Hands-on help from someone who has run the raise from the inside.
- Based in
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Education
- Master of Global Business
- Previously
- Investor Relations Lead, Solaires Entreprises
I am Saleh Jairoudi.
There is no shortage of fundraising advice available to founders, and most of it is free and general. Very little of it involves someone sitting down and building the materials, setting a valuation you can defend, and assembling the list of funds worth your time. That is the work I do.
I help early-stage and growth startups build fundable, scalable businesses. That covers the commercial side, from business model and go-to-market approach, through to the fundraising itself: strategy, pitch decks, financial models, investor materials and closing capital. With experience across cleantech, deeptech, mining, consumer and SaaS, supporting founders to raise $10M+ in equity and $11M+ in grants, I combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution to help founders build businesses that last.
Over $10M raised in equity
Across SAFEs, convertible notes and priced rounds, for client companies and as the in-house lead at a cleantech company.
Five years on the inside, not the sidelines
Investor Relations Lead at Solaires Entreprises, building the models and sitting in the diligence calls rather than advising from a distance.
Range across sectors and raise sizes
Cleantech, mining, consumer, SaaS, and deeptech, with founders across North America, and no minimum or maximum on the size of the round.
$11M+ in non-dilutive funding
Grant and program funding supported alongside equity rounds, so founders do not give up more of the company than they need to.
Be ready before the first meeting, not after the tenth.
Thirty minutes, free. We go through the raise as it stands, and you leave knowing what to do next, whether or not we end up working together.