research on a standalone basis.
We partner with growth-stage startups, funded ventures preparing for Series A/B/C, bootstrapped founders with $250k+ annual revenue, and SMEs expanding internationally with $1M+ revenue. If you’re serious about professional fundraising, our fundraising advisors can help.
Yes. As your fundraising consulting firm and funding agency, we manage targeted cold outreach and warm introductions, build custom investor lists, craft outreach sequences, and handle all pre-meeting communications. We get you the meetings; the pitch is up to you.
Our fundraising consulting firm sets up all outreach infrastructure—including CRM, dedicated mailboxes, and LinkedIn—so every step is tracked, professional, and personalized. You always have full visibility on your pipeline.
A standard campaign with spectup takes about 10–14 weeks: discovery, strategy/materials, founder positioning, and two months of active investor outreach. Individual service timelines vary. Typically startups need 9-12 months to close a funding round.
No! We support ambitious founders across North America, Europe, Middle East and beyond. Our network and approach are global.
Do you work only on success fees in your business? Probably not. As your fundraising consultant, we believe in transparency and shared commitment. We can secure qualified investor meetings for you, but we’re not in the room for your pitches, and we have no control over timing, market trends, or how investors respond to your team and story. That’s why we don’t work on a pure success fee basis. Our project-based approach covers everything we directly influence: research, complete outreach infrastructure, investor matchmaking, and communication. This ensures we deliver quality work and remain true partners, without relying on factors no consultant can guarantee.
Absolutely. As a flexible fundraising consulting firm, we offer services like pitch deck creation, investor targeting, or market research on a standalone basis.
We partner with growth-stage startups, funded ventures preparing for Series A/B/C, bootstrapped founders with $250k+ annual revenue, and SMEs expanding internationally with $1M+ revenue. If you’re serious about professional fundraising, our fundraising advisors can help.
Yes. As your fundraising consulting firm and funding agency, we manage targeted cold outreach and warm introductions, build custom investor lists, craft outreach sequences, and handle all pre-meeting communications. We get you the meetings; the pitch is up to you.
Our fundraising consulting firm sets up all outreach infrastructure—including CRM, dedicated mailboxes, and LinkedIn—so every step is tracked, professional, and personalized. You always have full visibility on your pipeline.
A standard campaign with spectup takes about 10–14 weeks: discovery, strategy/materials, founder positioning, and two months of active investor outreach. Individual service timelines vary. Typically startups need 9-12 months to close a funding round.
No! We support ambitious founders across North America, Europe, Middle East and beyond. Our network and approach are global.