RayStart is a total strategic growth partner to startups and SME’s.
We specialise in providing the following services:
- Fundraising £150,000 plus (for anything less we provide mentoring/advisory services)
- Consulting services to help start-ups prepare properly for fundraising and growth
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3 customer reviews
Maria Tukhas
Awesome energy, brilliant advice and outstanding pre-seed support with expert knowledge and recommendations to achieve superior results whilst early stages of startup funding. Truly quality time - thank you greatly! More...
Reply from RayStart
Thank you for responding to my request for a review and your kind words. It was a pleasure working with you too and I wish you all the best with your business!!
Aleksandra K. Riemann
Neil has been a great mentor, giving very helpful advice in bringing my Wanderlust forward. He also introduced me to other start-up founders, which has been very beneficial. It's been a pleasure working with him. Thank you, Neil! More...
Reply from RayStart
Thank you for responding to my request for a review and your kind words. It was a pleasure working with you too and I wish you all the best with your business!!
Zaina Soogun-Shah
Neil helped us with some good advice and also an intro to another fitness startup entrepreneur. He was definitely enthusiastic about our plans and guided us with advice on route to market and some validation tips too. If he can spare you some of his time, I'd definitely take him up on it! More...
Reply from RayStart
Thank you for responding to my request for a review and your kind words. It was a pleasure working with you too and I wish you all the best with your business!!
What do you love most about your job?
I love to help people and I love to see growth in ideas, people and business! That’s why in my spare time i'm also a friend, brother, son, life coach and relationship coach as well as a business leader and coach. I am genuinely passionate about seeing growth in business and people and want that to be my legacy when I’m retired!
What inspired you to start your own business?
It’s in my DNA to innovate and create; there quite simply was never any other option for me!
Why should our clients choose you?
Well, that’s entirely up to them. All I can say is when you’re engaged with me you will get 100% passion, focus, honesty, energy and all the wisdom of my experience that I can give to you and/or your business in our sessions. If you fail; I failed, that’s my motto. We often come across "yes people" or people who don’t have the courage to tell you what’s right and be honest even if you may not want to hear it but I will tell you what's best for you and/or your business and give you 100% honesty and transparency. If that sounds like a person you’d like to work with them choose me!
Startup/SME Business Consulting
Given our vast array of experience in the startup/SME business scene we can assist a startup or SME in their growth from having an idea, all the way to exit. After an initial free consultation/health-check on your business and objectives, we will be able to evaluate the position of your business and what you need to get to the next level. After this we can arrange sessions where we will action the steps needed to grow your business in accordance to what was discovered in the consultation.
Investment Ready Check
After an initial consultation on your business and objectives, we will be able to evaluate whether or not you are investment ready and identify the position of your business. We will not let you proceed in fundraising if there is any gaps which would sacrifice your success and our credibility with investors; however we can also assist you to become ready to approach investors.
Website or App Creation
Initially we will have an hours free consultation to discuss your idea and offer a sanity check and advice on the viability of your idea as well as scope for what you would like to build. We will then be in a position to offer advise on growth strategies, workshops and builds for digital, app and website building, social strategy growth advice, content, independent user testing and board level advisory for all those with an idea or businesses which need support.
Fundraising
Primarily we fund-raise using our extensive network of qualified investors; typically for amounts of £150,000 upwards. If your business does not meet our fundraising criteria we offer a consultancy service to fill in the gaps and ensure that you are investment ready. Upon receiving an investment, we offer advisory services to ensure that your company undergoes safe growth and does not become another statistic in the startup graveyard.
After an initial consultation on your business and objectives, we will be able to evaluate whether or not you are investment ready and identify the position of your business. We will not proceed if there is any gaps which would sacrifice your success and our credibility with our investors, (that is why they work with us!); however we can assist you to become ready to approach investors.
Investor Contact List
If you feel you are ready to approach investors yourself or do not feel like you need our consultation we will provide you with a detailed investor report containing active & relevant investors for your startup for a fixed cost per report!
Evaluation of Pitch Deck
Detailed constructive feedback in order of what you need to do to make sure that your pitch deck is investor ready!
