Connectd, a platform connecting startups and scaleups with “fractional” executives and advisors, has raised £5.5m in new funding.
Initially launched with a concentrate on connecting buyers with startups, the enterprise has rebranded, concentrating on suppling fractional expertise – executives and advisors that may present help for companies on a brief or freelance foundation.
In accordance with figures from consultancy Flywheel Associates cited by Connectd, fractional work is a well-liked ambition amongst senior enterprise professionals, with 71% of respondants to a survey intending to construct a fractional portfolio within the coming years.
“Think about Warren Buffett coming into your workplace in the future per week to let you know the place you’re going unsuitable. Or Jony Ive supplying you with an hour’s suggestions in your newest product rollout,” mentioned Connectd founder and chief govt Roei Samuel.
“With fractional engagements, corporations can entry among the finest minds on the planet with out the related prices. You will get incisive specialist enter, be it a steered strategic pivot or discovering an issue in your monetary modelling, that unlocks transformative worth for what you are promoting. Fractional merely is the long run mannequin for work.”
The funding in Connectd got here from Anker Capital, Stena & Swerve and present angel backers.
“We again paradigm-shifting startups, and Connectd does simply that. Roei Samuel’s UK platform has developed past sensible investor matching to supply on-demand fractional expertise—plug-in specialists who give founders prompt execution energy alongside capital and recommendation,” mentioned Jonas Anker, founding accomplice of Anker Capital.
By main this spherical we’re reaffirming our confidence in Roei and Connectd, and fuelling a fairer, quicker blueprint for constructing early-stage corporations.”
The corporate beforehand raised £2.2m in a funding spherical in 2023.
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