Andrew White and co-founder Andrew B. had the vision for Otterkin, a fine art commissioning platform, but as non-technical founders, needed expert guidance to ship it. Connectd matched them with fractional CTO Julie McFadden, whose technical structure and sprint cadence gave Andrew the space to focus on growth.
Kelvin Voen is the co-founder of NewKroo, a social platform helping people rebuild their friendship circle at any stage of life. A recommendation led him to Connectd, where advisors didn't just fill the gaps he knew about — they identified ones he hadn't even considered, and the growth since has been unlike anything he can fully put into words.
Lisa Stroud, founder of True Beauty Lashes and inventor of Lash Lovr, discovered Connectd during San Francisco Tech Week and found exactly the support system she needed as a solo founder of her growing beauty brand. Through Connectd, she was matched with three advisors spanning finance, marketing, and product development - each bringing expertise that has proven invaluable as she prepares for investor conversations and scales her business.
Sam Marshall has spent 18 months building Snippit Media, a platform delivering guaranteed attention in an advertising world overrun with noise. After a failed go-to-market strategy left the business with a significantly reduced screen network and a mounting burn rate, Sam came to Connectd feeling like a wounded animal. Through the platform, he was matched with Grant — and what followed was a complete commercial rebuild that has left Snippit Media in a stronger position than ever before.
Amelia Tombs and Chloe Grant are building the world's first human-centric operating system for circular bra manufacturing, connecting local wearers with manufacturers to deliver a custom fit, on demand. After completing an accelerator and incubator with UAL, they came to Connectd with clear gaps in their advisory board across financials, sustainability at scale, and supply chain. What they found were three advisors who didn't just advise. They rolled up their sleeves and got to work.
Nappr is solving a problem every exhausted traveller knows too well: having nowhere to rest when you need it most. Founded by Jared Lerner after years of red-eye flights and caffeine-fuelled burnout, the platform connects tired travellers with hotel rooms available for daytime stays. A few months into their Connectd journey, the team has already built a three-person advisory board spanning payments, finance, and go-to-market strategy, and they’re already looking to grow it further.
Gavin Rowe is a third-generation Navy veteran who built TaskForce VA not as a business, but as a product to help himself — before realising it could help every veteran navigate the VA claims process with clarity, confidence, and the technology to back them up. Through Connectd, he assembled a team of all-stars spanning cybersecurity, AI, cloud infrastructure, CFO services, and go-to-market strategy — and what would have taken a year, they achieved in months.
Bel is the founder of Omnichunk, a workforce planning SaaS tool built to solve a problem she saw repeatedly across five years in recruitment and talent acquisition. After quitting her job and vibe coding her way to an MVP, she found Connectd through a recommendation at a moment of pure chaos. Through the platform, she was matched with two advisors who between them secured Omnichunk's first customers.
Michael Gold is a delivery professional with 13 years’ experience and the founder of two businesses: Gold Strategic Delivery, a delivery consultancy and implementation partner, and Aria, an AI-powered operations platform helping agencies know what needs attention, what to do next and where delivery is heading. Through Connectd, Michael built two complete advisory boards, bringing eight experienced advisors across the two businesses. Their input helped him completely rebrand and reposition Gold Strategic Delivery, while giving Aria access to the commercial, product and strategic expertise needed to turn an early-stage idea into a credible business with a real opportunity to succeed. For Michael, the value goes far beyond introductions. Connectd gave him access to experience, challenge and perspective he simply didn’t have around him before. Looking back, he describes the thought of trying to build both businesses without that support as genuinely frightening.
PLUGG turned to Connectd at a stage where the business needed extra strategic input, operational guidance, and experienced people around Founder & CEO Rodney Kabuye to prepare for the next stage of growth. Through the platform, PLUGG was connected with Board Advisor Pete Smith and Non-Executive Director Eric Wansong, whose expertise brought Rodney a sounding board and practical support across operations, pricing, compliance, and growth, helping him think through challenges and move faster on key decisions with confidence.
With extensive experience in hospitality and operations, Chris Martin, the founder of My Chef Market is changing the personal chef industry through a digital marketplace, driving growth and innovation.
Meera Ahmadi founded Juris AI to solve the legal bottlenecks around repetitive contract review in recruitment. Through Connectd, she found Tom Ilic, a recently retired B2B sales director with 25 years in the industry, and in six months they've built a go-to-market strategy, a pipeline of introductions, and a partnership both want to make permanent.
Ellis is the co-founder of Glyde, a platform helping SMEs automate and take control of cross-border payments. With experience in currency broking, he’s focused on removing friction and inefficiencies for growing businesses.
LinkyThinks empowers children by linking different ways of thinking to foster creativity, academic success, and emotional expression. Through engaging online classes and resources, LinkyThinks equips the next generation with essential skills that many adults struggle with, ensuring they have a strong foundation to carry them into adulthood.
Eduvate is a leading provider of innovative financial literacy solutions, with a mission to upskill young adults in the practical aspects of financial literacy. Their gamified learning management system is designed to make financial education engaging and fun, helping individuals of all ages and backgrounds build the knowledge and skills they need to make informed financial decisions. The company is passionate about upskilling young adults in the practicalities of financial literacy, not just the theory. This unique approach can make a significant contribution to reducing financial exclusion and raising expectations of young adults globally.
Perfogram is an innovative platform that redefines interactive live streaming, empowering creators and businesses with real-time engagement and analytics. By blending traditional media with social and live interaction, Perfogram puts users in control, fostering deeper engagement and unlocking new revenue opportunities across B2C and B2B markets.
VuPop is a dynamic platform that redefines social media interaction by offering live content creation and aggregation across all platforms, empowering creators and delivering value to the community. With a deliberate focus on blurring the lines between social media, mainstream media, and streaming services, VuPop puts users in control, fostering engagement and offering multiple revenue-sharing opportunities.
BeWorks Automation is a cleantech engineering company offering a wide range of energy efficiency, industrial automation, EV charging, and renewable energy solutions. With a global presence, they provide turnkey services from site selection to project management and maintenance for industrial, commercial, and residential clients, making e-mobility and green energy accessible to all.
Slip is an award winning startup looking to humanise the way we do digital receipts and customer information. The innovative technology provides a robust solution for consumers and retailers to transform transactions and receipt waste into meaningful interactions. On a mission to create the most frictionless, sustainable and omnichannel experience.
Beyond Blood Diagnostics is dedicated to empowering chronically ill patients through the utilization of cutting-edge technologies. Their mission is to advance health monitoring for individuals with chronic conditions, enabling convenient and effective monitoring from the comfort of their homes.
Based on the 16 personality types theory, So Syncd is the first dating app to connect compatible personality types. By pairing couples who have just enough similarities to understand each other and just enough differences to create a spark, we help you find that exciting, meaningful relationship that you’ve been looking for. Founded by sisters Jessica and Lou Alderson, SoSyncd successfully raised through the Connectd platform in 2021.
Casey is the CEO of The Evergreen Exchange, a carbon registry helping organisations turn environmental responsibility into verified, traceable carbon offsets. With a background in tech and a sharp eye for market integrity, he’s focused on building trust in the carbon space through blockchain-powered transparency.
Valentyn Yaromenko, founder of Big Sister AI, joined Connectd while rebuilding his team and product. Through the platform, he connected with experienced advisors who helped him strengthen the company’s foundation and sharpen its strategy. Their support gave him the clarity and direction to move Big Sister AI into its next stage of growth.
Terawatt is a B2B services marketplace making professional development accessible to the ‘sophisticated middle’ and helps employers reduce employee turnover and burnout. Right now, their focus is on helping hospitals and healthcare providers build psychological safety; a factor proven to improve retention. For hospitals, where turnover is costly, this translates into stronger organisations, better communication and millions saved each year.
Carolina Ramírez, founder of Pacific Soul, joined Connectd while transitioning from a B2B engineering background into the consumer snacks space. Through the platform, she brought on two fractional CPG advisors across sales, marketing and brand strategy. Their combined experience helped her refine Pacific Soul’s positioning, strengthen the company’s commercial foundations and shape a clear go to market plan, showing how the right fractional expertise can guide first time founders through a new industry with confidence and clarity.
Al Wynant, co-founder of Ingomu, founded the company to make coaching more accessible through group sessions supported by AI, while keeping human coaches at the centre. Through working with board advisors via Connectd, he gained experienced external perspectives that helped shape product decisions, refine positioning and influence the evolution of Eric AI as the business grew.
Genesis Health turned to Connectd, needing hands-on leadership as the business outgrew its founder-led model and wasn't ready for a full-time hire. Through the platform, they connected with fractional CEO Rick Haslam, whose deep experience brought clearer strategy, stronger commercial focus, and more structure across the team, giving them the confidence and support needed to move forward at a critical stage of growth.
Rav Roberts is the CEO and co-founder of Pharma Sentinel, a B2B AI platform delivering curated health and medicines intelligence. After relaunching as an AI platform, three highly senior advisors found them through Connectd, and within months the business had shaped new product lines, secured its first US commercial sale, and received validation from a major big pharma buyer.
Gamal Dawood is the founder of NurishPro, an AI practice management platform for nutrition professionals built to streamline processes, enhance client care, and make good nutrition simpler. As a first-time founder, Gamal knew he needed expertise across the verticals he had no experience in. Through Connectd, he built a full team of advisors, several of whom have since converted from pro bono into equity-based C-level roles, and credits them with achievements he says he could never have reached alone.