NO FOUNDER LEFT BEHIND

Helping early stage founders in their hour of need

Even before the downturn, founders were facing tough times as the share of early stage funding continued to decline. Now febrile economic conditions make fundraising x10 harder, with fewer deals and less funding available for early stage businesses. Thousands of start-ups are in dire peril. We must help founders in their hour of need. We are assembling a coalition of successful investors, advisors, and entrepreneurs who are willing to donate time to help founders weather the current storm.

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The effect of connecting founders to people with the know-how they need can be transformative. We're asking people to donate 30 minutes of their time to support a founder who needs them. To be the difference between success and failure.

Helping those that need it the most

Despite progress in recent years, the UK ecosystem still fails to support all founders equally. Thousands are rejected by accelerators and have nowhere else to go. Female founders, with only 8% deals and 11% funding, and those from diverse backgrounds are still disadvantaged when it comes to securing their share of funding. Downturns are likely to make this worse, as investors favour what they know rather than gamble on new strategies. So if you're a founder who feels they are in danger of being left behind, you will have first call on the slots available.

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How it works

If you are a founder in need of help, complete our short survey and we will match you with the best expert when slots are available.

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Look who's talking

Here are some of the experts donating their time to help early stage founders survive the current crisis.

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Testimonials from founders like you

Marcus was a great support and soundboard for me while we begin our journey in raising investment. He has real experience in raising seed investment and was great to get thoughts from someone on the other side of the table. Love what you are doing with No Founder Left Behind and looking forward to seeing it evolve. Thanks again (Daniel)

My experience with NFLB was amazing! The registration process was easy and followed up by an email to ask me more about my specific need. It was quick turnaround to then be paired with a mentor for a session. The session itself was so valuable. I was matched with someone who not only had a wealth of knowledge about my challenge, but she was super lovely to connect with. This was not just a feel-good session, but I came away with practical and actionable steps. The concept is a relatively small gesture that gave me a huge nudge in the right direction. (Zoe)

I was matched with James Baston-Pitt. In the few short sessions I've had with him the learning curve has been tremendous and I can't wait to implement the learnings. I can't believe there is such a thing as this. (David)

Andy provided many suggestions on how I can look for a technical cofounder as well as other useful ideas to grow and scale my business. Thank you thank you thank you :) (Mya)