product surgery.
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how it works.
We run one-on-one sessions with startups. The sessions are honest and candid, where founders share their real problems—they don't spend time pitching.
Each session lasts approximately 45 minutes. We give recommendations and provide the startups with an action plan. Startups provide updates over time about their progress.
Feedback from startups
It was incredible value, and a safe space for feedback. I'd pay for this.
I found the session super useful. I'll keep you guys posted on progress.
We really enjoyed it, your feedback was very actionable.
you.
You're a founder of an early-stage business that has a live product, and at least some initial usage. This quote by Marc Andreessen describes your current situation:
You can always feel when product-market fit is not happening. The customers aren't quite getting value out of the product, word of mouth isn't spreading, usage isn't growing that fast, press reviews are kind of ‘blah’, the sales cycle takes too long, and lots of deals never close.
us.
We're the team that established Startup Grind London.
Tim has built products at various venture-backed startups, and at Google. Marian is an investor, marketing expert (ex-Orange, ex-Reebok), and startup advisor.
previously.
19th August and 27th September 2021
Tom Blomfield OBE, Entrepreneur and investor
Tom co-founded Monzo and GoCardless. Monzo is the digital bank that reached unicorn status in 2018, and GoCardless makes it easy to collect payments by direct debit. Since leaving Monzo in early 2021, Tom has started angel investing. Watch podcast.
27th April 2021
Jon Butterfield, Head of Growth at Speedinvest
Jon is the Head of Growth at Speedinvest—a venture capital fund with more than €400m to invest in early-stage tech startups across Europe. Over the past 15 years Jon has been a serial startup founder, mentor, and angel investor.
27th January 2021
Mattias Ljungman, Founder at Moonfire
Mattias founded Moonfire Ventures—a European seed fund that provides founders with their first money in. He previously co-founded Atomico, where his investments included Supercell ($5bn exit to Softbank), Klarna ($10.7bn valuation), Viagogo ($2.3bn valuation), and Climate Corp ($1.1bn exit to Monsanto).
4th November 2020
Michelle You, Venture Partner at LocalGlobe
Michelle is a Venture Partner at LocalGlobe—a UK-based venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments. She previously was the co-founder & CPO of Songkick, a service that makes it easy to go to concerts.
1st October 2020
Reshma Sohoni and Devin Hunt, Partners at Seedcamp
Reshma is the Founding Partner of Seedcamp—the European seed fund that now counts a decacorn among its portfolio companies. Devin is a Venture Partner, who previously co-founded Lyst—the global fashion search engine.
20th August 2020
Avid Larizadeh Duggan OBE, Entrepreneur and Investor
Avid is the ex-COO of Kobalt—the music services unicorn. She has been a General Partner at Google Ventures, an Associate at Accel, and a Product Manager at Skype and eBay. Her angel investments include Okta, which went public in 2017.
17th June 2020
Matus Maar, Managing Partner at Talis Capital
Matus co-founded Talis Capital—a VC firm that invests $100M annually in $1M–10M deals. He previously co-founded Pirate Studios, the world's largest chain of rehearsal studios.
19th May 2020
Simon Rohrbach, Mentor at Index Ventures
Simon is a Mentor in Residence at Index Ventures—a VC firm that's regularly ranked in the top ten globally. He previously built and ran the Research & Design organisation at Deliveroo.
23rd April 2020
Fred Destin, Partner at Stride.VC
Fred is the founder of Stride.VC—a seed-stage fund operating in London and Paris. As a General Partner at Accel, he was an early backer in notable startups including Deliveroo and Zoopla.
25th March 2020
Dharmesh Raithatha and Adam Field, Product at Forward Partners
Dharmesh and Adam are a Product Partner and Product Manager from Forward Partners—an £81M early-stage fund that has invested in 55+ companies primarily in Applied AI, Marketplaces, and E-Commerce.
26th February 2020
Kash Shah, ex-CPO at ClearScore
Kash built one of the fastest growing FinTechs in Europe as the Chief Product Officer of ClearScore. He's now an angel investor, and the CPO at MarketFinance.